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John Huston was a very strange man--sort of like Ernest Hemingway (for good and bad) but with more of a commercial bent. He was an enigma, as he was supremely talented yet in addition to making many brilliant films (such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "The African Queen") he also made some films that were total crap ("Myra Breckinridge" comes quickly to mind).
This film is included as a bonus feature on the two-disc version of "Treasure of the Sierra Madre." I was not very familiar with John Huston before seeing this film, but now I seek out his movies.
John Huston: The Man, The Movies, The Maverick (1989) *** 1/2 (out of 4) The title pretty much tells you everything this documentary is about. Clocking in at 129-minutes, this documentary covers both the personal and professional life of director John Huston and features interviews with the likes of Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Evelyn Keyes, Michael Fitzgerald, Arthur Miller, Anjelica Huston, Tom Shaw and Michael Caine.
