For all his flaws, Peter was a brilliant man. He was a fascinating, captivating, interview subject. A library burned down when Peter departed. May he rest in precious, powerful peace.
Interesting about the ‘one foot in past, one foot in future’ as Orson Welles described himself in the same way (in video about filming The Trial) - that he is interested in the present and the past, but not in the future. Simpatico filmmakers, it seems! Re the Commentary stuff - it’s great after you’ve seen a movie about 10 times - then watching w/commentary is a fun enhancement.
I like this intelligent interview, but the whole time I was saying to myself ," o.k. ,lets speed it up a little!" and "and guys ,lets try to be a little more animated for goodness sake". I had no trouble to stop watching this and making sandwich and come back to finish the interview later with a caffeinated coffee....LOL.
I'm surprised the interviewer wasn't aware of Squirrel To The Nuts. Bogo has been trying to get that off the ground for a long time. It was originally going to star John Ritter i believe. Great interview nonetheless
For more on Polly Platt check out the podcast You Must Remember This by Karina Longworth. She delt with Polly's life and career in several episodes. Very interesting stories.
Polly Platt was an integral part of PB’s most successful films, a brilliant production designer, and went on to be an integral part of Gracie Films, co-producing Broadcast News and a lot more - she also helped put the team together who made The Simpsons. Not an appendage.
The consensus is that Killer Joe is Friedkin's best film in decades. You didn't like it? The changes to Nickelodeon were effective imo. It works far better in B+W than it did in colour.
