BEHIND THE LENS #237: Featuring Graham Phillips and Parker Phillips
Behind The Lens
English - November 11, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTV & Film film television film production cinema history directing screenwriting acting producing cinematography costume design Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hold on to your hats boys and girls because this week on BEHIND THE LENS we're going from the race track of 1960's Le Mans to a modern-day Western thanks to GRAHAM PHILLIPS and PARKER PHILLIPS, and our exclusive interview with PHEDON PAPAMICHAEL.
First up, take a listen to our prerecorded exclusive interview with Oscar-nominated cinematographer PHEDON PAPAMICHAEL as he puts the pedal to the metal with FORD V FERRARI. Focusing on the friendship between legendary automotive designer Carroll Shelby and British race car driver Ken Miles, the film is set against the backdrop of the battle between automotive titans Henry Ford Jr. and Enzo Ferrari as Ford readied itself to compete against Ferrari's award-winning racing team at Le Mans in 1966. Key to the high octane success of the film is Phedon's work as he puts the moviegoer in the driver's seat of the race car, making us feel the car corner on rails or catch the sun flares rounding critical course turns.
And then we shift gears as we welcome GRAHAM PHILLIPS, "Prince Eric" himself from Disney"s "Little Mermaid Live!" tv special, and his brother PARKER PHILLIPS to talk about their new feature collaboration THE BYGONE. Co-written and co-directed by the brothers with Graham also starring in the film, THE BYGONE is an ode to the old westerns but more truthful in fact and events. Listen as we discuss the similarities of the oil pipelines and fracking occurring in North Dakota today with the Gold Rush of old while exploring the fate of Native Americans both then and now with the fate of the "Cowboys and Indians" tied together. With this serving as a backdrop to the film, with this story Parker and Graham explore the lawlessness that comes with the territory of greed and how it turns brother on brother and opens the door to the sex trade in the remote oil regions.