This kills me--Bogdanovich in a nutshell:
"As the Duke was walking me back to my car, he took a shortcut, leading me through the sizeable garage..."
― clemenza, Thursday, 7 October 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I should say that I think The Last Picture Show is a fine film, although I have difficulty connecting it to Bogdanovich (other than as an assemblage of stuff borrowed from his favorite directors...think Stanley Kauffmann said the same thing way back when).
― clemenza, Thursday, 7 October 2010 00:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Casting him as a thinly veiled Hugh Hefner on Law and Order was kind of amazing.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 7 October 2010 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
That episode made me laugh so much.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Thursday, 7 October 2010 03:45 (thirteen years ago) link
it's weird seeing tokyo rosemary on ILX
― Tweeker Bongdanovich (admrl), Thursday, 7 October 2010 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
these days
hi, adamrl
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 7 October 2010 04:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I was down to see him introduce Citizen Kane this afternoon, with a Q & A afterwards. He's very funny at times, and every bit the blowhard I expected from all the interview footage I've seen over the years. He's got a real hate-on for Kael (not surprising), and also for Johnny Guitar (surprising--always thought that was sacrosanct among auteurists). He claims that Kael never gave him a good review after an Esquire piece he wrote in response to "Raising Kane," implying cause-and-effect, which conveniently ignores that a) Kael's review of The Last Picture Show was perfunctorily positive in a manner that almost dismissed it, and b) the later films she dumped on, most every other good critic did likewise. (Putting aside Sarris, a friend of Bogdanovich's.) He says that he expects he will finish editing Welles' The Other Side of the Wind before he checks out for "the big screening room in the sky."
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 October 2010 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I watched the first half-hour of They All Laughed the other night, and I didn't.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
people hate this guy? how come?
come on this is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEQc-wtHAlw
― piscesx, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
I just watched Paper Moon and it's really great. The O'Neil's work the scenes so beautifully, she's really charming, he hits that sweet spot between pushy and drippy, and there's so much beauty in the shot selection and cinematography. Beautifully efficient 1st Act too - principle characters introduced, character's established, the impetus keeping them together defined, all in 10 minutes. Sure the ending's a bit corny, but come on, it's a screwball road movie, a bit of tack never hurt anyone.
And I lolled mega-hard at Tatum smoking. Was everyone just cool with that in 1973?
― get ready for the banter (NotEnough), Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
should I go see Saint Jack w/ Gazzara tonight? 2001 DVD seems to be OOP.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
^This might v well be one of PB's best 2 or 3 films, he even manages a decent supporting turn. Gazzara's character is def a slightly bouncier cousin to his Chinese Bookie guy (just as desperate and fuct underneath tho). Great DP work on Singapore locations by Robby Muller.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
At Long Last Love to be released as a non-limited edition blu by Twilight Time/Screen Archives in April.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 February 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
Bogdanovich and the secret afterlife of At Long Last Love
On a somewhat related note, I screened Targets the other night for the first time and liked it. Didn't know beforehand that he himself was a main supporting player, and was amused at how they got an extended Nicholson cameo into the film. Lots of cool circa-'67 LA location photography too.
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
The Dissolve has a bunch of Targets stuff this week, incl Bogdo interview:
http://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/99-peter-bogdanovich-on-targets-history-and-unfortuna/
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
Been meaning to mention this (taken from the intro from the linked interview):
As it turned out, it was harder to connect with Bogdanovich than we’d expected, but for the best possible reason: He’s in the middle of shooting a new movie in New York, Squirrels To The Nuts, a comedy produced by Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson, and starring Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Jennifer Aniston, Will Forte, and many, many more bright comic actors.
