Life Lessons
Directed by Martin Scorsese, USA, 1989
Screenplay by Richard Price
Cinematography by Nestor Almendros
Editing by Thelma Schoonmaker
Production Design by Kristi Zea
Cast:
Nick Nolte as Lionel “the Lion” Dobie
Rosanna Arquette as Paulette
Steve Buscemi as the performance artist Gregory Stark
Jesse Borrego as Reuben Toro
Patrick O’Neal as Lionel’s agent
Music:
“A Whiter Shade of Pale,” “Conquistador” by Procul Harum
“Nessum Dorma” (None Shall Sleep) from Turandot by Puccini
“Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan
“Politician” by Cream
“The Right Time” by Ray Charles
