Pulling Focus

Gretjen Clausing
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Pulling Focus Podcast

Pulling Focus zooms in on what’s happening in film and digital media culture and puts soundtracks and film scores in the foreground. Host Gretjen Clausing interviews filmmakers, curators, archivists, critics and creatives about all that is unique and under-covered in indie film, video, digital culture and media policy in Philly and beyond. Since 2017, Pulling Focus has been airing on WPPM 106.5 FM in Philadelphia.

  1. 26 MAR

    Interview with Lou DiCrescenzo, Film Historian & Preservationist

    I'm very pleased to be joined by film historian and preservationist Lou DiCrescenzo, who has been collecting original 35 millimeter films and production equipment since the late 50s. Through his efforts and generosity, many rare and formerly lost films have been saved and donated to the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institute, where they have been copied and are now available for public viewing and study. Lou's projection equipment occupies a floor of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. Queens. He is a technical consultant providing his expertise to theaters dealing with silent era projection in film, a long term member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and for many years was the Technical Supervisor for the Ritz Theater circuit here in Philadelphia. He is also an accomplished musician having performed with many regional orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy, and the Trenton State Symphony, and he hosts a daily radio program sunshine music memories with smiling Lou Powers on WBCB 1490 am in Montgomery County. Films from Lou's vast collection aare shown regularly as intended, projected on the big screen at local theaters, notably the Ambler Theater where he was part of their inaugural 35 Millimeter Film Festival in 2018. note: Lou passed away on January 12th, 2024.

    28 min
  2. Phil Bertelsen & Lise Yasui discuss their new doc, The Picture Taker

    27/01/2023

    Phil Bertelsen & Lise Yasui discuss their new doc, The Picture Taker

    THE PICTURE TAKER is a tale from in front of, and behind the camera. Ernest Withers lived a complicated and extraordinary life, magnified by a legacy of developing nearly two million images that came to define the American civil rights movement. A photo-journalist, soldier, police officer, and civil rights activist in his lifetime, The Picture Taker illuminates Withers lesser-known work as a secret FBI informant, a double-life uncovered only after his death.

    60 min

  3. 11/01/2023

    Tiffany Naiman talks about David Bowie in Film

    Tiffany Naiman, is a scholar of popular music, temporality, and disability studies with a specialization as a David Bowie scholar. She comes to Pulling Focus during Philly Loves Bowie week to talk about David Bowie in film.  She also discusses her work at the Director of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Music Industry Program as well as a lecturer in the Musicology department.  She is a DJ and electronic musician performing under the moniker NeonGray; the experimental film and music programmer for Outfest Los Angeles; creator of a multiplicity of club nights and one-off musical events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Philadelphia; and an award-winning documentary film producer.

    1h 3m

  4. 28/11/2021

    Pulling Focus 10_3_17 with John Pettit, Temple Urban Archives

    In this episode John Petitt, Assistant Archivist with Temple University  Libraries' Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) discusses the  Archives' 50th Anniversary, "digital rot" and International Home Movie  Day.  John share some of his favorite soundtrack music by Brian Eno,  Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, Raymond Scott and Al Ham's Move Closer  to Your World aka Action News Theme.  Also we pay tribute to Harry Dean  Stanton and Tom Petty.

    1h 55m

  5. 28/11/2021

    Pulling Focus 9_19_17 with Slate's Sam Adams

    In this episode Sam Adams, longtime Philadelphia City Paper writer and  now Senior Editor at Slate.com joins me in the studio to discuss the  changing role of the film/media critic, the 2017 Emmy Awards, and his  recent trips to the Toronto International Film Festival and the Camden  International Film Festival in Maine.  Featured are some great  soundtracks from the current “Golden Age” of television shows Master of  None, I Love Dick, Fargo, Empire, This is Us and Broad City plus such  classic opening TV themes from Rockford Files, Miami Vice and Peter Gunn.

    1h 1m

  6. 28/11/2021

    Pulling Focus 9_4_17 Back to School

    This episode is dedicated to all the students in the Philadelphia Public  School System headed back to school on their first day.  Featured here  are some great soundtracks from Fame, To Sir with Love, Cooley High,  Rushmore, Clueless, Breakfast Club and more.  This show also celebrates  the incredible resources of the Philadelphia Free Library with a set of  music pulled from CDs from their music collection.

    1h 3m

  7. 28/11/2021

    Pulling Focus 8_14_17

    This episode was compiled for my summer road trip to head to South  Carolina to see the eclipse. It features selections from some of the  most iconic road movies --Badlands, Thelma and Louise, Easy Rider, Two  Lane Blacktop and a few less obvious ones, including music from Wim  Wenders Road Movie Trilogy. Featured artists include Kris Kristopherson,  Roger Miller, Canned Heat, Improved Sound Limited, Eddy Arnold and the  Village People.

    59 min

  8. 28/11/2021

    Pulling Focus 8_1_17 with BlackStar's Maori Karmael Holmes & Nehad Khader

    This episode offers a sneak preview of the upcoming BlackStar Film Festival  opening on Thursday, August 3. Senior Program Manager, Nehad Khader discusses this year's festival theme of Resistance. And BlackStar’s Artistic Director Maori Karmael Holmes talks about the genesis of the  festival and how it has become a kind of family reunion for independent  filmmakers of color.  Featured tracks in this episode include Nina  Simone’s Four Woman, Sweet Honey in the Rock’s Echo and Horance Tapscott’s The Giant Has Awakened.

    1h 5m
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About

Pulling Focus zooms in on what’s happening in film and digital media culture and puts soundtracks and film scores in the foreground. Host Gretjen Clausing interviews filmmakers, curators, archivists, critics and creatives about all that is unique and under-covered in indie film, video, digital culture and media policy in Philly and beyond. Since 2017, Pulling Focus has been airing on WPPM 106.5 FM in Philadelphia.

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  • Creator
    Gretjen Clausing
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Gretjen Clausing
  • Show Website
    Pulling Focus

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