Writers on Film John Bleasdale
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The only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making ofs to biographies, studies to novelisations, I'm fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen.
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Maureen Foster talks Jonathan Glazer and Under the Skin
Jonathan Glazer is now - having only made four films - one of the most important filmmakers of this century. It helps that those four films were all masterpieces and the third Under the Skin is the subject of novelist Maureen Foster's wonderful study The Alien in the Mirror: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Glazer and Under the Skin. For more information and to order the book go to Maureen's website by clicking here.
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Roger Lewis talks Erotic Vagrancy
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were a Sixties supercharged couple in an era of supercharged couples. As a pairing they were fantasy figures, impossibly desirable. Liz supple and soft, in perfumes and furs - yet with something demonic and lethal about her. Dick, in turn, with his ravaged, handsome face, looked as though lit by silver moonlight - poised to turn into a wolf. Roger Lewis uses this glamorous and damaged pair as the starting point to tell the story of an age of excess: the freaks and groupies, the private jets and jewels and the yachts sailing in an azure sea; the magnificent bad taste and greed. It is about the clash of worlds: the filth and decay of South Wales and the grandeur and elegance of Old Hollywood; the fantasies we have about film stars and the fantasies the Burtons had about each other.
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Paul Duncan on Dr. No
Paul Duncan talks Dr. No, and the making of James Bond's first cinematic asdventure. Book now available from Taschen.
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Ed Zwick on Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
“I’ll be dropping a few names,” Ed Zwick confesses in the introduction to his book. “Over the years I have worked with self-proclaimed masters-of-the-universe, unheralded geniuses, hacks, sociopaths, savants, and saints.”
He has encountered these Hollywood types during four decades of directing, producing, and writing projects that have collectively received eighteen Academy Award nominations (seven wins) and sixty-seven Emmy nominations (twenty-two wins). Though there are many factors behind such success, including luck and the contributions of his creative partner Marshall Herskovitz, he’s known to have a special talent for bringing out the best in the people he’s worked with, especially the actors. In those intense collaborations, he’s sought to discover the small pieces of connective tissue, vulnerability, and fellowship that can help an actor realize their character in full.
Talents whom he spotted early include Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Denzel Washington, Claire Danes, and Jared Leto. Established stars he worked closely with include Leonardo DiCaprio, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Daniel Craig, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Jennifer Connelly. He also sued Harvey Weinstein over the production of Shakespeare in Love—and won. He shares personal stories about all these people, and more.
Written mostly with love, sometimes with rue, this memoir is also a meditation on working, sprinkled throughout with tips for anyone who has ever imagined writing, directing, or producing for the screen. Fans with an appreciation for the beautiful mysteries—as well as the unsightly, often comic truths—of crafting film and television won’t want to miss it.
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Robert P Kolker and Marsha Gordon talk Film, Form and Culture
This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture by Robert P Kolker and Marsha Gordon offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film.
Additional resources for students and teachers can be found on the eResource, which includes case studies, discussion questions, and links to useful websites.
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Neil Alcock talks Hitchcock and Hitchology
MURDER! MOTHERS! MEN ON THE RUN!
Film fans know these are just a few key ingredients of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies. When Hitchcock fused these elements with his innovative directorial approach, that blend of familiar themes and stylistic ingenuity became known as ‘Hitchcockian’. In a refreshingly original way, HITCHOLOGY considers how Hitchcock used these narrative tropes and formal flourishes to create some of cinema’s most unforgettable experiences.
Alongside unique takes on every film and TV episode Hitchcock directed, HITCHOLOGY also examines his collaborators, his cameos, other films in the Hitchcock cinematic universe, and more. Passionately written with wit and warmth, HITCHOLOGY is an accessible introduction for newcomers to Hitchcock, and an insightful companion for devoted fans.
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Customer Reviews
From Strength To Strength
Writer and film critic John Bleasdale came up with that rarest of things: a unique movie podcast concept.
His conversations with the authors of books on film have proven time and again to be fascinating, insightful, informative and always entertaining.
There’s something for everyone who loves films and books on films from Scorsese, Women in Hollywood, Herzog, Mexican cinema to the making of Highlander.
If you love movies, books and books on movies, do yourself a solid and subscribe.
Something Seriously Special
This is a superb example of everything great about podcasts. John Bleasdale has cornered an overlooked but vibrant market (books about films) which has allowed him to line up a guest list as diverse and wide-ranging as cinema itself. His deep knowledge of and love for the movies is infectious, and his warmth and good humour make his guests swiftly open up and get stuck into conversations they’d happily keep going for hours. Fascinating, brilliant stuff.
My favourite podcast
One of the best podcasts out there. Knowledgeable people talking to a knowledgeable host . Be prepared to be charmed into parting with a few bob on the books that get discussed. I look forward to every episode.