Showing posts with label Wim Wenders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wim Wenders. Show all posts

October 22, 2021

Special Report: Ed Lachman on The Velvet Underground (2021)

Special Guests: Edward Lachman

Mike spoke with cinematographer Ed Lachman about some of his earlier films (The American Friend, The Limey) along with his latest work with Todd Haynes, The Velvet Underground (2021)

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Music:
"What Goes On" - The Velvet Underground

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February 20, 2018

Episode 354: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Guest Co-Hosts: Richard Edwards, Eric Cohen

Written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, The Maltese Falcon (1941) stars Humphrey Bogart as gumshoe Sam Spade who unravels the mystery of the titular black bird.

Eric Cohen and Richard Edwards join Mike to discuss the original story, the two other film adaptations of The Maltese Falcon, and the 1975 sequel.

Links:
Buy The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Buy Dashiell Hammett: A Life at the Edge by William F. Nolan
Read Wim Wenders Discusses Painful ‘Hammett’ Collaboration With Coppola, Friendship With Nicholas Ray by Edward Davis

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Music:
"Main Title - The Maltese Falcon" - The Global Stage Orchestra
"The Maltese Falcon" - Warner Chappell Productions

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June 13, 2017

Episode 327: Wings of Desire (1987)

Guest Co-Host: Joe Yanick

Wings of Desire, the 1987 film from Wim Wenders, stars Bruno Ganz as Damiel and Otto Sander as Cassiel, two angels out of many that watch over Berlin. They are immortal observers, watching the goings-on of the myriad people around them. Yet, they can never experience the full world in which the humans live. They know not taste, touch, feeling, or love...

Small Screen Cinema's Joe Yanick joins Mike to discuss Peter Falk, the sequel Faraway, So Close!, and the American remake City of Angels on this episode.

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Links:
Buy Wings of Desire on Blu-Ray
Buy books by Wim Wenders
Visit the official Wim Wenders website

Music:
"Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" - The Travares
"What's On Your Mind" - Information Society
"From Her to Eternity" - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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