Following up on a recent post in which I suggested that Otto Preminger was overdue for a critical re-evaluation, I notice that Film Forum in New York is hosting a 23-film retrospective of the director's work -- which coincides with the recent release of a new Preminger biography by Foster Hirsch, which Tony D'Ambra of the films noir site recently directed attention to here.
The Film Forum site offers this from Andrew Sarris -- "Otto Preminger is still the most maligned, misjudged, misunderstood and misperceived American filmmaker. His films have stood up better stylistically, thematically and subtextually than I ever imagined they would."
Indeed, Preminger's films are so interesting and so good that all this attention should lead to the restoration of his reputation in no time at all. (Let's hope it leads to a widescreen DVD edition of Anatomy Of A Murder as well . . .)