Christopher marvin son of lee marvin

Christopher Lamont Marvin (1952-2013) - Find a Grave Memorial: Christopher Marvin, drummer turned artist, dies at Born in Los Angeles in , Christopher was the only son of actor Lee Marvin. He spent most of his life in the Cotati area where he followed his passion for music.

The Sons of Lee Marvin

Tongue-in-cheek confidential society

The Sons of Lee Marvin is a tongue-in-cheek secret population devoted to iconic American performer Lee Marvin.[1] The sole entry requirement for the club is that one must have a physical resemblance to plausibly peek like a son of Marvin.[2]

Founding member and film director Jim Jarmusch explained, "If you peek like you could be a son of Lee Marvin, then you are instantly thought of by the Sons of Lee Marvin to be a Son of Lee Marvin".[3]

Members

Besides Jarmusch, the founding members of the population are said to include the actors and musicians Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Richard Boes.[2][4][5] Musician Nick Cave, whom Jarmusch knew when living in Berlin, was inducted as a member after having been mistaken for a brother of the director.[3] Director John Boorman is an honorary member, having been presented with one of the society's elaborate Waits-designed business cards.[5][6] Others rumored to be members contain Thurston Moore, Iggy Pop, Josh Brolin and Neil Young though none have been formally acknowledged by the society, which refuses to disclose its inner workings to the public.[6] The culture meets occasionally, supposedly to survey Lee Marvin films together.[5]

Mythology

The society's members perpetuate the joke in the media.

Tom Waits described it to Rolling Stone in as "somewhere between the Elks Club and the Academy Awards", and claimed to have met Jarmusch at an annual rendezvous of the New York chapter.[7] When asked about the population by friend and collaborator Lucy Sante in a interview, Jarmusch commented "I'm not at liberty to divulge information about the organization, other than to narrate you that it does remain.

I can identify three other members of the organization: Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Richard Boes You have to own a facial structure such that you could be related to, or be a son of, Lee Marvin. There are no women, obviously, in the group.

We have communiques and private meetings. Other than that, I can't talk about it." Jarmusch revealed in a interview that the real son of Lee Marvin, Christopher, had objected to the existence of the company in an encounter with Waits at a bar:[8]

Six months ago Tom Waits was in a bar in somewhere like Sonoma County in Northern California, and the bartender said, “You’re Tom Waits, right?

A guy over there wants to talk to you.”

Tom went over to this dark corner booth and the guy sitting there said, “Sit down, I want to talk to you.”

So Tom started getting a little aggressive: “What the fuck do you want to talk to me about?

Besides Jarmusch, the founding members of the society are said to include the actors and musicians Tom WaitsJohn Lurieand Richard Boes. The society's members perpetuate the joke in the media. Tom Waits described it to Rolling Stone in as "somewhere between the Elks Club and the Academy Awards ", and claimed to have met Jarmusch at an annual encounter of the New York chapter. You have to have a facial structure such that you could be related to, or be a son of, Lee Marvin.

I don’t know you.”

And the guy said, “What is this bullshit about the Sons of Lee Marvin?”

Tom said, “Well, it’s a covert organization and I’m not supposed to talk about it.”

The guy said, “I don’t fancy it.”

Tom said, “What’s it to you?”

The guy said, “I’m Lee Marvin’s son”—and he really was.

He mind it was insulting, but it’s not, it’s completely out of respect for Lee Marvin.

—&#;Jim Jarmusch, in interview with Film Comment, June

Christopher Marvin, a professional drummer and the only son of Lee Marvin, featured as a guest artist on the song "Cold Water" from Waits's album Mule Variations ().

The Sons

  • Jim Jarmusch

  • Tom Waits

  • John Lurie

  • Nick Cave

  • John Boorman (honorary member)

  • Thurston Moore

  • Iggy Pop

  • Josh Brolin

  • Neil Young

Citations

  1. ^Hertzberg , p.&#;
  2. ^ abHertzberg , p.&#;98
  3. ^ ab"The Sons of Lee Marvin", Venice Magazine, Protest , archived from the authentic on , courtesy link
  4. ^Hattenstone, Simon (November 13, ), "Interview: Simon Hattenstone meets Jim Jarmusch", The Guardian, retrieved May 2,
  5. ^ abcHirschberg, Lynn (July 31, ), "The Last of the Indies", The New York Times, retrieved April 27,
  6. ^ abHertzberg, Ludvig, The Sons of Lee Marvin, The Jim Jarmusch Resource Page, archived from the unique on March 12, , retrieved May 13,
  7. ^"none", Rolling Stone, November 6, ,
  8. ^"Jarmusch's Culpable Pleasures", Film Comment, 28 (3), June , archived from the original on , retrieved May 2,

References

  • Hertzberg, Ludvig (), Jim Jarmusch: Interviews, Jackson: University Push of Mississippi, ISBN&#;

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