The following video essay, written and narrated for the Criterion Collection by Peter Bogdanovich biographer Peter Tonguette, considers Moze and Addie’s father-daughter-like relationship, as well as the formal techniques and visual styles informed by it, in PAPER MOON.
Peter Tonguette
Writer

Peter Bogdanovich
Self (Archival Footage)

Jerry Lewis
Self (Archival Footage)

Ryan O'Neal
Self (Archival Footage)

Tatum O'Neal
Self (Archival Footage)
Peter Tonguette
Narrator
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