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must for all film lovers.
Certainly, auteur theory was a breakthrough analytical tool but Robert Evans makes a strong point for producers also being considered critical.
In "The Godfather," for instance, he hired Puzo to write the book and he made the decision to hire the to-that-point famously unsuccessful Coppola to direct. He also continuously fought with Coppola over key parts of the film, most pointedly over lengthening the film to make it more about individuals and the family and less about the criminal activities.
Evans' life was the apotheosis of the roller-coaster: inarguably the most powerful, successful director in Hollywood for a dozen years overlapping the seventies and eighties, followed by a difficult period after being caught in a cocaine drug sting, and then linked by well-publicized innuendo to a murder, precipitating his long ostracism.
Not only a great story but very entertainingly told: the filmmakers Nannete Burstein and Brett Morgen keep story hurtling along, letting the enigmatic and extremely charismatic Evans carry his own narrative.
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This is highly recommended for anyone who loves movies. Well, this is told in his own words, and is a highly egocentric account. Factually, I sense a high degree of exaggeration by a very puffed up ego. But it doesn't matter, he had a great ride and knew the rich and famous and had big ups and big downs and tells his story in a very entertaining manner. Saw this when it was out in the theaters, now I think I'll see it again.
I read the book, watched the movie, and also have the cassette tapes of Evans reading his own book. (You must read the book, better than the movie).
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