Mark Rappaport

Club as “a formidable exercise in the narrative ambiguities that would dominate many of his films to come.”[2] The next several years brought Mozart in Love (1975), Local Color (1977), the Max Ophuls-influenced The Scenic Route (1978), and Imposters (1979).

[3] Roger Ebert called the film “a witty and mannered exercise in style and social observation.”[4] Rappaport’s last narrative feature was Chain Letters (1985).

"[7] Starting in 2014, Rappaport turned to short video essays on film history, chronicling the careers of actors (Anita Ekberg, Marcel Dalio, Debra Paget, Chris Olsen, Conrad Veidt, Will Geer) and specific directors (Douglas Sirk, Max Ophuls, Sergei Eisenstein, Jacques Tati and Robert Bresson).

The suit was later dropped due to rising legal costs, and Rappaport started an online petition demanding that Carney return the masters.

[11] Rappaport has been noted by Roger Ebert, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ray Carney, J. Hoberman, Dave Kehr, and Stuart Klawans.