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Director Bruce Brown's seminal film,
On Any Sunday, remains the best motorcycle movie ever made several decades after its initial release. Brown chats with Chris Neumer about filming life in the (racing) pits and what it took to get this Oscar nominated film made... namely Steve McQueen's checkbook.
Producer Ismail Merchant has as recognizable a brand as any other producer in Hollywood: the Merchant/Ivory film. Branching out from simply producing, Merchant talks to Chris Neumer about directing, shooting in the Caribbean and why the Merchant/Ivory audience turns out even on Super Bowl Sunday.
You might not know Mace Neufeld's name, but you'll definitely know the films he has produced, including
No Way Out, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and
The Sum of All Fears. Chris Neumer chats with Neufeld to get into the art of producing big budget films as well as the death of the hands-on producer.
Chris Neumer sat down to watch director Steven Spielberg's iconic film,
Raiders of the Lost Ark and took notes. Get inside what made Marion Ravenswood drinking contest win so damn impressive, why the film doesn't have a bad guy, one of the best stunts of all time and just how strange of a dude Rene Belloq is in this running commentary.
Producer, special effects coordinator, director, stop-motion animator, inspiration and genius are just some of the titles that Ray Harryhausen has had attached to his name during his more than 50-year show business career. Chris Neumer talks to Harryhausen about the life he's made for himself, alone, while locked in dark rooms.
CHRIS NEUMER: Based upon how well our last interview went, I said I have to go see The Company. So I was in New York six to seven weeks ago and saw it up there. I was really impressed …
In the century that film critics have been writing about and dissecting the value of film, only one of this elite group of writers, one of a group of generally talented critics, has ever trademarked his thumb: Roger Ebert. With …
Actress Tippi Hedren's story is fascinating, unique and complex even by Hollywood's standards. Paradoxically, Hedren is known best for four different things: 1) starring in
The Birds, 2) being Melanie Griffith's mom, 3) working to save the big cats with her organization, Shambala, and 4) standing up to director Alfred Hitchcock. Chris Neumer sits down with Hedren to learn more.