Film Geek

Film maker Richard Shepard tells of his obsession with movies during the 1970s and 1980s and his relationship with his mysterious father.

I just saw this at the Film Forum in NYC. It is great documentary for film fans. Shepard has directed some TV and only a few films, The Matador (2005) with Pierce Bronson is probably the most famous.

Shepard talks of his father who got him into film and he never knew what his dad did for a living, but he did mix with some shady people.

The film clips are amazing from over 200 films, running the gamut from Citizen Kane to porno.

He also give some extra time to some films that really impressed him like King Kong (1933), The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974 and Rocky (1976).

Shepard is a New Yorker so he shows the city in film during the 1970s and 1980s, with clips of gritty grimy era of The French Connection and Death Wish.

He also pays tribute to long gone NY movie theaters that I myself have been to.

If you can, try to seek this out.