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It's always nice to see an older world gentleman get dragged into the digital age, even if it is kicking and screaming. Storied director, actor, writer and film historian Peter Bogdanovich has chosen the respected independent film site indieWIRE to begin sharing his ruminations about Hollywood's Golden Age. Peter is not doing it for the exposure, rather to help educate folks on what came before the current 3D explosion-laden entertainments at the box office. "The state of movie culture, indeed, the state of culture in the U.S.A., is at a distressingly low level," he explains in his welcome post. "At film schools all over the country, most of the students act as though picture history begins somewhere around Raging Bull." He promises to write about at least a movie a week, beginning with "Stage Door," "Casablanca" and "The Heartbreak Kid" (the latter starring his ex-girlfriend Cybil Shepherd.) indieWIRE parent company SnagFilms also announced an agreement with Starbucks a couple weeks ago to co-curate a monthly selection of feature documentary films to be offered for free on the soon-to launch-Digital Network. Now you'll have something substantive to watch when sipping lattes in any Starbucks location.
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