by Film School | Aug 9, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #210 Psycho (1960) A boy’s best friend is his mother. In the period between 1954 to 1960, Hitchcock made every single one of the four of his films that appear on the AFI’s Top 100 list. Psycho, the last of those four films, might be the best...
by Film School | Aug 5, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #209 Bad Habits What are your bad habits? We hate them. They hold us back. But, we all have them, and identifying what they are can help to keep on top of them. This week, Josh and Ira dish on their own bad habits, and how they deal with them. Listen by...
by Film School | Aug 2, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #208 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Good morning, Dave . . . It’s hard to overstate just how influential this film is, Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, a touchstone of the 60s psychadelic movement, and arguably the best–or at least...
by Film School | Jul 29, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #207 Thou Shalt Be Flexible Life, frequently, is chaos. And if its true that we must fit creativity into our lives, not vice versa, then how do we stay consistent in the midst of the craziness? The answer is: flexibility. A rigid structure falls in an...
by Film School | Jul 26, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #206 Sunset Boulevard (1950) Mister DeMille . . . I’m ready for my closeup! Director Billy Wilder would all like us to know: there was an era of movies before the talkies, and we did those silent stars dirty when we made the switch. Gloria Sawnson...
by Film School | Jul 22, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #205 What is your Storytelling Language? This isn’t a topic on ‘voice,’ or an artistic point of view. Rather, literally, concretely, how do you approach writing your scenes? Are there particular entry points you like to use? How do you...
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