They All Laughed (1981 Peter Bogdanovich & co-scr)

One of the best films ever made. Can you believe this joyous, quintessentially pro-female delight was edited by a director through tears? It's quite remarkable that it was completed and released.

The leading ladies (in order of appearance) are Patti Hansen, Audrey Hepburn, Colleen Camp and Dorothy Stratten.

Once you get over this joy-pain dichotomy, the other take-away is just how bloody brilliantly well made it is - camera, shot size, editing, sound, all work fantastically well. A most overlooked film, it could easily be the object of serious study in film school.

Peter's 'The Killing of the Unicorn' is wrenching but essential reading for any fan, as is the documentary One Day Since Yesterday.