The Leonard Lopate Show
The Picture Show
Friday, February 04, 2005
Today we devote our entire show to film. On our regular Friday feature, Please Explain, we look into the changing technology of how movies are made. We'll talk to John Tintori, an editor and professor at NYU, and Giovanni Cozzi, a digital technology and projection systems expert from Emerging Pictures film company. Next, Peter Cowie analyzes the visual imagery of John Ford’s Westerns, and explains how these films helped shape our perceptions of the American West. Then, film critic David Thomson (author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film) offers his version of the evolution of the Hollywood aesthetic: The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood. Finally, as part of our celebration of Leonard Lopate's 20th Anniversary on-air at WNYC, we're re-airing an archival interview with British filmmaker Michael Powell from 1987.
Developing Film
In this week's Please Explain feature, we explore the changing technology of how movies are made. Digital and computer technologies are changing filmmaking at every level - from picture to sound to distribution. John Tintori, an editor and professor at NYU, and Giovanni Cozzi, a digital technology and projection systems expert from Emerging Pictures film company, help us sort through the changes.
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Music:
Soundtrack to Sonatine, music by Joe Hisaishi
How Green Was My Valley
Peter Cowie studies the imagery of John Ford and the American West.
Music:
John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999: "Star Wars"
Critical Condition
Film critic David Thomson looks at the history of Hollywood: The Whole Equation.
Events:
David Thomson in conversation with Elvis Mitchell
Friday, February 4 at 7PM
Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center
Broadway @ 66th Street
Saturday, February 5
1:30 pm -- Cinema Arts Centre. 126 Park Avenue, Huntington, Long Island. Showing "Chinatown" = David Thomson will introduce the film.
4:00 pm -- Q&A with audience.
4:30 pm -- Wine/cheese reception and booksigning
David Thomson in conversation with Geoffrey O'Brien, followed by signing
Saturday, February 5 at 7PM
Housing Works Bookstore & Café
126 Crosby Street
Music:
Happy Trails: "Theme from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
Film Archives
Each Friday this month The Leonard Lopate Show will air a classic interview from the past to celebrate Leonard's 20th Anniversary on-air at WNYC. This week, we rebroadcast Leonard's 1987 chat with British filmmaker Michael Powell.
Music:
Soundtrack to The Red Shoes: "The Red Shoes Ballet," Brian Easdale
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