Sign up for my newsletter. Youtube channel updates, written reviews, and exclusive content -- free! -- http://eepurl.com/hbfI6v 0:00 Introduction 0:34 Overview of Hal Ashby's Ideas 2:14 The Landlord 4:55 Harold and Maude 7:01 The Last Detail 9:22 Shampoo 11:10 Bound for Glory, and Coming Home 12:28 Being There 15:14 Conclusion Many film fans know Hal Ashby's work -- Being There, for example -- but not many know how great his filmography is. This video shows Ashby as a auteur, working from 1970 onward to direct some of the most memorable heartfelt satires in the last 50 years of American cinema. I go through Ashby's filmography of the 1970s, discussing the movies The Landlord, Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, and Being There. Here are a few of my semi-polished Letterboxd writeups on these movies: The Landlord -- https://boxd.it/6s Harold and Maude -- https://boxd.it/2axM The Last Detail -- https://boxd.it/1Nbe Shampoo -- https://boxd.it/1jNW All reasonable comments welcome, including reasoned disagreements. You will be banned for foolish talk, harassment, and hate speech on sight; it's a tremendous waste of life. Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJoshMatthews Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/joshmatthews/ Understanding Movies 101 Course: https://joshmatthews.org/learn-more-about-movies-a-short-video-course/ The Great Movies Series: https://joshmatthews.org/what-makes-this-movie-great-list-of-videos/ Comprehensive List of the Great Movies Series: https://joshmatthews.org/what-makes-this-movie-great-list-of-videos/ Movie Cliches Series -- Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBCXFM1qmj4 The Great Directors Series -- Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ChqM-3knDs Shot for Shot Analyses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syos3JN41mM Great Science-Fiction Movie List: https://joshmatthews.org/great-science-fiction-movies-and-tv/ Other Movie Lists: https://joshmatthews.org/topics/movie-lists/