Alex Cocotas

Alex Cocotas is a writer and artist in Berlin.

Diary: Memories of Harrison Starr

Alex Cocotas, 21 May 2026

The movie producer​, cinematographer and screenwriter Harrison Starr died in 2024 at the age of 95. Almost no one noticed. If his name was ever mentioned it was usually in connection with those of more famous collaborators. He was the producer of Michelangelo Antonioni’s legendary flop Zabriskie Point, which came out in 1970, and the year before he made a cameo appearance in Kurt...

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