Women of the 80’s (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 8)
In the mid-to-late 80s, Polly Platt worked on a number of films that defined and reflected that decade’s ideas about female power. With an Oscar nomination under her belt, Polly starts trying in earne...
14 Juli 20201h 8min
Terms of Endearment (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 7)
Polly’s third marriage falls apart, and she enters more than one destructive affair. During these tumultuous times, Polly establishes a new collaboration with a male writer-director, James L. Brooks, ...
7 Juli 202053min
Pretty Baby and a Playmate Murder (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 6)
In an attempt to save her family, Polly transitions to screenwriting and producing, basing the prostitution drama Pretty Baby, starring a pre-teen Brooke Shields, on her own daughter. Polly finds hers...
30 Juni 202056min
A Star is Born (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 5)
When Polly begins her own on-set affair, the double standard of what men can get away with in Hollywood versus what was expected for women would push her to a breaking point. With collaborating with h...
23 Juni 202056min
Orson Welles, What’s Up Doc, Paper Moon (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 4)
In the aftermath of The Last Picture Show — and the collapse of her second marriage — Polly finds an unlikely ally, and a new job, in Orson Welles. Anxious to build on her career momentum (and become ...
16 Juni 20201h 2min
Last Picture Show Love Triangle (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 3)
At Polly’s urging, Peter decides to direct an adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s novel The Last Picture Show. Though credited only as the film’s “designer,” Polly is involved in every creative decision, i...
9 Juni 202055min
Peter Bogdanovich and the Woman Behind the Auteur (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 2)
After the death of her first husband and creative partner, Polly moves to New York, where she swiftly meets and falls in love with Peter Bogdanovich. Together Polly and Peter build a life around the o...
3 Juni 20201h 3min
“It wasn’t sexism, then” (Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 1)
We’ll begin with a look at how Polly Platt’s legacy was appraised when she died in 2011. Then we’ll go back in time to tell Polly’s story from the start, beginning with her Revolutionary Road-esque ch...
26 Maj 20201h 4min