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 22 August 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
wtf
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 22 August 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
Imagine that, getting a veteran dierector to work with Owen W, Aniston and some ppl I can't quite place.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 August 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/interview-peter-bogdanovich-talks-starring-in-cold-turkey-putting-together-his-new-film-as-a-director-and-the-endless-frustration-of-orson-welles-the-other-side-of-the-wind-20131119?page=1#blogPostHeaderPanel
― Maintenance Engineer of Foolhardiness (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-first-2-clips-from-peter-bogdanovichs-screwball-shes-funny-that-way-20140828
― I Don't Wanna Ice Bucket With You (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 August 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
either "a hysterical screwball fantasia that openly steals from Lubitsch, Hawks, Capra and Sturges and wants to be caught with its fingers in the till" or "so much like a B-grade Woody Allen picture that you might well assume it is a conscious homage specifically to him".
http://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-venice-2014-peter-bogdanovichs-shes-funny-that-way
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 11:47 (nine years ago) link
The last sentence could have been written in 1973, with Lubitsch, Hawks, Capra, and Sturges replacing Woody.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 11:55 (nine years ago) link
uh What's Up Doc was all Hawks, Paper Moon rather more integrated
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 11:56 (nine years ago) link
substitute "or" for "and"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 11:59 (nine years ago) link
have any of you guys seen They All Laughed? Tarantino and Wes Anderson go crazy for it so make of that what you will.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 09:02 (eight years ago) link
It was running on infinite loop HBO when I was home on break from college and I ended up watching it endlessly and grew to like it, but it did take a few viewings to click. (Had a similar experience with the VHS of another ensemble piece, Fassbinder's Chinese Roulette) the title is not supposed to signify comedy but Romantic Comedy, altough even at that the comedy element is less than desired, don't watch expecting an Astaire/Rogers picture.
― Faron Young Folks (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 10:36 (eight years ago) link
As perhaps mentioned before and on other threads, for all his failings the guy tells great stories of his famous Old Hollywood acquaintances and does uncanny imitations of them, not only Hitch and Orson, but Cary Grant and Howard Hawks as well, to name two.
― Faron Young Folks (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 10:39 (eight years ago) link
I watched the first half-hour of They All Laughed the other night, and I didn't.― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
I watched the first hour of Nickelodeon last night and had the same reaction.
― Half as cool as Man Sized Action (Dan Peterson), Monday, 20 July 2015 16:07 (eight years ago) link
haha! i watched the first 25 minutes or so last night and gave up and watched Jon Favreau's Chef instead. the bit where the stoned guy takes his hat off to reveal long curly hair was the only mild chortle. a more rembling first act i've never seen.
― piscesx, Monday, 20 July 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
(of They All Laughed i mean)
― piscesx, Monday, 20 July 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
was surprised at how much I liked "What's Up, Doc?" (altho my wife found the Babs-as-Bugs + the WB ending bit too on the nose)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 August 2015 23:04 (eight years ago) link
feel like Ilana's whole character in Broad City comes from Babs in that movie
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 August 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link
Almost finished Season 2 of The Sopranos. Haven't posted on the show yet, but I've gotta say I'm fairly amazed at how good Bogdanovich is in his brief appearances. How did they ever get such a legendary blowhard to rein it in?
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 August 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
Editing?
― Wavy Gravy Planet Waves (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 August 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link
You mean there's all sorts of cutting-room footage of him interrupting his methodical probing of Bracco with Orson Welles and John Ford anecdotes?
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 August 2016 14:33 (seven years ago) link
assume so. Unless they have him do that stuff when the cameras aren't rolling.
― Wavy Gravy Planet Waves (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 August 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
That was the price the directors paid. I can see them telling cast and crew. "Listen, y'all. When Bogdanovich gets here you SMILE and NOD when he does his goddamn Orson Welles imitation."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 August 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link
Yes, exactly.
― Wavy Gravy Planet Waves (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 August 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
That and the neckerchief wrangler.
