By Kevin B. Lee, Steven Boone, Andrew "Filmbrain" Grant, and Keith Uhlich
As part of House contributor Kevin Lee's endeavor to watch the 1000 greatest films of all time (as calculated by the website They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?), a screening of Steven Spielberg's Duel (ranked 820 on the TSPDT list and the 908th film from the list Kevin has seen) was organized last week, with Kevin, House Next Door editor Keith Uhlich, House contributor Steven Boone of the blog Big Media Vandalism, and Andrew "Filmbrain" Grant of the blog Like Anna Karina's Sweater. The screening was held at an especially apt venue, the DRV-IN at Grand Opening, currently the only drive in theater in Manhattan. DRV-IN will close its doors at the end of March but will reopen at a larger venue later in the year. Special thanks to Cindi Rowell for recording the audio. (Podcast is accessible after the break. Any problems, it can also be found here.)
Podcast Topic Index (time is viewable by downloading the audio to your desktop and opening via iTunes, iPod or other media player):
0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Spielberg then and now
5:40 - Spielberg's sensualism
7:20 - The subjective Everyman
9:25 - Comparing cinematographers: Kaminski, Daviau, Slocombe
14:40 - About "ornaments"
16:40 - "Making you feel it"
19:15 - Dennis Weaver vs. Tom Cruise
20:20 - Spielberg Hearts Rivette?!?
22:00 - Spielberg and his peers - who's lost the least?
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Kevin B. Lee is a filmmaker based in New York City. He has written for Cinema-Scope, The Chicago Reader, Senses of Cinema and Slant. His website is www.alsolikelife.com.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Audio Podcast: Duel-ing Banjos
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2 comments:
Great stuff, particularly the section on cinematography, Spielberg's sensualism, and Boone's riff on Spielberg and "ornaments," which I don't agree with but which is definitely worth arguing about.
PS -- Boone, who has a knack for cutting to the chase, so to speak, should provide all descriptions for all home video releases from here on out. "He's trying to make this meeting, and this truck is fucking with him."
nice podcast. Good job!
Though, if I may, it would help if the speakers introduced themselves (or by the moderator) for the listeners not familiar with their voices. Just to figure who says what you know. Just a thought. ;)
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