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Peter Bart: ‘Love Story’, The Movie Nobody Wanted To Talk About, Was A Surprise Even To Its Reluctant Star Ryan O’Neal
"Why is this like a dark secret? It's just a movie."
Ryan O'Neal, who died this week at 82, was a smart, good-natured man who was bemused by the contradictions of Hollywood. As he nervously awaited the release of Love Story five decades ago, he…
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Peter Bart: Barbra Streisand Doesn’t Like To Hear The Word “Cut” In Her Movies Or Her Memoirs
When Barbra Streisand delivered her 992-page memoir to her editor at Viking earlier this year, did anyone urge her to cut? Even gently?
Not that it would have done any good, for Streisand has a lot to say and her opus was termed "exhausting, ecstatic…
Peter Bart: ‘Saltburn’s Tantalizing Twists Add More Spice To Emerald Fennell’s Career
Having won an Oscar for her gritty first film about a revenge murder, Emerald Fennell's second movie, out this week, reminds us that she doesn't believe in happy endings. Saltburn is about a vengeful college student who aspires to an even wider death…
Peter Bart: Hollywood Hopes A New Round Of “Fixes” Can Cure Its Malaise Rather Than Prolong The Pain
The consensus is clear: Hollywood feels it must pursue what Bob Iger tactfully (or ominously) calls "some fixes."
The “fixes” post-strike hopefully will move beyond cutbacks and delays — we've already been absorbing their impact. Disney alone has cut…
Peter Bart: War Is Hell. Onscreen, It’s Also A Blur
The Israeli-Gaza morass this week seemed to defy coherent media coverage, reminding me of critic David Thomson's conclusion about Hollywood war movies and how they “used to celebrate courage, not confusion."
Thomson's new book, The Fatal Alliance, deals…
Peter Bart: Do Hefty Running Times Impact Movie Marketability? It’s A Long Story
The angriest filmmaking fights that I've witnessed over the years have not been about cost or cast; they were about length. The movies were too long but so were the fights.
I re-lived some of them this week when I saw Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flo…
Peter Bart: As Disney Celebrates Its Centennial, Old Walt Might Have Cringed At Some Recent Strategies
I think Walt would be grumpy.
This is the week when the media celebrates the Magic Kingdom's 100th birthday, but Walt Disney were around today, I think he'd cringe at the state of guild negotiations, fights with politicians and jumps in theme park prices (or streamer fees).
Having gained…
Peter Bart: Even In The Movies, Media’s Quest For Objectivity Has Been A Lost Cause
"Politics is poisonous – even in making movies."
Those were the words of William Goldman, the gifted screenwriter, who was finishing his script for All the President’s Men in 1972, when his director told him to quit writing. It seems Robert Redford, the…
Peter Bart: Hollywood Looks To Its Senior Class For Help As Movie Release Calendar Gets A Reboot
With guild agreements being signed and production ramping up, Hollywood hopefully awaits a moment of youthful innovation.
Oops: The most newsworthy films set for imminent release are directed by filmmakers in their 80s – grizzled veterans who understand…
Peter Bart: Step Up Your Networking? Not So Fast – There Could Be Hazards Ahead
To state the obvious, this is a dicey moment in the job market. Amid cutbacks and strikes, even headhunters are job hunting. Those hot USC graduates who once lined up for CAA internships are now foraging for a TikTok moment. YouTube is swamped by a…
Peter Bart: Hollywood Studios Face Extinction Unless They Retool; One Filmmaker Has Been On That Mission For Decades
Will the Hollywood studio become extinct?
One hundred years ago, Louis B. Mayer unfurled his grand idea to mobilize "all the stars in heaven" for his filmmaking adventure. His dream factory, once prolific, now seems adrift amid the economic debris of…
Peter Bart: What Will The Box Office Business Learn From ‘Barbie’?
The film festivals can always be counted on to deliver surprise hits at this time of year, but meanwhile Hollywood must deal with another issue: Its Barbitude hangover.
Barbie's billions will importantly impact upon how decision-makers frame future…
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