by Film School | Dec 2, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #439 The Power of Finished Finishing something can make a lot of things suddenly become clear. There are revelations about our work that can literally only be gained by seeing something through and marking it as “done” in our own heads....
by Film School | Nov 25, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #438 Vertigo (1958) You shouldn’t keep souvenirs of a killing… We’re back to Vertigo! The last time we watched this one, it was late summer of 2021, deep in the AFI’s Top 100 list. Top ten, in fact. Seems like an age ago, and...
by Film School | Nov 18, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #437 DVD Extras Josh calls DVD Extras his film school. The interviews, commentaries, documentaries, featurettes, and other bonus material has been as valuable in his filmmaker education as any class or study. We talk about the benefits of all this extra...
by Film School | Nov 11, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #436 The Wrong Man (1956) An innocent man has nothing to fear… Alfred is doing something new this time: he’s telling a true story, every word of it, top to bottom. Henry Fonda plays Manny Balestrero, bass player at the famous Stork Club and...
by Film School | Nov 7, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #435 Strangeness Harold Bloom defined ‘strangeness’ as a mark of originality that is endemic and absolutely required for any work of literary art to be considered a masterpiece or a classic. Dan Simmons goes further to define it as a quality...
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