Director Michael Roemer’s Eye, at Once Deeply Compassionate and Resolutely Hands-Off, on Display at Film Forum
Roemer’s ‘Pilgrim, Farewell,’ starring Christopher Lloyd of ‘Taxi’ fame, will be undergoing a week-long revival in correspondence with his 1976 documentary, ‘Dying.’

The actor Christopher Lloyd was a known quantity when he signed on to star in Michael Roemer’s “Pilgrim, Farewell” (1982), being toward the tail end of his time playing Reverend Jim “Iggy” Ignatowski on a hit NBC sitcom, “Taxi.” His role as a bewildered casualty of 1960s excess earned Mr. Lloyd two Emmy awards and television stardom.
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