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MARGARITA LANDAZURI: There were a lot of people then. Okay, ’77. This was the Mel
Brooks year.
MARTY RUBIN: Right. Like I said, he was a pip, as you might imagine, and he was very
nudzhy but he was right. And of course it was fun to watch the films and to show clips from
them.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: His stuff really holds up.
MARTY RUBIN: Yeah. I agree.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Sydney Pollack?
MARTY RUBIN: Mmm. Don’t remember him tremendously much. I believe the reason we were
doing him was because his film, Bobby Deerfield, was the opening film. Is that right?
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Let me just look at my notes. I know that Bobby Deerfield
opened the Festival one year. Yeah, it was. That was it.
MARTY RUBIN: I think part of the package was we did a tribute to him.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: What a stink film.
MARTY RUBIN: I think he’s a terrific actor. I think he’s not an interesting director. He’s very
posh and polished, but—with the exception of They Shoot Horses—I can’t think of a single film
of his that I find interesting, so from that standpoint it was one of the more challenging tributes
to do, because I did not have a high estimation of the director’s work. I hope he doesn’t read this
and destroy me in some way. He seems to be a very powerful person. And, I’m sure, a very nice
person. And as I say, he’s a terrific actor. Much more interesting as an actor than as a director.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Another kind of “pop” director—Claude Lelouch.
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