Mr. Bourdain comes from a family of “huge, huge, huge film nerds,” he said. “I grew up in a house with lush picture books about films; my parents were both very serious about them. Foreign, art, everything.” Full disclosure: Mr. Bourdain’s mother was a staff editor at The New York Times for many years.
His father worked early on at Willoughby’s Camera Emporium and “was able to rent a 16-millimeter projector and show us 16-millimeter classic films,” Mr. Bourdain recalled. “I’d seen the entire Janus Film collection by the time I was 10 or 11. François Truffaut was a hero in my house.”
He will put that knowledge to good use on April 10 as a guest programmer for Turner Classic Movies, discussing “The Searchers,” “Eyes Without a Face” and other films with Robert Osborne.
As if there weren’t enough reason to love that man.
one of my favorites talking about another one of my favorites!
My two favorite things. Bourdain and film.