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Will Success Fix Me? (Cutting Room Floor #211)
Film School - July 08, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsBestseller. Top of the Box Office. Hit TV show. Oscar. Millions...success will fix everything, right? I mean, it's literally what we're chasing so hard, the tippy top of our dreams, how could it possibly NOT fix us, right? RIGHT? Hmmm. So, what if it doesn't? What if success were only to make ou...
Rope (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #34)
Film School - July 01, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsMurder can be an art, too... So, Hitchcock is doing some THINGS. He's out on his own away from Selznick for the first time in Hollywood, and he's come out with a big swing: can we shoot a movie with no cuts? All one take? Or, at least the illusion of that? And how would such a real-time filmin...
Why Is Your Process So Different From Mine? (Cutting Room Floor #210)
Film School - June 27, 2024 18:28 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsYou've probably heard this before: there is no ONE WAY to be a writer. Or a filmmaker. Or an actor, or a painter, or a dancer, or a sculptor...the possibilities, personalities, and pathways are endless. Why is that? And if its true, how can I find my own way? We discuss and answer! Also, Josh ...
The Paradine Case (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #33)
Film School - June 24, 2024 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsI loved Andre Latour, and you murdered him... It's the last rodeo for Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick, the last time the two work together. And this time, it's written by the producer himself. We have ourselves a murder, a mysterious, beautiful woman accused, and a dashing young lawyer ...
All At Once vs. Slow & Steady (Cutting Room Floor #209)
Film School - June 17, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat's the best way to work: burst energy, get it out as hard and fast as you possibly can go go go don't stop...or slow and steady, this is a marathon not a sprint, and you can't just drop everything when life never stops, so drip drip it away, one brick at a time until you're finally done? Spo...
Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #32)
Film School - June 10, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsSay it again, it keeps me awake. ...I love you... Ingrid Bergman and Hitchcock go back to back! This time its Cary Grant she teams up with, in a tale of international espionage, manipulation, uranium, and...love. All things Hitch has covered before, but not quite like this. Grant and Bergman h...
Good Habits (Cutting Room Floor #208)
Film School - June 03, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsOn this podcast, we've talked before about BAD habits and how to break them. But what about GOOD habits? What about that stuff that we know we SHOULD be doing, but it's hard to get going? Josh and Ira talk about how it works for them. Also, Josh recommends The Terror Season 1 (again), and Ira ...
Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #31)
Film School - May 28, 2024 04:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsAmnesia: the trick of the mind for remaining sane... You see "Dream Sequence by Salvador Dali" in the credits and you get excited! Hitch is doing some things with this one. We're going super psychological with it. Like SUPER psychological. Gregory Peck doesn't remember who he is, but he's conv...
Does It Get Any Easier? (Cutting Room Floor #207)
Film School - May 23, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIt's so, sooooo hard when you're starting out. We all look forward to the day where it gets easier. The thought of the work just pumping out of us, amazing and free, kinda keeps us going in those early, dark, hard days. But...DOES it get any easier? We ask each other and discuss. Also, Josh re...
Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #30)
Film School - May 20, 2024 19:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDying together's even more personal than living together... Hitchcock plays with setting this time around, confining his ENTIRE FILM to a single lifeboat. And it doesn't pull any punches. Dead babies, murder, suicide, paranoia, love, hate, desperation, and brutal violence...it all takes place ...
Advice For An Aspiring Writer (Cutting Room Floor #206)
Film School - May 17, 2024 03:28 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsSo you want to be a writer. You're interested in a life of storytelling. Long term. What do you need to know? Or, as someone who's already dedicated themselves to a lifetime of spinning tales, what would you say to someone who was interested in doing the same? As a pair that fall into the latter...
Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #29)
Film School - May 13, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThe cities are full of women... Alfred transports us to small-town America this time, a land of unlocked doors, everyone knows everyone, and the world is full of innocence. But then Uncle Charlie comes home, and all that idealism starts to unravel. Uncle Charlie is hiding something. He might n...
A Good Kick In The Ass (Cutting Room Floor #205)
Film School - May 09, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsAn ass-kicking never feels good! It hurts every time. And yet, especially in the creative sense, we all need to be told when we're doing something wrong; we all need to be humbled. So...how can getting your ass kicked be a good thing? If the pain is the same either way, how can you tell construc...
Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #28)
Film School - May 06, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsMust I remind you that *you* are the fugitive from justice and not I? It's The 39 Steps: Part 2! Hitchcock returns to what is clearly a favorite premise: an innocent man on the run from a criminal conspiracy with the fate of the country at stake. This time, we're in American, and there's a re...
Remembering Greatness, Forgetting the Rest (Cutting Room Floor #204)
Film School - May 02, 2024 16:19 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings400 episodes! Wild. This week, we're tackling the question of bad vs good vs great from the angle of seeking out new books, TV, and Film. It can be a hard road! Most stuff out there isn't great...so, how does one keep going, keep up the enthusiasm? We discuss what's worked for us. Also, Josh r...
