Chris Maynard host of the following films podacst is joined by Micahael Troyan to discuss The history of 20th Century Fox. Michael holds a Masters in Library Science, and has worked as an archivist at the Walt Disney and Warner Bros. studios, as well as a consultant and film historian elsewhere. He is the author of MGM Hollywoods Greatest Backlot and numerous other books about film. His latest book Twentieth Century Fox: A Century of Entertainment will be availible Oct 1 2016 In other words this guy has forgotten more about film than our host will ever know. Over the next couple weeks Micael and Chris will look back at the studios history decade by deacde. For our first episode we are examining fox in the 2000s
David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive remains one of the most haunting and enigmatic films ever made. It operates like a riddle that refuses to be solved, luring the viewer into a world where time, memory, and identity dissolve into one another. What begins as a mysterious, almost whimsical Hollywood fairy tale gradually transforms into a psychological nightmare. By the end, it’s clear that what we’ve been watching is not a mystery to be unraveled but an emotional landscape, the mind of a woman caught between fantasy and despair. The film tells the story of two women, Betty Elms and Rita, whose lives intertwine after Rita survives a car crash and loses her memory. Betty, a bright and optimistic aspiring actress freshly arrived in Los Angeles, takes her in. Together, they embark on an investigation into Rita’s identity, which unfolds like a noir detective story bathed in dreamlike light. Everything about this world feels heightened: Betty’s charm, the coincidence of events, and the ease with w...
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