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Ryan and Tatum O’Neal Shine in Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon (1973)
In this episode of the Cinematic Flashback Podcast, Chuck Bryan and Matt Sargent take a deep dive into Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon (1973), the Depression-era road movie starring real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal. What begins as a simple grifter story slowly reveals itself to be one of the most heartfelt and emotionally layered films of the 1970s.
The discussion explores how Paper Moon emerged from the bold experiment known as The Directors Company — a short-lived attempt by Paramount and Gulf+Western to give major filmmakers unprecedented creative freedom with low-budget…
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