Grant Delin

Movies

Miranda July: Where it Began
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In this documentary, produced in 2019, director Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham explore July’s beginnings, including her early work as a performer, the creation of her Joanie 4 Jackie project, and the development and production of her first feature film, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW.
'Fail Safe' and the Cold War
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Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.
Daniel London and Will Oldham on Old Joy
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In this conversation, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2019, actors Daniel London and Will Oldham reunite for the first time since the release of Old Joy and discuss their memories of making the film.
Showing the Story: Death in Venice
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The interview features cinema scholar Stefano Albertini as he discusses the context of Death in Venice within Italian culture at the time as well as the career and themes of director Luchino Visconti. Exploring these themes with great attention to detail, Albertini provides rewarding insights.
Poisoned Romance
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A deeper look at the human interactions and motivations in Notorious by Hitchcock biographer David Spoto
Poitier's Walter Lee
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An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited.
In Search of Tracy Lord
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Playwright Philip Barry and actor Katharine Hepburn, both experiencing career downturns in the late 1930s, worked closely together to create the iconic character of Tracy Lord, Philadelphia “Main Line” socialite, for Barry’s play “The Philadelphia Story.”
In the Service of the Film
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The following roundtable conversation features director Kirsten Johnson along with documentary filmmaker Gini Reticker and sound recordists Wellington Bowler and Judy Karp, frequent collaborators of Jonhson’s whose work is featured in CAMERAPERSON. It was produced in 2016.
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
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In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His Girl Friday" (1940), which he believes to be the apotheosis of classical Hollywood storytelling. Bordwell discusses the film's history and the status of Howard Hawks as an auteur before delving into a detailed analysis of various aspects of the film's narrative, dialogue, use of props, editing, and staging.
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
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A conversation between Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker.
Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
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Historian Andrew Cohen discusses Robert Drew's 1963 documentary Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment.
The Dardennes on Leon M's Boat
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The Dardenne brothers discuss their early documentary films, their relationship with Armand Gatti (who inspired them to become filmmakers), the impact various political events had on their career and work and the shooting of When Leon M.s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time.
Life After Hoop Dreams
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This forty-minute program was produced by the Criterion Collection in 2014
Hollywood Propaganda and World War II
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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT was released a year before the U.S. entered World War II. The ending of the film was added at the last minute to bolster anti-isolationist sentiment among American viewers.