Monday, October 13, 1997

Howard Hawks: American Artist

/ / GB / 1997 / Hawks, Howard / / documentary

Howard Hawks: American Artist. PC: BFI. D: Kevin McDonald. Consultant: Todd McCarthy. Narrator: Stephen Frears. Featuring: Lauren Bacall, Angie Dickinson, James Caan, Harry Carey, Jr., Peter Bogdanovich, William Friedkin. Archival footage of Howard Hawks and his films. VHS PAL big screen projection. 60’. Pordenone, Ridotto del Verdi, Monday, 13 October 1997. **** A good lean documentary mixing the familiar and the unfamiliar. No new revelations for readers of the biography by Todd McCarthy. But a perfect joy all the same. - Comment 2008: the Hawks women realize they were saying the same lines from one decade to another. They also realize they resemble Hawks, himself.

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