The How NOT To Make A Movie Podcast

A L Katz
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Now in our FIFTH SEASON! Join us for a deep, inside baseball, nuts-n-bolts dive into the creative process. Guests include actors like MALCOLM MCDOWELL and BRANDON ROUTH, writers LARRY WILSON (BEETLEJUICE) and CY VORIS & ETHAN REIFF (DEMON KNIGHT) and everyone I know who's ever collaborated to create content. We talk a lot about TALES FROM THE CRYPT and why, in so many ways, that epitomized the creative process at its best... and why Bordello Of Blood (the second Crypt-branded feature film, Demon Knight was the first) was its antithesis. Talk about how NEVER to make a movie! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. Episode 1

    S5E1 Crypt Is Finally Screaming!

    THE BLURB: In this bonus episode, we celebrate the fact that "Tales From The Crypt" at long, long last is finally streaming (on the horror platform Shudder!) and it's definitely a cause for celebration. Joining us to celebrate is our friend, the entertainment journalist (and Crypt super fan) Kristen Lopez. We'll talk about Crypt's curious journey to streaming and share other backstage stories. We'll also talk about everything else that Kristen's working on (a great podcast, a great blog and a number of bookd). That includes "an Oral History Of Tales From The Crypt" which is due out next year! SHOW NOTES If you enjoy this podcast, please visit Costard & Touchstone Productions to sample our other podcasts. Your next great podcast experience is just a click away! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S5E1 Crypt Is Finally Screaming!

  2. Episode 2

    S5E2 Character Acting As High Art

    IIN THIS EPISODE: Leading actors come and go but good character actors are eternal. Actors like our very good friend William Sadler embody a kind of character actor perfection. Bill's easygoing charm can play anywhere on the good v evil spectrum. Hell, one of Bill's best known characters is The Grim Reaper, a seemingly larger-than-life character turned endearingly neurotic (and hilarious) by Bill's granular approach to his craft. SHOW NOTES Note: As our original publishing platform no longer exists, we are republishing this interview here. It was originally published November 8, 2022. If you enjoy this podcast, please check out our other (growing roster) of podcasts at Costard & Touchstone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S5E2 Character Acting As High Art

  3. Episode 3

    S5E3 Valkyrie

    IN THIS EPISODE When it comes to producing Big Studio Tentpole Movies - the summer or Christmas blockbuster that the studio is counting on to make its year - no one was/is better than this podcast's occasional co-host GIL ADLER. After Gil and Alan parted ways and ended their decade-long creative partnership and friendship, Gil went on to become Warner Bros go-to tentpole guy. He oversaw Superman Returns, Constantine and Valkyrie, all with budgets near or above $200 million. Valkyrie proved to be especially challenging for Gil on a number of different fronts. Here, Gil dives deeply into the experience of making that movie and in the high stakes game of Major Studio Movie Production. SHOW NOTES Enjoying this podcast? Please check out all the other podcasts at Costard & Touchstone. Your next podcast binge is just a click away! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S5E3 Valkyrie

  4. Episode 4

    S5E4 Killer Klowns

    IN THIS EPISODE we catch up with the special effects makeup masters the Chiodo Brothers. Way, way back in the day, Alan & Gil talked about hitchinig their collective creative wagons together. In this sit-down, two of the brothers, Stephen and Charles, join Alan & Gil for a free-ranging celebration of all things horror. But especially that place where horror and comedy co-exist like, well, brothers. SHOW NOTES If you enjoy this podcast, please check out the rest of what we do at Costard & Touchstone. Your next great podcast binge is just a click away! Note: this episode was originally published October 29, 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S5E4 Killer Klowns

  5. Episode 5

    S5E5 The Importance Of Being Ernest

    IN THIS EPISODE - As we've talked about in the podcast, when Universal Pictures first ordered three "Tales From The Crypt" branded feature films, Gil Adler and I were supposed to write the movie and Gil was supposed to direct the first. But Gil and I wanted to do something less conventional while the Crypt Partners and Universal wanted something more traditional - like, say, a monster movie. So, Gil and I opted to make the second Crypt feature (which became the ill-fated Bordello Of Blood) and we hired Ernest Dickerson (a terrific filmmaker in his own right and Spike Lee's former director of photography on movies like "She's Gotta Have It", "Do The Right Thing", "Mo Better Blues", "Jungle Fever" and "Malcolm X"). Ernest talks about all the influences that guided him (he's a huuuuuge horror fan) and his approach to filmmaking in general and to the various challenges of making "Demon Knight". SHOW NOTES If you enjoy this podcast, please check out the rest of what we do at Costard & Touchstone. Your next great podcast binge is just a click away! Note: this episode was originally published June13, 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S5E5 The Importance Of Being Ernest
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Now in our FIFTH SEASON! Join us for a deep, inside baseball, nuts-n-bolts dive into the creative process. Guests include actors like MALCOLM MCDOWELL and BRANDON ROUTH, writers LARRY WILSON (BEETLEJUICE) and CY VORIS & ETHAN REIFF (DEMON KNIGHT) and everyone I know who's ever collaborated to create content. We talk a lot about TALES FROM THE CRYPT and why, in so many ways, that epitomized the creative process at its best... and why Bordello Of Blood (the second Crypt-branded feature film, Demon Knight was the first) was its antithesis. Talk about how NEVER to make a movie! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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