Film and Television Appearances
Braudy frequently appears as a commentator on popular culture, cultural history, and films on a variety of television shows, including Crossfire, World of Wonder, The Maria Shriver Show, and The South Bank Show. A transcript of his interview with Bill Moyers on Moyers's PBS series appeared in The World of Ideas (Doubleday, 1990). He has acted in John Waters' Polyester (1981), and Robert Kramer's underground classic Ice (1970).
Other film appearances include:
- Facing the Past (2005)—Braudy is interviewed in this featurette included in the DVD of Elia Kazan's 1957 film A Face in the Crowd.
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004)—This feature-length documentary is included with the 4-Disc Star Wars Trilogy DVD set.
- Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)—Braudy comments as an authority on fame in this documentary about the rise and fall of disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer.
- Our Infatuation with Fame: Leo Braudy (1990)—In this interview, Bill Moyers and Leo Braudy discuss the pleasures and perils of celebrity.
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Famous quotes containing the words film, television and/or appearances:
“All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They’re obliged to overstate their own importance.”
—François Truffaut (1932–1984)
“Television is an excellent system when one has nothing to lose, as is the case with a nomadic and rootless country like the United States, but in Europe the affect of television is that of a bulldozer which reduces culture to the lowest possible denominator.”
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“What I often forget about students, especially undergraduates, is that surface appearances are misleading. Most of them are at base as conventional as Presbyterian deacons.”
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