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On this episode we move our podcast back home, with the likes of the hotly debated MOMMA'S MAN vs. the ultimate 90s Miramax film in BEAUTIFUL GIRLS. This theme and pairing was inspired by the new release SUBURBAN GOTHIC and we talk with the director of photography for that film, Lucas Lee Graham.
Darrin's decade-long relationship with William Friedkin evolved in 2005 when he edited his acclaimed psychological thriller, Bug. Since then, Darrin has escaped the confines of genre and storytelling styles, bringing his rigorous eye and narrative sense to Azazel Jacobs' offbeat comedies, Momma'S Man and Terri, Paul Solet's dramatic horror film, Grace, and Alison Bagnall's The Dish & The Spoon, starring Greta Gerwig, and the music documentary Re:Generation, directed by Amir Bar-Lev. Darrin reunited with William Friedkin for Killer Joe, starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, and Juno Temple. More recently, Darrin edited James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now, starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, about hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Cinemad podcast #2: Azazel Jacobs' award-winning film MOMMA'S MAN premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, and quickly became one of the most lauded films of the year, winding up on many "best of" lists. Released in numerous international territories, it was distributed domestically by Kino International. Jacobs' short film KIRK AND KERRY was named Best Dramatic Short at the 1997 Slamdance Film Festival and became part of the Permanent Collection of the New York Public Library. He later teamed up with fellow filmmaker Gerardo Naranjo to make the micro-budget feature THE GOODTIMESKID, which found a small but loyal following, and was released by Benten Films. In 2009, he received a commission from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to create the short film I SEE. The son of avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs, Jacobs was born in 1972 and raised in lower Manhattan surrounded by important and innovative artists. He went to undergraduate school at the film department of SUNY Purchase and received his Masters from the American Film Institute in 2002.
Listen Up! Ray Bach joins us again on our 156th anniversary of:Nuthin' but tangentsTune 1: You Bring Me Down by Blood Red ShoesVin: 2006 Penfolds Koonunga Hill ShirazPet PeevesTune 2: Top of the World by Feet of ClayOn Film: Momma's Man
Two interviews: Robert Davis talks with writer-director Azazel Jacobs about his new film, MOMMA'S MAN, and J. Robert Parks talks to actor and comedian Steve Coogan (HAMLET 2, TRISTRAM SHANDY, 24-HOUR PARTY PEOPLE)