The_Film_That_Changed_My_Life

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Peter Bogdanovich
Citizen Kane
It’s tough to unravel one from the other: Orson Welles, the unappreciated
master, and Peter Bogdanovich, the journalist-turned-auteur. But Welles
and Bogdanovich were more than writer and subject, teacher and student—
they were friends and collaborators.
Bogdanovich argues that not only were Welles and his films ahead of
their time, but that Citizen Kane specifically is Welles—that it mirrors his
youthful, revolutionary disposition.
Of Citizen Kane, Bogdanovich says, “For the first time you felt that somebody
had directed it, because you could see the director. . . . It was absolutely
extraordinary, the impact of that movie at the time. It galvanized me . . .
more people were galvanized to be in movies by Citizen Kane I think than
any other picture since The Birth of a Nation.”
Peter Bogdanovich, selected filmography:
Targets (1968)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
Paper Moon (1973)
Daisy Miller (1974)
At Long Last Love (1975)
Nickelodeon (1976)
Saint Jack (1979)
They All Laughed (1981)
Mask (1985)
Illegally Yours (1988)
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