Jonathan Demme

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Jonathan Demme, André Gregory, and Wallace Shawn on Making 'A Master Builder'

Monday, July 21, 2014

The stage and screen veterans turned Ibsen's play, about an egomaniacal architect looking to make amends, into a movie.

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Jonathan Demme's Music Doc; The Head And The Heart In Studio

Monday, October 14, 2013

This this episode: Filmmaker Jonathan Demme is perhaps best known for The Silence Of The Lambs and Rachel Getting Married, as well as the classic Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. But his 2012 music documentary is about relatively unknown Italian saxophonist Enzo Avitabile.

Plus, indie folk band The Head And The Heart performs in the Soundcheck studio.

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Jonathan Demme On Enzo Avitabile

Monday, October 14, 2013

Jonathan Demme, the filmmaking force behind The Silence Of Thee Lambs and concert films of the Talking Heads and Neil Young, turns his lens on Italian saxophonist, singer and songwrit...

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Neil Young and Jonathan Demme on “Neil Young Journeys”

Monday, December 24, 2012

Neil Young and filmmaker Jonathan Demme talk about the documentary “Neil Young Journeys,” their third collaboration. It documents a drive Neil Young took in May 2011 from his hometown of Omemee, Ontario, to downtown Toronto's iconic Massey Hall, where he performed the last two nights of his solo world tour. During the drive, Young recounted introspective stories from his youth to Demme, who wove these tales together with his music.
(Originally aired June 7, 2012)

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Jonathan Demme's New Music Doc, DeLeon In The Studio

Friday, November 09, 2012

Tonight on Soundcheck: Filmmaker Jonathan Demme is perhaps best known for Silence Of The Lambs and Rachel Getting Married, as well as the classic Talking Heads concert film Stop Makin...

Neil Young and Jonathan Demme on “Neil Young Journeys”

Thursday, June 07, 2012

Neil Young and filmmaker Jonathan Demme talk about the documentary “Neil Young Journeys,” their third collaboration. It documents a drive Neil Young took in May 2011 from his hometown of Omemee, Ontario, to downtown Toronto's iconic Massey Hall, where he performed the last two nights of his solo world tour. During the drive, Young recounted introspective stories from his youth to Demme, who wove these tales together with his music. “Neil Young Journeys” opens in New York June 29.

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Jonathan Demme’s New Film, “Rachel Getting Married”

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Director Jonathan Demme talks about his latest film, "Rachel Getting Married." It stars Anne Hathaway, and it opens in New York on Fri. Oct. 3 at Lincoln Plaza, Union Square, and Cinemas 1, 2, 3.

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Superpower

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Find out whether Iran is already well on its way to becoming a superpower. Also: States of the Union is all about New Jersey. We get a debriefing on yesterday's economic freefall, and where we go from here. Roy Orbison’s widow talks about how her late husband coped ...

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Jonathan Demme Documents Post-Katrina New Orleans

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Jonathan Demme is best known as the director of movies like “Silence of the Lambs” and "The Manchurian Candidate." He tells us about his most recent documentary project "Right of Return": filming real-life stories of people struggling to recover in post-Katrina New Orleans.

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Understanding the Aftermath

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme tells us about filming a series of documentaries about people struggling to recover in post-Katrina New Orleans. But first, we get an update on Laos on our first Underreported feature. Then, we take a look at Japan's pro-whaling campaign. And Nathan Englander tells us about his ...

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Heart of Gold

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Jonathan Demme is best known for directing big Hollywood movies like Silence of the Lambs, but he also made a side career out of concert films and music videos. His latest film is an intimate portrait of the veteran rocker Neil Young.

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