This traditionally conceived and extremely interesting audiovisual summation of Otto Preminger’s artistic career unfolds along two lines. One involves his frequent acting collaborator Burgess Meredith (popularly known as Rocky Balboa’s mentor Mickey), who takes the role of narrator retelling Preminger’s life story as compiled from various biographical sources (mainly the director’s autobiography). The other involves firsthand accounts from numerous filmmakers, including Peter Bogdanovich and Saul Bass, and, of course, actors: George C. Scott, James Stewart, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, and Vincent Price, among others. Tom Tryon, who starred in The Cardinal, refers to Preminger as the worst human being he’s ever met, while Scott enthusiastically expresses his gratitude to the director for providing the initial impulse to his career. Yet all of them agree on Preminger’s artistic prowess and his infectious energy, which always drove him forward regardless of any and all complications. As he himself claimed, “Only the risks are worthwhile.”