The Hollywood Gauntlet

Thursday, March 13, 2014

ArenA III: Future of the Movies

GAUNTLET ArenA EPISODE III:

In 1990, Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert conducted a special program of their television show called FUTURE OF THE MOVIES, with interviews with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Martin Scorsese about the future of Hollywood filmmaking. Almost 25 years later, many of the topics and technology have come true. Jumping back into the Gauntlet ArenA, five filmmakers look at the questions posted in 1990 and compare to the industry of 2014 and beyond.

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Host:
John Jansen

Guests:
Randal Atamaniuk
Mike Dunn
Zach Hines
Ken Stachnik

STUFF TO READ / PLACES TO VISIT:

Siskel & Ebert: The Future of the Movies:

http://youtu.be/sdogyGgmtyY

The Steven Soderbergh State of CInema Speech:

https://vimeo.com/65060864

The Kevin Spacey speech at James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oheDqofa5NM

The Jeffery Katzenberg 1991 Memo:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/11/some-thoughts-on-our-business.html

T-Bone Burnett on Digital Technology

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/t-bone-burnett-silicon-valley-652114

San Francisco - Market Street 1906:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz4AmeSApBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDjmNNC9So

Get the FUTURE OF THE MOVIES book by Siskel & Ebert:
http://www.amazon.com/Future-Movies-Roger-Ebert/dp/0836262166/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394734390&sr=1-3&keywords=Future+of+the+Movies

Monday, March 10, 2014

008: Godfather vs. Godfather

"008: Godfather vs. Godfather"

It was the offer heard around the world and over forty years later, it still cannot be denied. The saga of Vito Corleone's immigration to America and the family and business he built has become cinema legend. From the pages of Mario Puzo's novel through the screenplay, theatrical films and Chronological Saga recut for television, Francis Ford Coppola's vision of the family Corleone continues its influence on movies, pop culture, acting, filmmaking, music, editing and even The Sopranos. How was the novel adapted? What was left out? What about those hours of deleted scenes, numerous aborted scripts for III and the ideas Puzo and Coppola complied for IV? Popping the cork on a bottle of Coppola's finest, the Gauntlet dives back into the "vs." series with an epic look into all things Godfather.

00:00:00 - 01:59:30 = Godfather Part I

01:59:30 - 03:18:15 = Godfather Part II

03:18:15 - 04:03:44 = Godfather Saga

04:03:44 - 05:51:58 = Godfather Part III

05:51:58 - 06:21:11 = Godfather Part IV

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Host:

John Jansen

Guests:

John Hargrove

Michael Stevens

Ric Silva

STUFF TO READ / PLACES TO VISIT:

The Godfather Museum:
http://godfathermuseum.blogspot.com/

The Godfather Chronological Epic Saga Fanedit:

http://fanedit.org/ifdb/component/content/article/79-fanedit-listings/fanfix/459-the-godfather-chronological-epic-1901-1980

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

011: Dazed by Dazed

"011: Dazed by Dazed"

High School. Texas. 1976. KISS rules the FM airwaves, bell bottom jeans are hip, pinball, pool and foosball are the games of choice...and the pursuit of sex, drugs, beer and Aerosmith tickets rages on in the American teenage landscape. Seventeen years later, writer-director Richard Linklater set out to capture on film a greatest hits of high school memories, following twenty-four characters from every corner of the high school experience. Twenty years later, DAZED AND CONFUSED continues to grow from its roots as a cult movie to a modern classic of American teenage behavior.

Celebrating 20 years of DAZED, the Gauntlet crew fires up the GTO, joins the beer bust and returns to the Spirit of '76.

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Host:

John Jansen

Guests:

John Hargrove

Michael Stevens

Mark Paniagua

Ric Silva

STUFF TO READ / PLACES TO VISIT:

Dazed at 20: Richard Linklater Interview
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/24/dazed-and-confused-director-richard-linklater-on-its-20th-anniversary.html

Happy 20th Birthday
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/16678/1/richard-linklaters-dazed-confused

Where Are They Now?
http://news.moviefone.com/2013/09/24/dazed-and-confused-cast-where-are-they-now

The Paddling Is Real
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/28/the-dazed-and-confused-paddling-ritual-is-totally-a-real-thing-in-austin-apparently/

Still Livin
http://www.austinmonthly.com/AM/September-2013/Still-Livin-Dazed-and-Confused/

Theatrical Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvj4Ng6yinA

Monday, September 2, 2013

006: Political Cinema

"006: Political Cinema"

It came from Hollywood, but the target was Washington D.C. In the last century of cinema, the political film has come of age and grown into a wicked mirror of the American policital system. From the outside looking in, to the inside looking for a way up -- fact and fiction go swimming with satire and drama, as The Gauntlet digs into political themed movies from 1939 - 2012, discovering there is still a lot of red, white and blue in the heartland of the American political film.

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1939 - (00:16:27) Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Frank Capra)

1940 - (00:27:46) The Great McGinty (Preston Sturges)

1957 - (00:43:08) A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan)

1958 - (01:09:40) The Last Hurrah (John Ford)

1972 - (01:15:45) The Candidate (Michael Ritchie)

1972 - (01:31:54) The Man (Joseph Sargent)

1980 - (01:40:57) Used Cars (Robert Zemeckis)

1992 - (01:53:16) Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins)

1993 - (02:30:55) Dave (Ivan Reitman)

1995 - (02:40:55) The American President (Rob Reiner)

1997 - (03:16:48) Wag the Dog (Barry Levinson)

1998 - (03:57:23) Primary Colors (Mike Nichols)

1998 - (03:39:48) Bulworth (Warren Beatty)

1999 - (02:56:15) The West Wing (Thomas Schlamme/Aaron Sorkin)

1999 - (04:08:18) Deterrence (Rod Lurie)

2000 - (04:21:34) The Contender (Rod Lurie)

2008 - (04:34:41) Recount (Jay Roach)

2012 - (04:48:58) Game Change (Jay Roach)

Host:

John Jansen

Guests:

John Hargrove

Mike Stevens

Ric Silva

Notes:

Why No Oliver Stone Films?

In order to give the proper time and space to the political filmwork of Oliver Stone, his movies were skipped over for this first Political Cinema discussion, but will be highlighted in the future show:

POLITICAL CINEMA II: STONED

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

005: Raiders Story Conference

"005: Raiders Story Conference"

In January of 1978, after a year of blockbuster success with STAR WARS and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg sat down with writer Lawrence Kasdan to hash out ideas for a new adventure film featuring a hero named Indiana Smith. Over the next few days, Lucas, Spielberg and Kasdan would continue to

spitball ideas for what would become RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, leaving a tape recorder on to record their thoughts and ideas. What was said and put down on paper would turn into one of the most successful characters and franchises in Hollywood history.

Now for the first time, the entire story conference has been recorded and scored with music and clips from the films, providing a rare insight into the creative process of Lucas, Spielberg and Kasdan and showcasing the strengths of creative collaboration.

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Cast:

John Hargrove as Steven Spielberg

John Jansen as George Lucas

Michael Stevens as Lawrence Kasdan

Notes:
--No attempt has been made to imitate the voices of Lucas, Spielberg or Kasdan.
--The transcript is read casually and scored with music and sound effects.
--Pages 101 and 116 (out of 117) were missing.

YouTube Trailer:
http://youtu.be/GirM9mSw3nc