Director Peter Bogdanovich, known for some very fine films in the 1970s before becoming equally known for championing classic Hollywood, died on Thursday at the age of 82.
Bogdanovich was born in my hometown of Kingston, NY (more or less; I don't actually live in the city of Kingston) although I've never been able to find just how long he lived in Kingston; it sounds as though his parents were more or less passing through. He wound up off-Broadway in his 20s before meeting Roger Corman, which led to his first feature film, Targets, which featured Boris Karloff in one of his final performances. That being a success led to more directing opportunities, and his biggest string of successes including The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?, and Paper Moon.
But Bogdanovich was also a fan of old movies, which led to directing a documentary on Buster Keaton as well as getting an uncompleted Orson Welles project finished and brought to the screen. He was also the subject of the first season of the TCM The Plot Thickens podcast.
I haven't seen anything on TCM's website or social media about a programming tribute for Bogdanovich, which I'm assuming is going to come, but who knows when. However, I did notice that a couple of his movies are airing on other channels. Targets has an airing at 2:30 PM Thursday on Showtime Showcase, while The Last Picture Show will be on Flix at 9:45 PM Tuesday (among other airings for both movies).
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