R.I.P. - Peter Bogdanovich Discussion

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Source? I see nothing on IMDb about his death.

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[–] seagal72 (1962) 3 years ago

It's all over the internet amigo (IMDB stopped being a source of news....even movie related....years ago)

A simple Google (or whatever search engine you use) should suffice?

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

IMDb needs to catch up, it didn't report a death message when I checked.

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[–] seagal72 (1962) 3 years ago

IMDB have just put a link (from another source) on it's news page.

They became a paid-for shill site for studios to peddle their wares, around the late noughties (long before they got rid of their message boards)
Looking at their 'agenda' of late, they'd be more concerned if Bogdanovich 'ticked' a box (as opposed to being put in one)

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Probably, I wouldn't know. I used to be on IMDb all the time for the message boards, but I just go there now for information. I mean, it IS a database, after all.

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[–] seagal72 (1962) 3 years ago

......as witnessed by IMDB's instant fawning over the sad passing of Sidney Poitier

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[–] rudeboymurray (3271) 3 years ago

Sad news. The Last Picture Show nay be the best American film of the 1970s - and I love Targets, Paper Moon and Saint Jack, too. R.I.P.

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[–] Cristianos (298) 3 years ago

He was a great filmmaker and film historian. It's so sad to see him go. Rest in peace.

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[–] sut6432 (2908) 3 years ago

Man, didn’t realize he passed away too! This is getting out of hand after just learning about Poitier a few hours ago.

R.I.P. Mr. Bogdanovich.

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

R.I.P.

He made a few great movies. Later in his career he had some good ones, like the Cat's Meow, but he never really got back to the heights he reached early on.

I believe his life partly inspired the movie Irreconcilable Differences. He left his wife for a model who was getting into acting, did a musical that was a huge failure. Had a series of bombs after a strong start.

He was a big supporter of the "auteur theory" of filmmaking, that the director should be seen as the author of the movie, which I never really liked. I think his career actually disproves it. When Bogdonavich had good scripts to work with, he usually made a quality film, but when he didn't, he couldn't save them. It's a collaboration.

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