"The Kid Stays in the Picture:" one of the most delicious films about the industry and a

Posted by tinear (A) on July 10, 2009 at 13:07:05

must for all film lovers.
Certainly, auteur theory was a breakthrough analytical tool but Robert Evans makes a strong point for producers also being considered critical.
In "The Godfather," for instance, he hired Puzo to write the book and he made the decision to hire the to-that-point famously unsuccessful Coppola to direct. He also continuously fought with Coppola over key parts of the film, most pointedly over lengthening the film to make it more about individuals and the family and less about the criminal activities.
Evans' life was the apotheosis of the roller-coaster: inarguably the most powerful, successful director in Hollywood for a dozen years overlapping the seventies and eighties, followed by a difficult period after being caught in a cocaine drug sting, and then linked by well-publicized innuendo to a murder, precipitating his long ostracism.
Not only a great story but very entertainingly told: the filmmakers Nannete Burstein and Brett Morgen keep story hurtling along, letting the enigmatic and extremely charismatic Evans carry his own narrative.

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Topic - "The Kid Stays in the Picture:" one of the most delicious films about the industry and a - tinear 13:07:05 07/10/09 (3)

delicious is a good word - tunenut 21:54:52 07/10/09 (0)

Spot on... - semuta 14:59:43 07/10/09 (1)

Okay, I'll read the book, already. nt - tinear 09:06:28 07/11/09 (0)

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