In my 2018 review I thought it remarkable that Peter didn't get an Oscar nomination for directing or writing. Well if he did get one for writing that would have been remarkable, as the script is credited to Alvin Sargent, who came from TV, co-wrote The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and survived, to go on to a varied bunch including Bobby Deerfield, Straight Time, Julia, Ordinary People and Unfaithful. Though having spoken to the director yesterday on how he alone edited The Last Picture Show (though it's credited to Donn Cambern) we'll probably find out next he did write Paper Moon too!
None of this really helps our evaluation of Verna Fields though, who had done a great sound job for Peter on Targets. More later?
Loved the moment where Ryan's looking at the moon photo she's left him and all the background sound goes.
This review's grade: C-.
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