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Transcripts for CNN The Movies 20240604 04:10:00

for me, the best of ashby s work is shampoo, which told a political story and romantic story and a sexual story. warren beatty plays a fabulous beverly hills hairdresser. he s a super handsome man, he s getting laid, but he s also not connecting. shampoo really captures a kind of spiritual malaise. in the context of this political thing going on with nixon. he did care about all the women that he was bangin , yet he couldn t stop bangin them all. i mean, i m on my feet all day long with the women, and they only talk about one thing. how some guy [ bleep ] them over. that s all that s on their mind. that s all i ever hear about. it was sad and moving and funny and sexy and real. being there is a satiric ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Movies 20240604 03:30:00

richard pryor was supposed to play the sheriff. but warner brothers wouldn t insure him, because he was an exuberant experimenter in chemicals. and mel walked off the movie. i can t make it without richie, i can t do it. and it was richard pryor who said, no, you have to make this movie. and you have to cast this guy. cleavon little. look how dark his skin is. he would terrify those people. i would like you to meet the new sheriff of rock ridge. i d be delighted. wow! i ve got to talk to you, come here. can t you see that that man is a ni wrong person, forgive me. the story was the strand to hang the pearls. the pearls were all of the jokes. look at that. steady as a rock. yeah, but i shoot with this hand. they were satirical, there were puns. they were sexual. they were sight gags. ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Movies 20240604 04:27:00

and saturday night fever john travolta s character is telling an extremely dark story. in grease he s not. i love grease , the musical. it shows you a high school i didn t go to, but the songs are timeless. boy and girl meet olivia newton-john was amazing in that role. you really believe that she feels i want to break out of my shell. then, in order to win over the guy, she has to become a slut. she looks pretty good. it s problematic looking back on it now in terms of the ultimate message it sends. become who this man wants you to be and you ll be happy, but you ll do it in song in a carnival so it s okay. we ll always be together and they re flying off. what? why are flying? it doesn t make any sense. ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Movies 20240604 03:47:00

happy birthday happy birthday baby when we made american graffiti in 1972, but it was set in 1962, there had been such a cultural shift. it was like ancient history. i m going to let you take care of my car. at least until christmas. acting in that movie was kind of my coming of age story. zit makeup. hey, come on. hey, everybody! american graffiti is my favorite george lucas movie. the simplicity of the storytelling is what i really appreciated about it. he s saying, here s what the last night i remember in high school being like. i have a new car. hey! it was hilarious to watch their night of crisis. are you going to go off and see the world? are you going to stay where it s safe? we re finally getting out of this turkey town, and now you want to crawl back into your cell, right? it signaled to me that movies were getting made in different ways and told in different styles. it was really anti-hollywood. ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Movies 20240604 04:11:00

Comedy with peter sellers giving a great performance as a mysterious man whose only experience from life comes from watching television and tending his garden. on television, mr. president, you look much smaller. because of this simpleton that sellers played, it was a way to show the folly of society. you don t play games with words. it was another side of peter sellers from his pink panther films, and you get to see him not doing a lot. and by not doing a lot he projected so much. it s the ashby elixir. he s able to tell a gentle story that resonates hugely, and he lets you add it up. if you re an artist, you re not really interested in success, per se. john cassavetes was everything. actor, producer, maverick. ....

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