I just watched and can highly recommend the new American Masters profile on PBS, this time covering film director Blake Edwards. I liked a lot of his movies and, as sometimes happens with a filmmaker, felt a kind of connection to the guy. And it's a good documentary as evidenced that it made me want to re-watch some of his movies and see a couple that I've missed.
I also understand a little bit more what one of his quirkier movies — S.O.B. — was all about. It was about how a studio head — Jim Aubrey, who was widely despised when he ran MGM and before that, CBS — drastically recut and ruined Wild Rovers, a movie of which Edwards was very proud. I see online that most of the omitted footage was restored for at least one DVD release. Can anyone tell me which DVD or Blu-ray release it was?
So I recommend the profile of Mr. Edwards — and while I have your attention, I recommend clicking on the below link…
