by Film School | Jun 3, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #027 Titanic (1997) I’m the King of the World! This week, we dive into James Cameron’s epic-in-the-classic-movie-sense love story. It made both Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet a star, and it features one of the most spectacular disaster...
by Film School | May 30, 2019 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #026 What is an Action Story? Josh and Ira take a deep dive into the Action Story Genre. What makes an Action Story? And how similar is it to the Hero’s Journey…or perhaps even the SAME THING? We go deep, this week on the Cutting Room Floor!...
by Film School | May 27, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #025 Easy Rider (1969) 1960s counterculture gets its definitive film in ’69’s “Easy Rider.” It was a breakout film for Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, and written and directed by Dennis Hopper…at least that’s what Hopper...
by Film School | May 23, 2019 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #024 What Is Genre? Genre. It’s the absolute #1 MOST IMPORTANT THING you can ever decide for your story. It informs eevveerrryyyything else. So…what IS genre, then? And WHY is it the most important thing for storytelling? Josh and Ira go...
by Film School | May 20, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #023 A Night At The Opera (1935) You can’t’a fool me. There ain’t no Sanity Clause! The Marx Brothers kick off their tenure of pictures at MGM with this zany musical comedy that features such classic scenes as the Stateroom Cabin, and...
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