Directed by Brett Morgen, Nanette Burstein
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
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Does Bob Evans love asking himself questions and answering in cliche?
You bet your ass!
Is it an effective and engaging way of speaking?
Never has been, never will be.
Does Bob Evans give a fuck about any of that?
Not on your life.
Cinematic Time Capsule
2002 Marathon - Film #14
”It’s been one hell of a ride”
Can a single guy’s voice carry an entire documentary that’s made up of little more than archived photos and stock footage?
You bet your ass it can.
"Was I enjoying it?
You bet your ass I was."
Stories that sell the hidden magic that is a peak behind the curtain of Hollywood moviemaking always seem to be holding something back. As if, there exists some unspoken rule that says the worst secrets are those best kept under lock and key. Or maybe, to reveal the rabbit before it has a chance to go into the hat would break the spell and ruin the starry-eyed illusion entirely.
Enter Robert Evans. Producer. “Actor”. Hotshot. Storyteller. One-man show. Full-time swindler. Perfect to sell us on the plastic dream of making it in the sun-kissed utopia of modern Hollywood, sure. Even better to peddle himself as the one who shot the sun up to the sky in the first place, most…
Had I seen this movie before? You bet. Did I watch it again because Robert Evans passed away this week? Is the Pope Catholic? Do I believe any of this? Eh, maybe a few things. Either way, it’s a helluva story.
“There are three sides to every story:
Your side,
My side,
And the truth.
And no one is lying.
Memories shared serve each differently.”—Bob Evans
The myth-maker-in-chief spins yarns of blended truth and fiction in this entertaining, if not a little self-serving documentary.
Honestly, I could listen to Evans speak all day. He has a maverick quality to him, where everything he talks about seems like the first, the last, and the greatest. I guess you can’t produce the kinds of movies he did while having two feet in firmly in reality.
Robert Evans always had a element of bullshit about him, and I know that may be hard for some to hear given that he only passed away last October, but both his biography, which I read years ago, and this documentary on the colourful actor/producer/serial shagger has to be taken with a pinch of salt? It is very entertaining, don't get me wrong, and Evans narrates with a vigour that makes some of his claims here sound almost plausible, but I smelt bullshit, a lot of it.
Robert Evans started off with his brother as a maker of ladies slacks. I'm not sure how good he was at tailoring, but when he was spotted by actress Norma Shearer beside the…
How I had never heard of Robert Evens is beyond me! This autobiographical documentary certainly highlights the heights and skims over the lows as you’d expect. Mr Evans doesn’t exactly come out on top, but he certainly lived one hell of a life. The presentation is like a moving picture book. It’s stylisation is so rapid and flashy that it feels like a parody of itself. However, it does encapsulate a time of excess and glamour with a heady mix of affection and disillusion. Evans reveals a hollow beauty to Hollywood which he perhaps didn’t intend to, and that’s what makes this worth watching.
After watching The Offer and reading Mark Seal’s Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather, a revisit to The Kid Stays in the Picture seems like the next natural step. This time we get Bob Evans’ side of the story in his own words. What’s most interesting about The Kid Stays in the Picture is that the film is narrated by Evans, with some of the narration coming from his reading of the audio version of his 1994 memoir, the first of two, and directors Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen choosing film clips and photographs to match his words. What emerges is a charismatic, clever, but undisciplined person and an unreliable witness…
"These film people, they're all crazy!"
Bob Evans was a goddamn liar. He'd probably be the first to tell you that much. Pour one out today for Hollywood's greatest hustler, a man about whom "every lie told was true". Is this an informative documentary? Hell no- I doubt there's a word of objective truth in the whole damn thing. But there's that old famous Evans line about objectivity, the one that starts the whole movie off- how there's three sides to every story, "yours, mine and the truth- and none of us are lying." You're studying a spinmaster here. You won't glean much Hollywood truth from The Kid Stays In The Picture, but as a study of the Hollywood man-turned-myth,…
A fascinating documentary about producer Robert Evans and his tumultuous, larger-than-life career, exploring his rise, fall and rise again. It uses Evans himself reading his autobiography, set to clips and images from his life, making the story come alive.
It manages to be both entertaining and really interesting, Evans looking over his life in a wry and revealing way. Producing such iconic films as Rosemary’s Baby, The Godfather and Chinatown, Evans was a key figure in the New Hollywood movement and it is great to hear him reflect back, although everything is entirely from his point of view, making it quite subjective.
Overall, an engaging look at a key era in Hollywood and the man who helped to shape it, constantly fighting adversity.
Just read Easy Riders, Raging Bulls.
Kid Notorious
