The Biography of Chicago’s Marina City

Marina City stars in its first movie
May 7, 1965

Goldstein DVD jacket. Facets Video. Goldstein was Philip Kaufman’s first film and it included scenes at Marina City.

Kaufman would go on to direct Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Right Stuff, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and Henry & June. He would also write for the Raiders of the Lost Ark films.

But in 1964, he made a low-budget, 85-minute black-and-white film – about a prophetic old man – that won the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique award at Cannes Film Festival in May 1964. The film was released in the United States on May 7, 1965.

It starred Lou Gilbert (1909-1978) as the old man, Ellen Madison (1937-1987), Ben Carruthers (1936-1983), Second City alumni Del Close (1934-1999), Severn Darden (1929-1995), Anthony Holland (1928-1988), and Jack Burns, a comedian and voice actor who co-hosted The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour on TV in 1973.

(Left) Goldstein DVD jacket (Facets Video).

Noted Chicago writer Nelson Algren (1909-1981) also made an appearance, as himself. Scenes were filmed inside an apartment at Marina City in either late 1963 or early 1964.

Frames from Philip Kaufman’s 1964 film, Goldstein. Click on images to view larger versions...

Base of east tower. Balcony of east-facing apartment in east tower.

Hallway of a two-bedroom apartment. Living room.

Central hallway.

(Above) Watch the Marina City scene from Goldstein. Mature content.

Last updated 05-Dec-16

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