Paper Moon — 4K 11/26/24

It’s a seriocomic fable from the Great Depression: Ryan O’Neal’s Moses Pray runs a predatory racket hawking expensive Bibles, and the only one to see through the con is the orphan Addie Loggins, played by O’Neal’s own daughter. What could have been a big casting mistake is a sensation — Tatum O’Neal carries the movie and then some. Peter Bogdanovich’s most endearing picture won over the 1973 audience despite being in B&W, to better resemble a show from 40 years before. Production designer and co-everything Polly Platt recreates the visual look of the past as seen in John Ford films. On 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
11/26/24