Editing Peter Bogdanovich (section)

===1980s===
Bogdanovich's next film was the romantic comedy ''[[They All Laughed]]'' which featured [[Dorothy Stratten]], a former model and ''[[Playboy]]'' Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and [[List of Playmates of the Year|Playmate of the Year]] in 1980,<ref name=wekinglypigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=stratten%2C+dorothy&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref> who began a romantic relationship with Bogdanovich. He took over distribution of ''They All Laughed'' himself. Bogdanovich later blamed this for his filing for bankruptcy in 1985.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bogdanovich Files for Bankruptcy: Film's Failure Led to $6.6 Million in Debts Bankrupt |first=David|last=Crook|date=December 19, 1985|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=C1}}</ref> He declared he had a monthly income of $75,000 and monthly expenses of $200,000.<ref>{{Cite news|title=BOGDANOVICH'S BANKRUPT MEMORIAL: BANKRUPT MEMORIAL|author=Crook, David|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 19, 1985|page=i1}}</ref>

Shortly after the film finished shooting, Stratten was murdered by her estranged husband [[Paul Snider]], who then killed himself.<ref name="guardobit"/> To cope with the tragedy, Bogdanovich began writing ''[[The Killing of the Unicorn]]'', a memoir detailing the relationship between Stratten and himself, the making of ''They All Laughed'' and her murder. "I wanted to understand what happened to her," said Bogdanovich, "I felt I couldn't move forward with my life, creative or otherwise until I did." Bogdanovich said the book was meant to be delivered to [[William Morrow and Company]] in August 1982, "but new facts kept coming to light and so it was delayed. I did more and more rewriting. In all, I suppose, I wrote the book five times." The book was eventually published in 1984.<ref name="los">{{Cite news|title=MOVIES: STRATTEN'S GHOST STILL HOVERS OVER BOGDANOVICH|author=Mann, Roderick.|date=July 8, 1984|work=Los Angeles Times|page=y16}}</ref>

Stratten's murder was highly publicized, with [[Teresa Carpenter]]'s "Death of a Playmate" article even claiming that she was as much a victim of Bogdanovich and ''[[Playboy]]'' mogul [[Hugh Hefner]] as she was Snider.<ref name="NYTobit"/> Carpenter's article then served as the basis for [[Bob Fosse]]'s film ''[[Star 80]]''. Bogdanovich opposed the production and refused to allow the film to use his name. He was portrayed as the fictional "Aram Nicholas", and he threatened litigation if he found the character objectionable.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI Catalog of Feature Films: STAR 80|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58102|access-date=January 10, 2022|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref> Shortly after, Hefner accused Bogdanovich of seducing Stratten's younger sister Louise when she was 13. On December 30, 1988, the 49-year-old Bogdanovich married 20-year-old Louise, sparking a tabloid frenzy.<ref name="NYTobit"/><ref>{{cite news|date=January 3, 1989|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-03-mn-244-story.html|title=Bogdanovich Weds Sister of His Murdered Lover|newspaper= [[LA Times]]|access-date= July 31, 2015}}</ref>

After Stratten's murder, Bogdanovich said he "didn't go out much", but one day got a call from his friend [[John Cassavetes]] who asked him to direct [[Diahnne Abbott]] in a scene from his film ''[[Love Streams (film)|Love Streams]]'' to help get him out of the house.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gallagher|first=John|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/peter-bogdanovich-on-john-cassavetes/|title="I Loved John. I Miss Him a Lot." Peter Bogdanovich Reminisces on His Friend John Cassavetes|magazine=[[MovieMaker]]|date=December 7, 2016|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref> Despite Bogdanovich's contribution to the film, which even he himself admitted was minor, Cassavetes tried to get the [[Directors Guild of America|Directors Guild]] to give him a shared credit.

Bogdanovich had wanted to make ''I'll Remember April'' with Cassavetes and ''The Lady in the Moon'' written with [[Larry McMurtry]],<ref>{{cite news|title=HIS UP-AND-DOWN CAREER IS HEADING UP AGAIN|author=Lyman, Rick|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=March 4, 1983|page=C.1}}</ref> but returned to directing officially with ''[[Mask (1985 film)|Mask]]'', which was released in 1985 to critical acclaim and strong box office returns. The film was released with a song score by [[Bob Seger]] against Bogdanovich's wishes (he favored [[Bruce Springsteen]]). A director's cut of the film, slightly longer and with Springsteen's songs, was belatedly released on DVD in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/01/remembering-director-peter-bogdanovich-1234689077/|title=Remembering Peter Bogdanovich: From Maverick Director to Classic Hollywood Raconteur|date=January 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/728213/peter-bogdanovichs-films-ranked-from-worst-to-best/|title=Peter Bogdanovich's Films Ranked From Worst To Best|date=January 8, 2022}}</ref>

Bogdanovich directed the comedy ''[[Illegally Yours]]'' in 1988, starring [[Rob Lowe]]. Bogdanovich later disowned the film, saying he had "high hopes for it", but that it had been completely re-cut by [[Dino De Laurentiis]], the film's distributor.