Suspicion (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #27)
Film School - April 29, 2024 22:59 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThere was something strange about Johnny Asgarth... We're back to the realm of suspense, paranoia, and murder. Or...is it? That's the question Joan Fontaine must answer when she marries the charming but mysterious Cary Grant: IS he trying to kill her? A return to form, perhaps, after Hitchcock...
Commanding Intelligence (Cutting Room Floor #203)
Film School - April 25, 2024 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsCan you fall in love, deeply in love love, with somebody you know isn't as smart as you are? We're not talking about pets, or kids, inanimate objects, or even sexual attraction. We're talking about grown-up, head over heels, enduring, inspiring LOVE. Can you? Interesting, huh? You can't, can you...
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #26)
Film School - April 22, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIf you had it all to do over again, would you have married me? Hitch takes on married life in its screwball form! These comedies were very popular at the time (see: Grant and Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby), so it's not surprising that our British Director, fresh in Hollywood, would take on such ...
The Wrong Direction (Cutting Room Floor #202)
Film School - April 18, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHow do you know when you've gone in the wrong direction? What are the signs? And when you realize that you have, what do you do? Josh and Ira share their own personal insights on this question, covering the spectrum of a chronic over-planner to leaping-before-looking impulsiveness. Also, Josh ...
Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #25)
Film School - April 15, 2024 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThere's a crime hatching on that bedeviled continent... World War II is in full swing when this movie releases. Or, at least it is in Europe. London is being bombed, and Hitchcock can't help but feel, well, helpless. And guilty for not being there. This film, more than any he's made to this po...
The Elements of a Great Film (Cutting Room Floor #201)
Film School - April 11, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat makes a good movie? What are the things that stand out? We all have our own personal versions of the answer to this question. Josh and Ira each answer for themselves without getting into the weeds as much as possible. Also, Josh recommends Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix, and Ira recommends...
Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #24)
Film School - April 08, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDo you think the dead come back and watch the living? Mr. Hitchcock is in Hollywood! Alfred makes his first film in the States, and holy crap does he have some fun with his budget. Everything tinsel town had to offer in 1940 is on display: star power, massive sets, camera tricks, sweeping scor...
Hitchcock's British Period Takeaways (Cutting Room Floor #200)
Film School - April 04, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHitchcock is moving to Hollywood! As the master of suspense makes his way west, we're taking a pause here to look back on his period in Britain. 13 years. 24 films (one of which has been lost since). An era that saw him struggle to fit in, thrive as technology developed and ambition increased, a...
Jamaica Inn (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #23)
Film School - April 01, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsCHAAADWIIIICK??!! Hitch teams up with dynamo actor Charles Laughton for a tale of piracy, lies, and corruption. The stage actor is riveting, even if the film has its flaws, and apparently he and Alfred had a hard time working together. There's a lot to like with Jamaica Inn! More than we expec...
White Lies (Cutting Room Floor #199)
Film School - March 28, 2024 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsA small lie. A sentence I didn't actually write, or a shot I didn't really shoot that I pass off as my own. Or I didn't actually do something the way I said I did. How big of a deal are these kinds of lies or omissions? Do they really matter? How truthful do we need to be with those who consume ...
The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #22)
Film School - March 25, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsNuns don't wear high heels... A woman has disappeared into thin air, on a train no less. But when Iris Henderson reports it, nobody believes her. In fact, nobody on the train even knows who she's talking about. So, what gives? Is Iris crazy? Or is everyone else? This dilemma caps off a pretty ...
Good vs. Great (Cutting Room Floor #198)
Film School - March 21, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat's the difference between good...and great? Think about how each of those words makes you feel. The contrast is pretty dramatic, isn't it? Like, MILES different, not inches. So, if the difference between good and great is massive, how do we make the leap between the two? Is it possible? We d...
Young and Innocent (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #21)
Film School - March 18, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsOh Robert, if only things would turn out all right... A woman's body washes ashore. A young man is seen fleeing from the sight of it. But...did he do it? That's the question the local constable's daughter must answer, even as she finds herself falling for him. Sounds like vintage, bang-on Hitc...
You Need A Shock-Proof Sh*t Detector (Cutting Room Floor #197)
Film School - March 14, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsErnest Hemingway famously once said: "The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector." We all must be able to distinguish between good storytelling and bad storytelling. So...how strong is yours? (hint: it's probably super strong) And once you've got one that'...
Sabotage (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #20)
Film School - March 11, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat goes on after hours in that cinema of yours...? Alfred takes on Joseph Conrad's popular novel The Secret Agent, about a man who's tasked with planting a bomb in London to create fear and terror. In this adaptation, he owns a movie theater, a detective from Scotland Yard is onto him and fa...
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