The Treatment
KCRW
The Treatment is a compelling listen to the vital conversations about the catalysts of creative inspiration. Following some of the most interesting, influential, and crossover creators in the world of entertainment, fashion, sports, and the arts, we hear from tastemakers who are the very fabric that forms popular culture.
Episodes
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Aug 19, 2009 • 30min
Quentin Tarantino
Jean-Luc Godard once said all you need to make a film is a girl and a gun. In Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction; Kill Bill, Volumes 1 and 2' Reservoir Dogs) adds Winston Churchill, Adolph Hitler and a squad of Nazi-scalping GI's. (Rebroadcast from August 19.)
Aug 12, 2009 • 30min
Judd Apatow
Elvis hosts writer-producer-director Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin) whose latest film is Funny People, starring Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler.
Aug 5, 2009 • 30min
Nancy Miller
Writer Nancy Miller (The Closer, CSI: Miami) sets her shows outside the LA-New York universe and gives them a deeper view of character. Saving Grace, set in Oklahoma, is about a copy bedeviled by an angel.
Jul 29, 2009 • 29min
Lynn Shelton
Writer-director Lynn Shelton's (My Effortless Brilliance, We Go Way Back) new film, Humpday, asks several questions...
Jul 22, 2009 • 29min
Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
Actor Isiah Whitlock, Jr. has worked with talents from David Mamet to
Spike Lee to Dave Chappelle. On HBO's The Wire, his portrayal of
Senator Clay Davis was a study in compromise. He now stars in Farragut North at the Geffen Playhouse.
Jul 15, 2009 • 30min
Sacha Gervasi
From Anthrax to Poison, Guns and Roses to Metalica, these are just a few groups inspired by Anvil, the most influencial band you've never heard of. Its story's in Sacha Gervasi's film, Anvil: The Story of Anvil.
Jul 8, 2009 • 30min
Chai Vasarhelyi
As a musician, Youssou N'Dour has always been about faith. In the documentary I Bring What I Love, director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (A Normal Life) follows him on the journey committed to that goal.
Jul 1, 2009 • 30min
Nick Dawson
From Utah farm boy, to pioneering film editor, to director of some of the 70's and 80's greatest films -- such as Shampoo and Being There, it's all part of Being Hal Ashby, the life chronicle by Nick Dawson.
Jun 24, 2009 • 30min
Anne Fletcher
After years as a choreographer, Anne Fletcher moved into directing with Step Up and 27 Dresses. Her newest, The Proposal, is a comedy about dancing around the truth.
Jun 17, 2009 • 29min
Todd Phillips
Director Todd Phillips (Starsky & Hutch, School for Scoundrels, All The King's Men) has a gift for finding guys who have to
show the worst side of themselves. He’s revealed them both in
documentaries and fiction films, like his newest The Hangover.
