Peter Bogdanovich's film about the Great Depression is like a tribute to the filmmaking of the time. We experience the story of Addie, a little girl. Addie sees the world just as it is and that's probably why she almost never smiles (although she can't get down either!). Paper Moon starts at her mother's grave, whose interests certainly weren't for her daughter. A photographer tells us that Addie's mother was the worst kind. Addie herself looks like a tomboy in a flannel shirt with a cap. During the funeral, an ancient car approaches at the last minute with a Bible salesman who could possibly be Addie's father. His name is Moses and he is played by Ryan O'Neil. Both sell Bibles to widows who allegedly ordered the deceased men, and Addie does even better than her teacher. The Bible deception is used by Bogdanovich on the one hand as a game that joins the two together - but on the other hand it is also deeply moving.
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