The Films of Hal Ashby | The Magic of Movies

Please watch: "Revisiting Chronicle (2012)"
• Revisiting Chronicle (... -~-
A retrospective on the work of director Hal Ashby.

[@jwnj9716]

I wish "Harold and Maude" was 3 hours long, I couldn't get enough of them. Let them go anywhere they want with Cat Stevens in the backseat.

[@craiggoodman7]

Excellent portrait of Hal Ashby one of the unparalleled genius filmmakers that continue to inspire us all!

[@JustJohnForNow]

Great choice to start with Ashby! All his movies are so different. The first movie he edited was The Loved One, directed by Tony Richardson and written by Terry Southern about the intersection of Hollywood and the funeral industry. Very funny, great cast, I bet you'd like it. Keep this series going!

[@corbinmarkey466]

YES! Hal Ashby! The Last Detail is one of the most overlooked masterpieces of the 70's.

[@rodcampbell93]

Love the equivocal takes...

[@karenodell2180]

Thank you for your compilation and assessment. Hal Ashby is my great uncle. I never met him, but I enjoy hearing about him. I highly recommend the biography Being Hal Ashby. It contains a lot of stories about him in-between the films. Funny you should mention Tootsie. The biography states that he was working on Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman before he died.

[@ForcesInMotion]

"...sort of feels like a Stanley Kubrick film, or something he would've made." Yahtzee. Big time. Somehow, it's very Space Odyssey-ish. Excellent vid, Please Rewind :)

[@jimdavis8391]

Thanks for that. I've seen all of these films and enjoyed them all, though 'Being there' occupies a special place for me. I find it near painful to watch yet I'm aware of it's beauty.

[@pleaserewind295]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@markelijio6012]

Being There (1979) would be his last great American film before his death in 1988. Nominated for 2 Oscars and won for Melvyn Douglas as best supporting actor in 1980.

[@markelijio6012]

"Don't be afraid, don't be shy."

[@cristinamashayekh7431]

Only your first video, and your 70s Rewind is going great. I myself have only seen Harold and Maude, but you're spot on about his ability to mix tones in his films, something I really like in movies. Do you plan to showcase just directors, or will there be videos for specific actors and genres?

[@pleaserewind295]

It's going to cover as much as I can do in the time I've given myself to finish it.

[@kahlodiego5299]

I like Hashby.