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a scene where he only comes in at the end and says one line, he wanted those scenes shown. And
when I started to protest, and said, “Gee, this is interesting but I really thought your career as a
producer was a little more significant,” he got really nasty and hard-ass, “Look kid, this is how
it’s gonna be.” I did it. You know, what am I going to do? But for me it was the silliest tribute.
All these little snippets of Robert Evans, who wasn’t the most appealing actor in the world
doing—
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: The matador from Sun Also Rises!
MARTY RUBIN: Every fucking scene that he was in in that film, he wanted it to be shown.
Even, like I said, if he was only in it for a few seconds. The clips from the produced films, of
course, were terrific, and the ones of the actor were interesting, but it got a bit silly to show all
these little insignificant scenes. It was shortly after Ali McGraw had left him for Steve
McQueen, so he was very much playing the tragic hero, the jilted tragic lover. I know he has
these real loyalists in Hollywood high circles, and I assume he’s helped them, and so forth. But I
imagine to be a lower-echelon person working for him would be a real hell, from the little taste I
got of it.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: You know, somehow this does not surprise me. How about Burt
Lancaster?
MARTY RUBIN: It was a good tribute. I don’t really remember him that well. I just remember
he was quite distinguished and quite articulate.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: According to the press accounts of that Festival, the two
outstanding ones were Natalie Wood and Shelley Winters.
MARTY RUBIN: Yes, yes, yes. Wow! We did a lot of people that year.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Yeah.
MARTY RUBIN: Now I’m starting to remember. For some reason, two got added on at the very
last minute so I was really...
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