March 27, 2026

At Long Last Love (1975)

2 hours 11 minutes

And for a movie absolutely nobody was clamoring for, it’s Peter Bogdanovich’s original Cole Porter-suggested musical, At Long Last Love! In possibly the most 1970s cast of all time, Cybill Shepherd, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn, and Duilio Del Prete in a menage-a-quatre with supporting performances from John Hillerman, Eileen Brennan, Mildrick Natwick, and M. Emmett Walsh. If you can believe that Bogdanovich could be folly to his cinematic nostalgia, he attempted to make a Lubitsch-esque musical, live singing and all! And not a single soul was a fan- except those crazy Europeans!

It really isn’t as bad as the entirety of pop culture would lead you to believe, and filmmakers like Rian Johnson have cited it as one of their favorite movie musicals! We also talk about Jonah finally meeting the fabled Napa Boys, misrepresentations of podcasting in a new horror movie, the ghost of Peter Bogdanovich returning a lost Airpod, Ken Russell’s Tommy, and how, once again, all the plot tension in a Peter Bogdanovich movie could be saved by polyamory.

Further “Reading”

By Bogdanovich (2011)

Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdanovich by Andrew Yule

Picturing Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette

Cybil Disobedience by Cybill Shepherd with Aimee Lee Ball

5001 Nights at the Movies by Pauline Kael

Cybill Does It… To Cole Porter on YouTube for your listening pleasure

Definitely not a link to watch At Long Last Love on Russian YouTube

“Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘At Long Last Love’ Bombed in 1975 — It Now Exists in Two Versions You Can’t See Anywhere” by Jim Hemphill for IndieWire (March 20, 2025)

“Peter Bogdanovich Retrospective” by Richard Brody for the New Yorker (September 20, 2018)

“At Long Last Love: It’s Delightful, It’s Delicious, It’s De-Lovely by Carrie Courogen for Bright Wall / Dark Room (October 28, 2024)

“Peter Bogdanovich on the Making of ‘At Long Last Love’” by Kim Masters for the Hollywood Reporter (June 12, 2013)

At Long Last Love: Blu-ray Review by Shannon T. Nutt for High-DefDigest (June 26, 2013)

“Hyphenates Seek Unified Film Approach” by Paul Gardner for the New York Times (February 25, 1974)

“‘At Long Last Love' Evokes Past Films” by Vincent Canby for the New York Times (March 7, 1975)

At Long Last Love review by Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times (January 1, 1975) [Archived on RogerEbert.com]

Theme music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI)

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