Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar-nominated director of 'The Last Picture Show,' dies at 82
Bogdanovich was heralded as an auteur from the beginning of his career
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Bogdanovich was heralded as an auteur from the beginning of his career
Like his peers of the French New Wave, Bogdanovich parlayed a career in film criticism and scholarship into directing.
Within one decade, the ’70s, he was transformed from one of the most celebrated of filmmakers, notably for “The Last Picture Show,” into one of the most ostracized.
Peter Bogdanovich — whose “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon” solidified his reputation as one of the most important filmmakers in the New Hollywood of the ’70s, but whose personal life threatened to overshadow his career behind the camera — has died, Variety has confirmed. He was 82. The director also had acting roles on such shows as “The Sopranos,” on which he recurred as Dr. Melfi’s psychotherapist; “The Simpsons”; and as a DJ in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2.” Wildly p
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