Peter Bogdanovich’s peak streak of films in the 70s happened with 1971’s “The Last Picture Show,” 1972’s “What’s Up Doc,” and 1973’s “Paper Moon.” Ever since then? Nothing worth shouting about, some out and out disasters and a couple of victorious successes such as 1985’s “Mask” starring Cher.
Read morePeter Bogdanovich: "I think a lot of current movies are going to date very badly, particularly the superhero movies"
Matt Zoler Seitz has a fascinating interview with director, film historian Peter Bogdanovich up on RogerEbert.com. It's definitely worth a read, at the very least for Bogdanovich's incredible insight on Buster Keaton, silent cinema and the changes in American movies today. Bogdanovich thinks that the current crop of superhero flicks ravaging the silver screen today will age very badly over time. With the exception of "The Dark Knight," and a few other minor entertainments, I can't help but believe that he is correct in his assumption.
A few noteworthy quotes:
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