DVD Talk Collector Series The Connection (1961) is a historically significant if very stagey and virtually unreleased feature directed and edited by independent experimental filmmaker Shirley Clarke (1919-1997). An adaptation of Jack Gelber's 1959 Obie-winning play, the entire story takes place in a grungy New York loft – there are no exteriors and no other sets – where junkies, including jazz …
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The Connection (Blu-ray)