come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? did you say? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this old heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without us tli monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being sharp, the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil.
come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without is till monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being sharp the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil. he said, you
manhattan was ostensibly a comedy. but it s all the questions he loves. it s questions about mortality. why is life worth living? it s a very good question. so if you remove all the baggage of him as a comedy filmmaker and just watch it straight on as a film, it s just beautiful. mel brooks, why did you make blazing saddles ? for money. blazing saddles is a classic western spoofing westerns, and it is one of the most subversive comedies that comes out in the 70s. governor! it s a movie that mel brooks cowrites with richard pryor about a black sheriff coming to this town and the townpeople not wanting him to be there. i love blazing saddles because it is such a revolutionary film. it deals with race with a sense of humor and candor.
but it s all the questions he loves. it s questions about mortality. why is life worth living? it s a very good question. so if you remove all the baggage of him as a comedy filmmaker and just watch it straight on as a film, it s just beautiful. mel brooks, why did you make blazing saddles ? for money. blazing saddles is a classic western spoofing westerns, and it is one of the most subversive comedies that comes out in the 70s. governor! it s a movie that mel brooks cowrites with richard pryor about a black sheriff coming to this town and the townpeople not wanting him to be there. i love blazing saddles because it is such a revolutionary film. it deals with race with a sense of humor and candor. richard pryor was supposed to play the sheriff.
says. those are the kind of things that those movies made you do. you saw something amazing. in a part of the city that you ve never been in. and you would try to find them. manhattan was a comedy, but it s all the questions he loves. it s questions about mortality. why is life worth living? it s a very good question. so, if you remove all the baggage of him as a comedy filmmaker and just watch it straight on, it s beautiful. mel brooks, why did you make blazing saddles ? for money. blazing saddles is a classic western spoofing westerns and it s one of the most subversive comedies that come out in the 70s. it s a movie that mel brooks cowrites with richard pryor about a black sheriff coming to this town and the town people not wanting him to be there. i love blazing saddles because it is such a