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The Phi Phenomenon is an interview podcast hosted by film editor Shane Hazen with filmmakers, writers, artists, craftsman, critics, and -- essentially -- film lovers, about the movies they've loved and how it shaped their lives.
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Michael Mann & Meg Gardiner's 'Heat 2'
Discussion about the novel, 'Heat 2,' written by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner, which is a sequel to the 1995 film
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'To Be or Not to Be' & Ernest Lubitsch
interview with Nicholas Meyer about the "Lubitsch touch"
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Robert Bresson's 'Notes on the Cinematographer'
Robert Bresson's book on filmmaking, with guest Keith Fraase, editor of 'Past Lives'
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'Convergence Culture' w/ Author Henry Jenkins
"Convergence Culture" by Henry Jenkins
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'Down With Love'
The only features Peyton Reed has directed for the past decade have been Ant-Man films for Marvel. Before that, for a brief period in the late aughts, he was the studios go-to for adult romantic comedies. Before that, his finest (two) hour(s) — all due respect to Bring It On — was the Rock Hudson/Doris Day riff, Down With Love, a period parody filled with a digitally ’60s Manhattan and pre-sexual revolution, pre-Mad Men glee. On this episode, guest Lani Gonzalez and I discuss:
- Pillow Talk, the most specific parody subject for Down With Love;- the Oscar-winning lineage of Hudson/Day series;- why Lani, lover of Bring It On, disagrees about it being Reed’s finest (two) hour(s).
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- Peyton Reed’s pre-MCU work, from Mr. Show to the Back to the Future Saturday morning cartoon;- how Reed turned a pitch for a pre-MCU ’60s-period Fantastic Four into most of Down With Love’s New York “locations”;- and his post-Love period of adult romantic comedies.
Lani Gonzalez writes about film for both Book and Film Globe and, alongside her husband (and former guest-host) AJ, their blog Cinema Then and Now.
Both Down With Love and Pillow Talk is available to buy and rent digitally and, also, on physical media. -
Interlude in Self-Promotion Minor
Why have there been so few episodes this year? Because I’ve been directing a low-budget feature film since February! And Monday, we launched a crowdfunding campaign alongside a promo for the film!
This episode contains a brief description of the film of influence for the feature. But also, check out the promo on YouTube