[Gay State Conservative]

This pig played a huge role in the death of Dorothy Stratten...a young girl who had fallen under the spell of psychopaths like Hugh Heffner and his showbiz co-conspirators.

[bray]

Last Picture Show was a piece of garbage.

[Red Badger]

Thanks for the memories, Pete. Rest in Peace...............

[dfwgator]

Played Dr. Melfi’s psychologist on The Sopranos.

[discostu]

Oh wow. I was never that impressed by him as a director. But he sure was a big part of Hollywood history, really bridging between the Golden Era and New Hollywood.

[x]

He had an interesting life, I guess. Wouldn’t want to be him, though.

[Az Joe]

His squeeze at one time was Playboy model Dorothy Stratton, who was murdered by her estranged husband who also killed himself at the time, when he learned of the affair, etc.

[x]

Speaking of Cybill Shepherd, that was one weird, sad story about Alicia Witt’s parents.

[Rummyfan]

More, he has performed that most difficult of all cinematic feats: he has made ennui fascinating.

Now that is an accomplishment.

[Rummyfan]

“Sometime in the mid-’70s, when we were getting terrible press, Cary Grant called me. He says, ‘Peter, will you for Christ’s sake stop telling people you’re happy? And stop telling them you’re in love.’ I said, ‘Why, Cary?’ ‘Because they’re not happy and they’re not in love.’ He was right.”

LOL!

[fieldmarshaldj]

One of the last of the directing giants that was known by name. Almost none exist today. RIP.

[Wuli]

1. Movie directors seldom made/make it to the top of my movie memory dump. As a result, when Bogdanovich’s name comes up I am always mentally confusing him with the infamous Roman Polanski.

2. I like/liked The Last Picture show, in spite of it painting a perpetually dark image of very small town America. I thought many of the dramatic performances were very good, and in spite of the eye candy I did not think the nudity made a big difference one way or another. It could have been left out, but I think the heart of the drama in the story would have still been evident (without the nudity) and was done well by the principles. I think what such a movie misses by default is even in the fictitious town there were many good people who were left totally out of the story - the story was not about most of them. The same fictitious town could have been written up with all the unsavory characters/events in the Last Picture Show given only glancing portrayals - it would have been a totally different story. In the end I think the acting stands on its own, regardless of what the story line and director offer the actor.

[mass55th]

All I remember about him was that he and Cybil Shepard had a thing at one time.

[dennisw]

He played a shrink on the Sopranos..... Images>> https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/bogdanovich.jpeg Video>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvKkhuJaJQ

He did good in the Sopranos.

[dennisw]

David Chase - An Interview, with Peter Bogdanovich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jgaAfWS64

Chase created The Sopranos. He is Italian-American despite the last name.

[Ezekiel]

Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last Picture Show whose career, which also included hits like What’s Up, Doc?...

Because at this time, people need to know.