This look at cult director Budd Boetticher features copious footage from his western canon and intelligent interviews with Taylor Hackford, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Towne, Paul Schrader and most importantly of all, Boetticher himself. Though he died in 2001, Boetticher was not camera-shy, and the bulk of this documentary consists of on-camera interviews with its subject, including a fascinating excerpt from a 1971 PBS feature hosted by a hairy young Hackford.
Just watched this entry in conjunction with the Randolph Scott / Budd Boetticher films shown on TCM. A very interesting synopsis of work and commentary from the director and some guests.
The man who made many a B-western with actors like RANDOLPH SCOTT is self-taught director BUDD BOETTICHER, who has a lot of interesting things to say about what drove him to become a director who began with low-budget crime stories and eventually stayed more with the western mode.Among those who talk about him, CLINT EASTWOOD makes some of the best observations.
Budd Boetticher was a famous director who made films from the 1940s to the late 1960s. While he is somewhat famous today, he isn't one of the "big names" from this era and he had a very particular niche--great lower budget Westerns (many of which starred Randolph Scott).
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