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Each bi-weekly show follows the work of one movie director (classic and contemporary). Primary Format : Entertainment Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Watching The Directors Podcasts Methings.com listings of Watching The Directors Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of Watching The Directors WTD43: The Hitchcock Ten Quiz In the collective genius that is the Ten Quiz, we take a gander at the second-most forgotten era of a great director's work. Along with the hosts' own insights, listeners have provided true insight into Sir Alfred's films, from the first murder with sound in Blackmail to the last British film (or first American), Rebecca. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD43: Alfred Hitchcock Part 1 (The British Talkies) Now, after great confusion, comes the single-most requested episode of WTD: the elusive Part 1 (of 3) in Hitchcock's filmography. Beginning with prototypical mistaken identity/murder suspense thriller of Blackmail, and moving through landmarks like The Lady Vanishes, we look over the formative years of one of the most iconic directors of the twentieth century. On this episode we explore the British era of Hitch's work, culminating in the bizarre, romantic thriller, Rebecca.And, we also make ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTDSE06: Anniversary and Finale After 60 podcasts, 52 directors and too many films to count, Watching The Directors is bowing out. On this, our second anniversary show and series finale, we try to go out with a frenzy of lists, listener mail, reviews and discussion. Join us as we follow last year's anniversary with our Season 2 10 lists of essential films and insider films.We also add a couple final reviews with a look at the most requested films of the year: The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men and P.T. Anderson's T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD42: Michael Powell (mono) This is a mono edition of the lengthy and large Powell episode (35 MB vs. 71 MB). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD42: Michael Powell (stereo) It's not hard to list directors from the studio era that are considered greats: Welles, Hawks, Wilder, Capra and Ford. But if you ask modern giant Martin Scorsese, he might remind you about a British director named Michael Powell. Together with long-time partner Emerich Pressburger, Powell formed the production company "The Archers." That team produced remarkable films that are generally underwatched and underappreciated in the United States. Whether it's the epic The Life and Dea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD41: Steven Soderbergh There aren't many directors who get to be called "cool" as often as Mr. Steven Soderbergh. But the de facto chronicler of the new Rat Pack didn't start that way. Before Ocean's 11 (12 and 13), he was best known for a little indie film called Sex, Lies, and Videotape. That movie's frank dialogue and personal filmmaking style helped secure the power of Sundance and the rise of independent filmmakers everywhere. But Soderbergh also has some interest in how films are made, including t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD40b: The Allen Ten Quiz Judging by a few listener submitted lists, Woody Allen - in the period between 1966 and 1985 - is either one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, or a hack that should be resigned to direction late-night infommercials. We do all that we can to get to the truth through a stack of Ten Quizes and our own little insights. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD40: Woody Allen (1966-85) If you spend a little time with Woody Allen, you start to see things in a different way. New York is a city of romance, music, farce and love. And behind every relationship is a disfunction waiting to happen. On this episode, we look through Mr. Allen's eyes and come away shaped by a Freudian perspective. With comedies like Bananas and Sleeper, Allen demonstrated his appreciation for the old comics. With Manhattan, Annie Hall and The Purple Rose of Cairo, he showed he had his own ideas. On ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WJ00: A test post This is merely a test post. Hopefully, this will one day be live with future audio content. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD39: Mira Nair We all have a list of movies we keep meaning to watch: Citizen Kane, Birth of a Nation, anything from Fellini. But maybe there's some room on that list for Salaam Bombay!, Monsoon Wedding or The Namesake. In this episode we talk about the director of those films, Mira Nair, and her contribution to cinema. Nair's feature work over the last twenty years has been momentarily noticed and then neglected. But does it deserve more attention? Join us as we talk about the immigrant experience, liter ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD38b: The Gilliam Ten Quiz It's been quite a few years since Terry Gilliam was an animator. In fact, since then he's directed a small, but notably significant, group of films that use real actors in real(ish) situations. On this Ten Quiz program, we look at the mind and work of Mr. Gilliam as we read listener submitted comments and add our own limited insights on Brazil and Tideland. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD38b: The Gilliam Ten Quiz (redux) Perhaps "sw" may be on to something - maybe there is a "Gilliam curse" - but for whatever reason, the original posting of the Gilliam Ten Quiz show left some listeners with a 9-second show. So here is another attempt at posting that, this time in classic mono. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD38: Terry Gilliam (stereo) In this immense, action-packed edition of WTD, we take a long look at one of our most exciting and eloquent directors (or perhaps you would prefer another "e" adjective, like "egomaniacal"). Terry Gilliam has an identifiable aesthetic and a constant thematic affection that floats through all his movies - films like Brazil, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. To discuss such a weighty filmmaker, we are joined by Duke Senter from the Degree of Separation podcast ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD38: Terry Gilliam (mono) Due to the emensity of our Gilliam podcast, we are offering a smaller mp3 for download. The only difference (aside from about 40MB) is that this version is in glorious mono.Of course the stereo version is still available. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD37b: The Linklater Ten Quiz Join us as we look through our stack of listener-submitted Ten Quizes, hoping to capture something of the enigma that is Richard Linklater. On this episode, we talk about a few surprises from Austin's favorite son. Of course, we do give a bit of time - perhaps too much time - to some of the failures of meat packing, little league baseball and Texas bank robbers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD37: Richard Linklater Known as a champion of independent film to many, Richard Linklater has a keen interest in making movies about... nothing. Instead, he follows conversations with a camera, moving from Austin to Vienna to Paris (that French one) and back to Texas, viewers are treated to people talking more often than plots. On this episode we look at the work of Linklater who has given us iconic characters in Dazed and Confused, the essential couple-talk film with Before Sunrise and a mix of experiments and m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTDSE04: Anniversary Show A year ago, we were cramming Spielberg's entire career into a forty-five minute episode. The show's changed little-by-little, but we're still after the same thing: exploring the way that different directors approach their films. On this episode we consider the first season, talk a bit about season two and have the definitive conversation on Shyamalan's inflated Director Score. We also "re-watch" the two films listener's most often say we've missed. We put together the 10 Essential ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD36b: The Kurosawa Ten Quiz Roger Ebert, in his review of The Seven Samurai, sneaks in a little comment with a lot of power: "this greatest of filmmakers." The "this" in that comment is none other than Akira Kurosawa, the subject of this episode's Ten Quiz. Join us as we talk about one of film's most vital and influential directors, breaking down such impossible questions, like, "How do you choose a worst film?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD36: Akira Kurosawa (1948-58) On this episode, we come dangerously close to starting a fan club. Akira Kurosawa is generally recognized as one of an elite class of filmmakers, a group whose names include Fellini, Hitchcock and Eisenstein. But knowing the legend and actually seeing the films produces a different, and surprising impression. Join us as we discuss an eleven year period of filmmaking that could easily be considered one of the most productive and influential ever compiled. Kurosawa may be known for The Seven ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WTD03: Joseph L. Mankiewicz A day late, but we blame Joseph Mankiewicz. You may not know his name, but you know his work. He's the sharp-witted writer/director who put words in Margot Channing's mounth (All About Eve) and almost bankrupted 20th Century Fox with a little film called Cleopatra. Join us as we look at the work of Joseph Mankiewicz and talk about his writing, direction and characters. We'll also consider his essential films, review Sleuth (1972) and cover our Ten Quiz. Also, beginning with this episode, th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |