You can just see how depressed he is from losing Dorothy… The sad, dead dullness in his eyes. There’s no life to them. I don’t think he ever moved on from the trauma that the death of Stratten caused him. But now…he and Dorothy are together again. RIP Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980) and Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022). May you both have eternal happiness together in heaven.
I am amazed that Peter could give this interview so soon after losing the love of his life. In later years, he said that Dorothy’s death was almost the end for him, with the agony of losing her being beyond unbearable.
This was over a year after she passed. He was working at that time to promote the picture. He felt tremendous obligation to care for this film as it was the last work Dorothy did. And all the actors in it were special to him. He did say it was his favourite picture too. So it was a labor of love.
What a jerk. He never publicly took SOME responsibility for having affair with a married woman that resulted in her husband brutally murdering her. He blamed everything on Hugh Hefner in his BS book. The fact that he viciously attacked Mariel Hemingway's looks in "Star 80" also shows what kind of person he was. He had no room to talk about someone's looks. It's creepy that he married Stratten's younger sister. That's like something out of "Vertigo." He's buried next to Dorothy Stratten now. It's sad that Stratten surrounded herself with nasty, sleazy men that did nothing but use her. She could have had any man she wanted, but she settled for less.
I just watched the first episode of Chippendale’s and I can’t believe the rabbithole I just fell into on Dorothy 🤯 Hello to anyone who just went down this same rabbithole 👋
This is incredibly hard to watch. You can see Peter doing his best to hold it together and remain objective and engaging, but he's clearly damaged and grieving.
This was obviously a very difficult period for him - Bobbie handled the matter graciously and also let him do most of the talking and wasn't trying for "gotcha" moments.
I saw a later interview with TCM on their The Plot Thickens podcast, and he told Ben Mankiewicz that he put in $5 million dollars of his own money, and to that very day, which was in 2020, nearly 40 years later, that he was still scrambling. That $5 million he put in was for distribution of the movie, and he admitted he was lousy at it, and probably was not thinking straight at all after losing the love of his life. Bogdanovich declared bankruptcy four years after the movie was released in 1985, claiming he owed $6.6 million in debts against assets of $1.5 million. Can you imagine he meets this angel of a girl, young, beautiful, Playboy centerfold, sweet, innocent, and they fall in love, and then 10 months later she is brutally killed by her husband, who blasted her face away. I am surprised he could even talk, or function as a human being.
Jesus, it’s agonizing watching them callously asking him questions about his lost love. Is getting ‘the story’ more important than a human being’s feelings?
Fair point, however the subject of Stattens tragic death could not be avoided-she was synonymous with They All Laughed. This was at a time when journalists could actually ask questions and Bogdanovich-always graceful-had to sell the movie he owned
@@iwaisman After seeing The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon and St. Jack first, it was just underwhelming. I get that it’s a different type of film (screwball comedy, as opposed to drama), but They All Laughed just didn’t seem as believable, to me; it *looks* like a bunch of people making a film, as opposed to something that’s actually taking place.
I understand. Perhaps you're right. He actually did screwball comedy before (remember 'What's up Doc?'', his homage to one of his favourite directors, Howard Hawks). He did it pretty well.
great talent, good man
You can just see how depressed he is from losing Dorothy…
The sad, dead dullness in his eyes. There’s no life to them.
I don’t think he ever moved on from the trauma that the death of Stratten caused him. But now…he and Dorothy are together again.
RIP Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980) and Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022). May you both have eternal happiness together in heaven.
They are buried together at Westwood Village Memorial Park ❤
I am amazed that Peter could give this interview so soon after losing the love of his life. In later years, he said that Dorothy’s death was almost the end for him, with the agony of losing her being beyond unbearable.
He married Dorthy little sister.
This was over a year after she passed. He was working at that time to promote the picture. He felt tremendous obligation to care for this film as it was the last work Dorothy did. And all the actors in it were special to him. He did say it was his favourite picture too. So it was a labor of love.
He was a 40 year old man and she was 20. He only knew her for a about 1 year. They would've probably broken up if she survived.
He was on tranquillisers probably
What a jerk. He never publicly took SOME responsibility for having affair with a married woman that resulted in her husband brutally murdering her. He blamed everything on Hugh Hefner in his BS book. The fact that he viciously attacked Mariel Hemingway's looks in "Star 80" also shows what kind of person he was. He had no room to talk about someone's looks. It's creepy that he married Stratten's younger sister. That's like something out of "Vertigo." He's buried next to Dorothy Stratten now. It's sad that Stratten surrounded herself with nasty, sleazy men that did nothing but use her. She could have had any man she wanted, but she settled for less.
I just watched the first episode of Chippendale’s and I can’t believe the rabbithole I just fell into on Dorothy 🤯 Hello to anyone who just went down this same rabbithole 👋
Love that series
Read his book even though i do think it's odd that he married her sister, you can tell he definitely loved her. So sad
This is incredibly hard to watch. You can see Peter doing his best to hold it together and remain objective and engaging, but he's clearly damaged and grieving.
This was obviously a very difficult period for him - Bobbie handled the matter graciously and also let him do most of the talking and wasn't trying for "gotcha" moments.
What was the outcome of the lawsuit when private detective Marc Goldstein sued him over his KILLING OF THE 🦄 📖?
I saw a later interview with TCM on their The Plot Thickens podcast, and he told Ben Mankiewicz that he put in $5 million dollars of his own money, and to that very day, which was in 2020, nearly 40 years later, that he was still scrambling. That $5 million he put in was for distribution of the movie, and he admitted he was lousy at it, and probably was not thinking straight at all after losing the love of his life. Bogdanovich declared bankruptcy four years after the movie was released in 1985, claiming he owed $6.6 million in debts against assets of $1.5 million. Can you imagine he meets this angel of a girl, young, beautiful, Playboy centerfold, sweet, innocent, and they fall in love, and then 10 months later she is brutally killed by her husband, who blasted her face away. I am surprised he could even talk, or function as a human being.
He married her sister-talk about crazy
Yeah whole thing was odd but hey he did take care of the family in a way. Tho in 83/84 it got public n ugly
Talk about a creepy pedo
Jesus, it’s agonizing watching them callously asking him questions about his lost love. Is getting ‘the story’ more important than a human being’s feelings?
Fair point, however the subject of Stattens tragic death could not be avoided-she was synonymous with They All Laughed. This was at a time when journalists could actually ask questions and Bogdanovich-always graceful-had to sell the movie he owned
Inoportune journalist.!!!
@@lerm2866 fair enough-but he’s promoting a move…not his personal losses.
The 👀 face! He looks so uncomfortable in this interview
I was so disappointed by They All Laughed.
Why?
@@iwaisman
After seeing The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon and St. Jack first, it was just underwhelming. I get that it’s a different type of film (screwball comedy, as opposed to drama), but They All Laughed just didn’t seem as believable, to me; it *looks* like a bunch of people making a film, as opposed to something that’s actually taking place.
I understand. Perhaps you're right. He actually did screwball comedy before (remember 'What's up Doc?'', his homage to one of his favourite directors, Howard Hawks). He did it pretty well.
I thought the movie was terrible compared to other pictures he did.
@@mjef3695 Which one do you prefer?
I agree with his assessment.
Great interview!