Peter Bogdanovich has been taken from us at the age of 1982. He was the legend behind Paper Moon and The Last Picture Show.
In Los Angeles, the acclaimed film director died from natural causes His daughter Antonio Bogdanovich made the announcement shortly after midnight Thursday. The Hollywood Reporter.
Bogdanovich was a star after The Last Picture Show, his second movie, won eight Oscar nominations.
Peter Bogdanovich (pictured 2017, legendary filmmaker behind The Last Picture Show, and Paper Moon) has passed away at 82.
Cloris Johnson, Ben Johnson and Ben Johnson each received Oscar statues. Boganovich also received nominations for Best Director.
This film became a big hit at both the box office and with viewers. It is now part of the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry.
Bogdanovich said later that the movie gave him the impression of speaking to a lot people in an interview for The Salt Lake Tribune.
“People tell me it brings back memories of home, so it seems to have a universality.” The universality of young love and sex is quite remarkable.
Bogdanovich was a star after The Last Picture Show became his second movie. It received eight Oscar nominations, and won two Oscars.
From his famous affair with Cybill Shepherd, his turbulent private life was often the focus.
Bogdanovich is considered part of the New Hollywood generation. His films Targets, a chilling solo shooter, and The Last Picture Show (from 1971), were his haunting portraits of small towns.
He followed The Last Picture Show with the screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal, and then the Depression-era road trip film Paper Moon, which won 10-year-old Tatum O´Neal an Oscar.
The drama in his personal life often dominated the headlines, including his relationship with Cybill shepherd, which began while he was still married to Polly Platt. The murder of Dorothy Stratten, his Playmate and later his subsequent marriage, to Louise, was also a part of his turbulent past.
Bogdanovich, a New York native, started his career as a filmmaker journalist and critic. He then became a program manager at the Museum of Modern Art where he was able to introduce himself through several retrospectives to an array of older guard filmmakers like Howard Hawks, Orson Welles, and John Ford.
Bogdanovich is considered an original director in the New Hollywood film industry.