William Friedkin’s deal-breaking disagreement with Steve McQueen: “I was an arrogant moron”
A regrettable decision.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 08/2024
Truman Capote’s first impression of Marlon Brando: “I hadn’t a clue to who he might be”
He was taken, to say the least.
Martin Scorsese on the filmmakers who “created the beginning of the New Hollywood”
An incendiary time in cinema.
The time James Stewart knocked Greta Garbo “flat on her ass”
“I don’t think she’ll ever forget me for that.”
The classic movie that disgusted and thrilled Sam Peckinpah: “A terrible piece of trash”
A feeling he knew how to create.
“Not just disappointed, but a little angry”: the horror movie Quentin Tarantino wanted to fix
There’s always a nit-picker.
“I had to jump in the tree to save my neck”: when a bear chased Robert Redford around a movie set
A dicey moment for an icon.
Clint Eastwood once named his favourite John Wayne performances
“Proved he wasn’t just a movie star but a really good actor.”
