by Film School | Feb 29, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #382 If You Could Travel Anywhere… If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? What would top your list? Money is no object, neither is time. Dream as big as you want. Also, Josh recommends Deep Space Nine on Pluto TV and...
by Film School | Feb 26, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #381 The 39 Steps (1935) Beautiful, mysterious woman pursued by gunmen. Sounds like a spy story… Widely considered to be the first modern spy movie ever made, Hitchcock is leaning into his strengths yet again (huzzah!): murder, conspiracy, and a...
by Film School | Feb 22, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #380 What is a Framing Device? Framing devices can be a powerful storytelling tool…but what ARE they? What is an “epistolary,” or a “flashback” or an “unreliable narrator”? And whyyyy would we use them? What...
by Film School | Feb 19, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #379 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Goodbye for the last time. What could be more touching than that? Peter Lorre. That’s the first thing to know about this movie: Peter. Lorre. Hitch teams up with his first truly enduring star, someone we still...
by Film School | Feb 15, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #378 How Personal Should Your Story Be? We all know the power of a personal story when we encounter one. Nothing cuts like the truth. But, turning that lens to our own work…just how personal should our own work be? Is it possible to be too...
by Film School | Feb 12, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #377 Waltzes From Vienna (1934) And now the polka, you worms. Hitchcock makes a musical! …kinda. It’s an operetta, which were very much in fashion at the time; a little music, a little dancing, and a love story at the center. This one...
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