• 013. Deliberate Deceit: How 'Auto Focus' Fails in Its Portrayal of Bob Crane

  • Jul 3 2023
  • Length: 50 mins
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013. Deliberate Deceit: How 'Auto Focus' Fails in Its Portrayal of Bob Crane

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  • In this episode, Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater delve into the motivation behind Auto Focus. They examine published quotes by film director Paul Schrader and star Greg Kinnear, and discuss how they and others affiliated with the film felt not just about making the biopic about Bob Crane, but their opinions regarding the Hogan’s Heroes star himself.

    This episode contains explicit content and is intended for mature audiences only.

    © Carol M Ford Productions, LLC
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    Selected music is licensed through Epidemic Sound and used with permission.

    For more information about Bob Crane, visit https://vote4bobcrane.org/

    Access the articles mentioned in this episode:

    Raging Bullsh*t: AutoFocus Is Not My Dad’s Story (Scott Crane)
    The Stranger

    Setting the Record Straight on Subject of `Auto Focus' (Robert K. Elder and Tribune staff reporter)
    Chicago Tribune

    Paul Schrader and Greg Kinnear on “Auto Focus” (Dr. Frank Swietek)
    One Guys Opinion

    Paul Schrader: The Auto Focus Interview (Lynn Barker)
    Film Festivals

    I Am a Camera (Travis Crawford)
    Filmmaker Magazine

    Focus Puller: FFC Interviews Paul Schrader
    Film Freak Central

    Video Killed the TV Star: Paul Schrader turns Auto Focus into an anti-sex dirge; The Ring adds, “Don’t watch that tape!’ (David Edelstein)
    Slate

    First Came the Sitcom. Then Came the Murder. Then Came the *****graphic Website. Now Here Comes the Hollywood Biopic! (Lynn Hirshberg)
    New York Times
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