Paul Bartel

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Paul Bartel (August 6, 1938 – May 13, 2000) was an American actor, writer, and director.

Bartel was perhaps best known for his 1982 hit black comedy Eating Raoul, which he wrote and directed. Bartel appeared in over 90 films and television episodes, including titles like Eat My Dust (1976), Hollywood Boulevard (1976), Rock 'n' Roll High School (1983), and Amazon Women on the Moon (1987).

He appeared in 17 films together, often as husband and wife. Mary Woronov, a former Warhol girl, appeared often as husband and wife. Bartel has produced or written 11 low-budget films, many of which he appeared in or wrote.

He began with The Secret Cinema, a tumultuous delusional cinema that seemed to be self-referential cinema, in 1968.

He appeared on television in 1972 with the horror-comedy Private Parts.

He'll continue to produce such cult films as Death Race 2000 (1976), Eating Raoul (1982), Lust in the Dust (1985), and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989).

Early films

Bartel's first films were shot in high school, mainly abstract and animated 16mm shorts, including titles such as Cinema Experimental (1954), Non Objective Film (1956), Margaret Whiting Sings' 'The Money Tree' (1956), and Camel Rock (1957). Bartel created The Secret Cinema (1966), after making the 35mm short Italian-language film Protetti (1962). The Secret Cinema, shot on a very small budget in 35mm and with his own funds, was the film that launched his career as a fresh and unexpected independent voice in narrative cinema.

Naughty Nurse (1969), a writer and director, wrote and directed it. He co-wrote the film Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value (1969), which also appeared in the lead.

He worked as an actor only in Hi, Mom!

Brian De Palma's (1970) directed a film about Brian De Palma.

Private Parts (1972), MGM's first film starring Bartel, was the first film directed by Bartel. Gene Corman and Bartel were in the cast, and it was directed by them.

Roger Corman's brother Roger worked with New World Pictures, and Bartel was hired to be the second unit director on Big Bad Mama (1974), an action film. Bartel has also appeared in a small capacity.

Roger Corman gave Bartel the task of directing Death Race 2000 (1975), a satirical action comedy starring David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, and Mary Woronov. Bartel has also played a small part in this series. The film was a huge success at the box office and quickly established itself as a fandom.

Corman gave Bartel the opportunity to direct a similar action film with Carradine for New World, Cannonball (1976). Bartel was also involved in the script. People like Joe Dante and Martin Scorsese are peppered with cameos in the film. Bartel later reported that he worked on Death Race 2000 for $5,000 "so when it was finished, I urgently needed funds." Another car picture, yep, was the only thing anyone wanted from me, hence Cannonball. Corman had drilled into me the notion that if Death Race had been "harder" and "more real," it would have been more popular. I trusted him as a fool. "I am not, and never have been, really interested in cars and racing," so he decided to load up "cameos and character gimmicks that did not interest me."

Bartel was in a lot of demand from other directors at New World to appear in small parts in their films, including Joe Dante and Alan Arkush (1976) for Dante, Dante (1978) for Arkush, and Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) for Arkush (1978) for Dante.

He appeared in The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980) for Arkush, which was outside of New World.

Richard Blackburn, Eating Raoul (1982), wrote a script for Bartel. Bartel was able to raise the money and appeared in the film with Woronov and Woronov. It was a hit on the art house circuit, grossing $10 million and becoming a cult film, and it was made for $230,000 (raised by himself and his parents).

Bartel appeared in White Dog (1982), directed by Sam Fuller and produced by Jon Davison, (1983) for Kalpan, and Get Crazy (1983) for Arkush.

Bartel raised $3 million in finance (ten times Raoul's budget) for a screwball comedy he had co-written and wanted to direct, Not for Publication (1984). It was a box-office disaster.

Lust in the Dust (1985), starring Tab Hunter and Divine, was more fruitful.

Bartel continued to be in demand as an actor, appearing in Frankenweenie (1984), a short for Tim Burton, and Sesame Street Presents (1985) by Amy Heckerling.

The Longshot (1986) was directed by Bartel, based on a Tim Conway script. Bartel referred to him as a "director for hire" on the job. "My sensibility was on a level antithetic to Tim Conway's wishes." I was trying to find interesting stuff under the surface, but he wanted more of it."

Bartel and Woronov reenacted in an episode of Fame directed by Arkush, and he reprised his Raoul role in Chopping Mall (1986) for Jim Wynorski (Wynorski). He appeared in "The Jar," an Alfred Hitchcock Presents film directed by Burton, as well as the film Killer Party (1986).

He starred in two episodes of Amazing Stories, both from his own scripts: "Secret Cinema" (a reimagining of his short film of the same name) and "Gershwin's Trunk" (as a director of his own scripts).

He appeared in Munchies (1987) (produced by Roger Corman), Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) (in a segment directed by Dante) and Shakedown (1988).

Bartel coauthored but did not direct Mortuary Academy (1988); he and Woronov appeared in small roles. He was an executive producer on Out of the Dark (1988), in which he played a small part. He appeared in Caddyshack II (1988) directed by Arkush.

Bartel penned Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), based on a tale of his own.

Bland Ambition, Paul and Mary's first attempt at governor of California, is a sequel to Eating Raoul's called Bland Ambition. Vestron received financial assistance ten days before starting filming.

Bartel appeared in Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989), Far Out Man (1990), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), an episode of L.A. law directed by Arkush, Liquid Dreams (1991), and Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1991).

Bartel appeared in The Pope Must Diet (1991), directed by Peter Richardson of The Comic Strip. Gregg Araki, Soulmates (1992), and Posse (1993).

In 1992, Eating Raoul's musical version premiered off Broadway.

Bartel appeared in several episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... as well as directing ("Demonella")). He was in Acting on Impulse, Tales of the City, and Grief (1993).

Shelf Life (1993), Bartel's last film as director, was Dennis Barr. It was based on a play and did for a low budget and had a difficult time finding distribution.

Bartel appeared in Twin Sitters (1993), The Usual Suspects (1995), and The Jerky Boys (1995). He appeared in A Bucket of Blood (1995), Not Like Us (1995), However, a few scenes from The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley (1995), but he was only seen in minor roles: Naomi & Wynonna (1995), Dangerfield (1995), Not Like Us (1995), Brown and Co. (1996), Escape from Los Angeles (1996), and Basquiat (1996).

Clueless, "We Shall Overpack," and "Cher Inc" were two episodes directed by him. He appeared in both films.

He was in Prey of the Jaguar (1996), Lewis & Clark & George (1996), The Inheritance, 1996), The Dreamer's Child (1996), Billy Edwards, The Inheritance of the City, Race, Vengeance Unlimited, Dreamers, and Dreamers (1998), The Inheritance of the World (1996), Prey and Snoops (1999), The Deception, a Novel (2001), Hamilton, 1996), and Perfect Fit (2001),

Bartel was openly gay, and this influenced his career choice as he learned himself more accepted and afforded more opportunities within the independent film industry than he would have in Hollywood.

He appeared in 1979 at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival as a jury member.

Bartel died of a heart attack two weeks after liver cancer surgery; he was 61 years old. In the 2001 independent film Perfect Fit, his last screen appearance was as "Dad" alongside Mary Woronov ("Mom."

Personal life

Bartel was openly gay, and it influenced his career choice, as he gained more confidence and opportunities within the independent film industry than he did in Hollywood.

He appeared at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival in 1979 as a member of the jury.

Bartel died of a heart attack two weeks after liver cancer surgery on May 13, 2000; he was 61 years old. In the 2001 independent film Perfect Fit, his last screen appearance was as "Dad" with Mary Woronov ("Mom."

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