When I first saw Hiroshima Mon Amour, this particular director went on the long list of names I wanted to cover. Alain Resnais is an internationally acclaimed film director, associated with both the Left Bank Group and the Nouvelle Vague. His preoccupation with the themes of time, memory and history, and his dazzling exploration of cinematographic technique, made him one of France’s most distinctive and influential filmmakers for over 60 years, inspiring the likes of David Lynch & Michel Gondry.
For this episode, previous guest and friend to the show Kate Blair (who joined me for Agnes Varda) returns for a delightful discussion on close to ten films of his, including a high recommendation of some of his short films as well at the end. Then I'm taking the rest of the month off to concentrate on prepping for the epic 1994 retrospective recording the first weekend of March. Thank you to Kate for a great conversation on a filmmaker I grew to love the more we talked about him.
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Episode 67: Otto Preminger
Episode 66: Paul Verhoeven
Bonus Episode: Film Music From 2013
Episode 65: Best of 2013 Part 2
Episode 65: Best Of 2013 Part 1
Episode 64: Vincente Minelli
Episode 63: Hayao Miyazaki
Bonus Episode: Radio Director's Club
Episode 62: Nicolas Winding Refn
Episode 61: Mario Bava Part II
Episode 60: Wes Craven
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Episode 59: Russ Meyer
Episode 58: Mike Nichols
Episode 57: Alfonso Cuaron
Episode 56: David Lynch
Bonus Episode: Friday the 13th Commentary (feat. Patrick's mom)
Bonus Episode: Room 237 & Upstream Color
Episode 55: Michael Haneke
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