# Peter Bogdanovich - Dead at 82 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-bogdanovich-dead-at-82/957337 "2022-01-06T18:56:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-bogdanovich-dead-at-82/957337/1 "2022-01-06T18:56:18Z")
[Link](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/entertainment/peter-bogdanovich-obituary/index.html) Of natural causes at his home in LA. I really liked some of his work. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-bogdanovich-dead-at-82/957337/2 "2022-01-06T19:06:02Z")
Whenever I see pictures of him, it reminds me of the episode of “Documentary Now!” where he explained he had to wear a neckerchief for the rest of his life because he lost a bet. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-bogdanovich-dead-at-82/957337/3 "2022-01-06T20:58:54Z")
Man, that’s the first thing I thought of as well! Bogdanovich had a crazy career: three massive hits one after the other practically right out the box, with the remainder spent chasing that early high. He had some later successes (_Mask,_ specifically), but he perhaps wound up being one of several cautionary tales of New Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-bogdanovich-dead-at-82/957337/4 "2022-01-06T20:59:37Z")
Of course, the Dorothy Stratten tragedy didn’t help either. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-bogdanovich-dead-at-82/957337/5 "2022-01-06T21:35:08Z")
I think the best of his movies was _The Last Picture Show_. In fact, I think that the novel _The Last Picture Show_ and the movie _The Last Picture Show_ are the closest I know of to both the original novel and the movie adapted from it being great works of art. The correlation between great novels and great movies is shakier than you might think. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-bogdanovich-dead-at-82/957337/6 "2022-01-06T21:46:25Z")
His movie “At Long Last Love” is THE single worst picture ever made. > **[At Long Last Love (1975) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072665/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)** > > At Long Last Love: Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. With Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, Duilio Del Prete. Four socialite old friends unexpectedly clash, and switch partners during a party and attempt to make each other jealous. I’m guessing he had to explain that before his namesake St. Pete would let him through the Pearly Gates. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that the poor bastards in the lowest depths of Hell are made to watch Burt Reynolds singing and dancing over and over for all eternity. Please Lord, stab me with flaming pitchforks instead! In any case, God rest his soul. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-bogdanovich-dead-at-82/957337/7 "2022-01-06T22:22:32Z")
I enjoyed his acting as much as his directing, especially when he played Dr. Elliot Kupferberg on the Sopranos. I don’t think anyone could have done as good a job of playing a snobbish psychiatrist as he did. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-bogdanovich-dead-at-82/957337/8 "2022-01-09T04:15:50Z")
I enjoyed The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, and Mask. I loved Cher’s performance in Mask. Bogdanovich left a lasting legacy in cinema. RIP