Episode 7: Eric Hynes of the Museum of the Moving Image

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, a podcast where we reach out to friends to talk about what we’ve been watching. It’s as simple as that. Joining Nicolas Rapold this time is Eric Hynes, curator of film at the Museum of the Moving Image as well as a veteran of journalism and criticism. We discussed some new possible opportunities for his film institution during these times. And then we got into the movies: Nicholas Ray’s They Live By Night; an unsettling 1971 Vietnam vet film called Welcome Home, Soldier Boys; Saint Jack directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Ben Gazzara; The Last Dance, the Michael Jordan series; and Eyes on the Prize, Henry Hampton’s landmark work about the Civil Rights Movement. Along the way, we learn about a competitive sport involving bean bags. Photo by Steve Snodgrass