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September 12, 2004
THE STARS ACCORDING TO BOGDANOVICH
Yours truly has a review of "Who the Hell's in It" in today's Chicago Sun-Times. It begins:
Peter Bogdanovich's superb collection of movie-star profiles and interviews -- a sequel to "Who the Devil Made It," his interviews of top film directors -- begins with an affectionate tale about Orson Welles that reminds us of just how intimate the author's connection to Hollywood's greatest has been. But contrary to what we've come to expect from dime-a-dozen celebrities and celebrity interviews not worth two cents, the tale avoids bromidic egotism and journalistic platitudes. Rather, it introduces the collection's main theme, "the essential paradox about actors," as Bogdanovich puts it.
Read the rest here.
Posted by at September 12, 2004 02:02 AM
