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kobvindex_ZLB14999470
Format:
86 Min.
Content:
Ricker doesn't attempt to depart from the bio-doc genre's tried-and-tested formula: clips from the movies and talking-head interviews guide us chronologically through Boetticher's career, the tone often veering from respectful to near-hagiographic. But the clips are copious, extensive and well-chosen, illustrating Boetticher's many strengths and also some of his weaknesses - and they'r put in their proper historical and artistic context by Ed Harris's commentary - written by esteemed film-critic Dave Kehr. The interviewees are also excellent value: they include Kehr's fellow-critic Andrew Sarris, plus articulate, cine-literate Hollywood luminaries such as Robert Towne, Peter Bogdanovich, Paul Schrader, Taylor Hackford and Larry Cohen, along with many veteran actors who worked on Boetticher projects like Harry Carey Jr and Robert Stack. ... But, quite rightly, it's Boetticher himself - sometime matador, world traveller, ranch-owner, movie-making maverick - who's emphatically the star of the show. He speaks at length in two interviews - one recorded in the early seventies, the other taped only a couple of years before his 2001 death - and these provide ample proof of the charisma, charm and toughness so favourably commented upon by his many friends and fans. (Neil Young, Jigsaw Lounge)
In:
The films of Budd Boetticher : introduced by Clint Eastwood, Taylor Hackford & Martin Scorsese ; [DVD-Video], Culver City, 2008, (2008)
Language:
English
Keywords:
Boetticher, Budd
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Filmarbeit
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Interview
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DVD-Video
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Interview
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DVD-Video
Author information:
Harris, Ed
Author information:
Bogdanovich, Peter
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