Directing 1975's Dog Day Afternoon, with John Cazale and Al Pacino (backs to camera) and Carol Kane. I interviewed Lumet for the DGA Quarterly in 2007; we had about an…
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In his 1990 biography of Nicholas Ray, recounting the making of this film, Bernard Eisenschitz accentuates the negative, as the book tends to do overall; indeed, the overall account piles…
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From "Marnin Rosenberg in: Bad Luck With Women," by Drew Friedman and Josh Alan Friedman. Although I have given up Twitter for Lent, I see from checking up on it…
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I can't be the only one who noticed this, but I thought I'd mention this unusual circumstance: the announcement today of the 25 recordings selected for the National Recording Registry…
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There's no point in beating around the bush about it: I didn't hate Your Highness and I didn't hate the remake of Arthur, either. Don't get me wrong, I'm not…
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