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The combination of those choices is astonishingly canny.
In long stretches, the series has all the satisfying, weighty gravitas of a Ken Burns documentary.
George Clooney provides the voice for Paul Newman; Laura Linney reads for Joanne Woodward.
They giveThe Last Movie Starsa gentle, old-fashioned quality, both gossipy and gracious.
Were having fun revisiting the generation before us, Hawke says.
As a documentary framing, it is simple and it is potent.
There are biographical portions told through the transcripts and conversations with their children and grandchildren.
There are extended considerations of several of their films, their iconographies, and their career trajectories.
Regardless,The Last Movie Starsbenefits from the series-length treatment.
Its an indulgent project, but its thoughtful enough about episodic shape to justify the run time.
Theres none of that here.
What are you learning about yourself, making this?
Zoe Kazan asks Hawke late in the series.
He doesnt respond, and any answer would make that moment too centered on him.
The series itself is his best response.
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