Peter Bogdanovich, whose failed directorial career has forced him to become a full-time Orson Welles expert, fares less well on a separate track, perhaps overwhelmed by his hero's greatest work. Justly nominated for an Oscar, it traces the battle between Welles and the film's rumored inspiration, publisher William Randolph Hearst, revealing what an accomplishment this film was both on and off the screen. But these days, it seems, you're nobody unless you've been in rehab. When you're self-employed, you're always working. Despite some bruising, rousing jousting and nice attention to costume and weapons details, the tale relates as much to old England as any mummy movie does to ancient Egypt.
Nobody really takes scary movies seriously anymore.
If any movie ever seemed like a natural for a sequel, it was this one. They can always fix my attitude. Sometimes it might take four movies. I love to be in darkened theaters, especially big old single-auditorium theaters. The Producers' and 'Young Frankenstein' are among the most brilliant comedies ever made.