by Film School | Nov 29, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #242 Citizen Kane (1941) Rosebud . . . Orson Welles, by all accounts, was a Hollywood outsider. He knew nothing about filmmaking coming in to make Citizen Kane, and yet here it is on the tippy top of the AFI’s “best” list. So, how...
by Film School | Nov 25, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #241 Takeaways from the Podcast Thus Far As we approach the very end of our journey across the AFI’s Top 100 Films, Josh and Ira look back over the past three years of recording this podcast, and reflect on what they’ve learned along the...
by Film School | Nov 22, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #240 The Godfather Part II (1974) You broke my heart, Fredo. Pacino, Coppola and the rest of the gang try to get lightning to strike twice . . . We left Michael Corleone on a sinister note at the end of the first film, and they fully lean into that in...
by Film School | Nov 18, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #239 Infodump: Friend or Foe? Beware of the infodump! Stay away from exposition!!! This week, we tackle the common advice to avoid dumping a bunch of information on your audience all at once. But, then again, how do you know what in the heck is going on...
by Film School | Nov 15, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #238 The Godfather (1972) I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse. It’s considered to be the crown jewel of gangster films. Francis Ford Coppola changed the game by aiming to represent the mafia as a flawed, intricate family more than...
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