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An Affair of the Skin is a 1963 drama film written and directed by Ben Maddow. It is a complex story of the romantic entanglements of its several characters as seen through the eyes of a black woman photographer. Shortly after its release, the film was harshly reviewed in Time and The New York Times. Woody Haut's more recent characterization is more sympathetic:...a worthy, if not altogether successful, attempt at being an American art movie, a hodgepodge of influences, from Italian Realists, Antonioni and Bergman to US social conscience films and documentarists like Robert Flaherty. Written, produced and directed by former documentarist and Hollywood scriptwriter Ben Maddow, the film was, for the most part, shot on the streets of New York, and memorable for its sensuousness, its street-level camera-work and use of natural light.
Original Release
11/20/1963
US Release
11/20/1963
Cast
Name | Character |
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Viveca Lindfors | Victoria |
Kevin McCarthy | Allen McCleod |
Lee Grant | Katherine McCleod |
Diana Sands | Janice |
Herbert Berghof | Max |
Nancy Malone | Claire |
Osceola Archer | Mrs. Cluny |
Will Lee | Waiter |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Viveca Lindfors | Victoria |
Kevin McCarthy | Allen McCleod |
Lee Grant | Katherine McCleod |
Diana Sands | Janice |
Herbert Berghof | Max |
Nancy Malone | Claire |
Osceola Archer | Mrs. Cluny |
Will Lee | Waiter |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ben Maddow | Producer |
Helen Levitt | Producer |
Joseph Strick | Producer |