― Wavy Gravy Planet Waves (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 August 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
Bogdanovich: "I don't understand, Jennifer--you know you need to free yourself of this client."Bracco: "How can I, Elliot? As a doctor, as a human being--how can I walk away?"Bogdanovich: (stares blankly, seems lost in thought)Bracco: "Peter! Line!"Bogdanovich: "No, no, no--I'm sorry, that's just completely wrong that 'as a doctor, as a human being' bit. Orson would never settle for such clichés."Director: "Okay...let's start over and try it again."
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 August 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
he's a blowhard but he has also directed actors and probably knows that being on a podium talking about orson welles and being in a studio acting opposite lorraine bracco are two different things.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Sunday, 14 August 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
Just been reading My Lunches With Orson - surprised at how mean and nasty OW is abt PG
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Sunday, 14 August 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
who is PG?
― mark s, Sunday, 14 August 2016 20:53 (seven years ago) link
Pelham Grenville?
― Wavy Gravy Planet Waves (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 August 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Sorry, meant P Bog
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Sunday, 14 August 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
"wait! i'll tell you what he talked about: he talked about bogdanovich!"
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 14 August 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
Yes! Also,
You know when vaudeville died, and all the great vaudeville performers - the comics, the singers - were thrown out of work. They couldn't make the move to radio or film. They used to huddle around these barrels in Times Square, where they made fires, and ate roasted potatoes off sticks. Then television arrived, and the TV producers came looking for these guys to use them in their variety shows. One of them was the biggest star of vaudeville. While he was on top, he treated everybody like shit. So when the bad times came, they wouldn't share their fires with him, or their food. But gradually they started to feel sorry for him. Years passed. They all forgave him. Now, the Ed Sullivan Show is going to do the best of vaudeville, at the Palace Theater. This guy gets a plum part. He tells all his friends, who didn't get chosen, "Guys, I just got lucky. I'll never forget you. You can't imagine what you mean to me; you've saved my life; here are some tickets, front row; come backstage afterwards; we'll go out for drinks, celebrate. I've learned my lesson." The show goes on, this guy is sensational, he's going to be a big TV star now. All his friends come backstage, knock on the door. He comes out in a velvet robe, says, "Fellas, I've got that old shitty feeling coming over me again." And he slams the door in their faces. That's Peter."
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Monday, 15 August 2016 06:24 (seven years ago) link
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Sunday, August 14, 2016 8:49 PM (Yesterday)
yeah i read it a few months ago and that struck me as well -- welles generally seems ill-tempered and spiteful in these interviews in a way he doesn't in "this is orson welles." some of that may be the influence of henry jaglom who often seems to be egging him on. i did find myself wondering if welles really was aware he was being recorded.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 15 August 2016 07:07 (seven years ago) link
welles also vetted the PB book -- must've quoted this twice before on ilx now cuz hilar but cf the part where bogdanovich asks him to name some directors he doesn't like and the response is redacted at the request of a letter PB received from welles after reading the proofs that ends "always remember your heart is god's little garden, yours truly, louisa may alcott"
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Monday, 15 August 2016 11:26 (seven years ago) link
I've seen it twice and found it a little overrated, although in meeting Corman's (?) conditions--get Karloff in there--pretty resourceful. Thought that weird animated thing from a few years ago Tower, was a better treatment of Charles Whitman.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
Unfortunately obscure YT of the day: not streaming, not available in the U.S. since the excellent DVD (still not hard to get), here is Peter Bogdanovich's personal favorite of all his films, THEY ALL LAUGHED, w/ John Ritter, Audrey Hepburn & Ben Gazzara. https://t.co/r29M4upwY9 pic.twitter.com/HHMLWwVib1— James Kenney (@jfkenney) June 12, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 12 June 2023 18:41 (ten months ago) link
love that movie, think of it a lot
― serving aunt (stevie), Monday, 12 June 2023 19:50 (ten months ago) link
https://www.criterion.com/films/27533-the-last-picture-show
Bundled with two cuts of Texasville
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 17:17 (eight months ago) link
Kino Lorber is putting out a Blu of Daisy Miller in May.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 March 2024 23:06 (one month ago) link