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21 hours ago · There's the "Corinth Version," discovered by Welles friend and biographer Peter Bogdanovich in 1961 and released through Corinth Films, long thought to be the director's preferred cut; the ...
1 day ago · “The Last Picture Show” (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) “The Last Picture Show” Courtesy Everett Collection Peter Bogdanovich’s wistful black-and-white portrait of the end of an era for two high school seniors and longtime friends (Jeff Bridges and Timothy Bottoms) remains best known as the hallmark of the director’s career.
1 day ago · The 1985 film Mask directed by Peter Bogdanovich also comes to mind, where a biker club provides community for a troubled mom and her young son. Johnny becomes close to a young biker named Benny, played by Austin Butler “channeling James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause .”
4 days ago · Peter Bogdanovich was then approached but he also declined the offer because he was not interested in the mafia. In addition, Peter Yates, Richard Brooks, Arthur Penn, Franklin J. Schaffner, Costa-Gavras, and Otto Preminger were all offered the position and declined.
3 days ago · Lastly, recent Kino Lorber releases include Peter Bogdanovich’s commercially unsuccessful but hugely underrated Henry James adaptation, Daisy Miller (with commentary and intro from the late Bogdanovich); Orson Welles’ 1948 take on Macbeth (including both the 119-minute “roadshow” edition and the 85-minute re-release); and John Waters’ swoon-worthy, 1950s-set Cry-Baby (featuring ...
4 days ago · Adam and Nate are joined once again by current Simpsons writer and producer Michael Price to share one of his favorite movies of all time, Peter Bogdanovich’s What's Up, Doc? (1972) . We unpack his top moments from the movie, its parody in “Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy” (S6E10) , and how its timeless slapstick and farce has influenced The ...
5 days ago · Peter Bogdanovich elaborates on his personal memories of Welles, and UCLA preservationist Robert Gitt talks about working on the restoration of Welles’s intended version of the film, which for years had been thought lost. Finally, archivist Marc Wanamaker provides a brief overview of Republic Pictures, the B-movie studio that produced the film.
