Rex Reed (1938–2026)

I didn't expect much from this. I didn't even know who Rex Reed was. However, I enjoyed it immensely. The intelligent interviewer was witty and pithy, even incisive in exploring the interview subjects, films, etc. Covered here (generally late 70s) are:

* David Bowie while filming the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth. (Bowie want out of rock and permanently into cinema.)
* Elizabeth Taylor on the fraught filming of The Blue Bird (1976)
* Sophia Loren
* Pearl Bailey
* Jacqueline Susanne
* Bette show more Davis
* Carol Channing
* Two thirds of The Andrews Sister trying to chart a post-fame career
* Ginger Rogers
* Carroll Baker on the Andy Warhol-produced dark comedy Bad (1977)
* Geraldine Fitzgerald on the joys of belting out tunes roughly to small crowds
* Walter Matthau evincing an addiction to gambling on the horses
* Jeff Bridges embarking on his famous career
* Marvin Hamlisch as king of film scores
* Roy Schneider on the difficulties of filming Jaws

and many more! show less

Some interesting reviews about the Broadway scene in the recent past. A deeply Egocentric book :-?

I do love his writing and am now tempted to reread all of his other books. This was the first time I read this particular book, somehow I missed it the first time around.

Profiles of everyone of distinction in the late '60s -- from Michelangelo Antonioni to Lester Maddox. Guess which one comes across better?