Wish You Were Here
Austin Film Festival 2002
Fri., Oct. 18, 2002
Richard LaGravenese presented a 10-minute clip from his forthcoming film, Decade Under the Influence, at Friday night's screening of the LaGravenese-penned The Fisher King. The documentary investigates the commonly voiced idea that the Seventies was for Hollywood a decade like none other in terms of freedom of expression. Over 30 hours of interviews were conducted with decade luminaries such as Robert Altman, Julie Christie, and Francis Ford Coppola. Modern-day directors such as Steven Soderbergh and P.T. Anderson were solicited by LaGravenese and Ted Demme (who died about a month into the project) to be the off-camera interviewers. The 10 minutes screened at the festival provided a lively account of the decade and whet the appetite for more.
