They All Laughed (Peter Bogdanovich, 1981)

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Twitter thread on the years-long process to get this on TCM

Great read, thanks for posting! Teck's noble devotion to the film is heartwarming, and one hopes that his documentary about it makes its way onto an eventual Blu-ray release of the film. It contains a moving interview with Ben Gazzara that reveals a key to an observation swo17 made some years back:

...I feel like I've forgotten to mention another big part of this take on the film: every move Ben Gazzara makes. He always looks like he's so in control of the situation (even when being violently chased by his past spurned conquests!) and yet at the same time, he always just looks coolly miserable, even when he's slyly smiling, even when he's genuinely falling for Hepburn's character. I don't know how he pulls this off [...]

Answer: Gazzara made the film in the midst of clinical depression, the experience of which he says was even more grueling than his experience with cancer. He credits Bogdanovich's generosity and the ease of his collaboration with allowing him to make it through the shoot.

[tehthomas]

Was not aware of the TCM debut, but I did stream this on MAX last month as it's currently available to watch there in HD.
I was curious about this film after picking up the Fun City Edition's blu-ray of 'Strangers Kiss' and watching the interview with Blaine Novak where he discussed 'They All Laughed' and his friendship with Bogdanovich. Not trying to be controversial, but I enjoyed 'Strangers Kiss' much more than 'They All Laughed' - but Novak is terrific in both, too bad he didn't act more.