Jack Bond (director)

Jack Bond
Born 1939 (age 76–77)
United Kingdom
Occupation Film director, film producer, television director

Jack Bond (born 1939) is a British film producer and director. He is best known for his work for The South Bank Show and his creative partnership with the British writer, actor and director Jane Arden (1927–1982) between 1965 and 1979.[1]

Career

In 1965 Bond made a documentary film with Salvador Dalí, Dali in New York. Dalí had been based in New York city, particularly the St Regis Hotel with his wife Gala, since the 1930s. The film revolves around an ongoing interview of Dali by Arden about his creative process. This all takes place against the backdrop of social life and work including putting together two exhibitions of his work and a book, as well as various performance art displays including a final scene where Dali paints alongside a flamenco duo (singer José Reyes and guitarist Manitas de Plata). Commenting on the subject of his film, Bond observed "Dalí always knew exactly what he wanted and he got it. The doormen had to pay Dalí’s taxi fare. He was ‘grand’ in the real meaning of the word. He fitted New York like a glove, it was made for him, and The St. Regis was, and still is, the best hotel in the whole city. He was even able to paint there – he kept a special room as his studio."[2][3]

Working with Arden, Bond directed the award winning Separation (1967), produced The Other Side of the Underneath (1972) and co-directed Anti-Clock (1979). These three films were reissued by the British Film Institute on Blu-ray and DVD on 13 July 2009.

In 1988 Bond directed the feature-length film It Couldn't Happen Here featuring Pet Shop Boys, as well as the music video for their single "Heart".[4]

In 2010 Bond was interviewed by VBS.TV and Jamie Reynolds of the Klaxons for VBS Meets...Jack Bond. The video and article are available online.

Also in 2010 and continuing until mid 2011, Bond directed and appeared in The Blueblack Hussar, a documentary centred on the musical comeback of Adam Ant covering the period from Ant's late 2010 "World Tour Of London", through his early 2011 period in Paris and late Spring 2011 UK national tour up until his appearance at the summer 2011 Hyde Park Hard Rock Calling festival. As well as Ant and Bond, the film also prominently features Reynolds, Mark Ronson, John Robb, Charlotte Rampling, Allen Jones and Ant's backing vocalists Georgina "Twinkle" Leahy and Georgina Baillie.[5] The film also has a cameo appearance by Baillie's then-band The Poussez Posse, including Fiona Bevan and the three future founder members of The Featherz.[6] Bond's partner's daughter Lily Marlene, who is credited as Assistant to the Director on the film,[5] would later play with The Featherz as second guitarist in May–August 2014.[7] The film received selected screenings in 2013-2014 and was released on DVD in July 2014.

Selected works

Television

Film

Stage

Advertising and music

References

  1. ↑ Bond, Jack (2007-07-08). "The insider". Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  2. ↑ http://www.salvador-dali.org/dali/filmoteca-dali/films-and-video-art/5/dali-in-new-york
  3. ↑ http://magazine.stregis.com/the-surreal-life-of-dali-in-new-york/
  4. ↑ "Bond, Jack (1937-) Biography". screenonline. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  5. 1 2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2500670
  6. ↑ The Blueblack Hussar DVD Sunrise 001 2014. Credits include: "... In order of appearance: ... Danie Cox, Fiona Bevan, Molly Spiers Macleod, Rachael Smith, ..."
  7. ↑ https://issuu.com/ruperthitchcox2/docs/fotozine_chapter_1_4cb8cd8aa26e88

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