The Voyeuristic Adventures of Errol Flynn
The swinging life and boozy death of the original ladies man, and the story of “the coroner that tampered with his cold, lifeless venereal warts.”
The swinging life and boozy death of the original ladies man, and the story of “the coroner that tampered with his cold, lifeless venereal warts.”
Kliph Nesteroff WFMU Blog Mar 2011 10min Permalink
A profile of Zack Snyder, director of Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead, and the upcoming Superman series.
Alex Pappademas New York Times Magazine Mar 2011 10min Permalink
“As we enter into a new age, maybe art will be free. Maybe the students are right. They should be able to download music and movies. I’m going to be shot for saying this. But who said art has to cost money?”
Ariston Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola The 99 Percent Jan 2011 10min Permalink
A profile of Focus Features CEO James Schamus.
Tony Kaye was one of the biggest commercial directors of his time. Then he directed American History X and, by his own admission, completely lost his mind.
Adam Higginbotham The Telegraph Jun 2007 15min Permalink
An 1992 interview with Martin Scorsese. On Goodfellas, “I figured to do it as if it was one long trailer, where you just propel the action and you get an exhilaration, a rush of the lifestyle.”
Anthony DeCurtis, Martin Scorsese This Recording Jan 1992 25min Permalink
An oral history of Goodfellas.
The writer (Aaron Sorkin), director (David Fincher), and actors (Jesse Eisenberg & Justin Timberlake) of The Social Network on dramatizing the real story of a 20 year old into “the Citizen Kane of John Hughes movies.”
Mark Harris New York Sep 2010 25min Permalink
Slumdog Millionaire, the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and the arrival of “New India” in the American imagination.
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi Triple Canopy Jul 2010 Permalink
An interview with cinematographer Harris Savides on the enduring appeal of the visual style of films shot in the 1970s.
David Schwartz Moving Image Mar 2010 20min Permalink
The few who got to view Jerry Lewis’s notorious The Day the Clown the Cried, set at Auschwitz, piece together memories of their surreal personal screenings.
Bruce Handy Spy May 1992 Permalink
The story of the most popular music video of all time, including memories of a then-25-year-old Michael Jackson on and off the set. Director John Landis: “I dealt with Michael as I would have a really gifted child.”
Nancy Griffin Vanity Fair Jun 2010 30min Permalink
How Warren Beatty seduced the studios into making the comedy Ishtar, which set the modern bar for cinematic debacles. (An excerpt from Peter Biskind’s Star.)
Peter Biskind Vanity Fair Feb 2010 35min Permalink
The 1979 Oscars pitted Hal Ashby’s Coming Home against Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter, wildly different films both on the topic of the Vietnam War.
Peter Biskind Vanity Fair Mar 2008 40min Permalink
The Onion’s Keith Phipps retraces the route Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda followed in Easy Rider.
Keith Phipps Slate Nov 2009 Permalink