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
Mentioned books
Sep 19, 2007 • 30min
David Axelrod
David McCallum, William Blake, Lou Rawls and jazz fusion--unlikely components, all a part of producer David Axelrod's work. He's featured in a new concert DVD and he talks about it all.
Sep 12, 2007 • 30min
Christopher Monger and Garry Shandling
If you've watched The Larry Sander's Show, you've seen the words "Special Thanks to Roy London." It's also name of a documentary on the acting coach. Its director, Christopher Monger (Voice Over, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, Seeing Red), and Garry Shandling discuss London and his legacy.
Sep 7, 2007 • 42min
Neil Jordan: Web Only Special Edition
In this web-only edition of The Treatment, Elvis Mitchell interviews Irish director Neil Jordan during the Toronto International Film Festival about his latest movie The Brave One, starring Jodie Foster.
Sep 5, 2007 • 30min
Jeff Garlin
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With is the directorial debut of Jeff Garlin, creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm with Larry David. He's an actor and stand-up comedian as well as a writer and director (Mad about You, Daddy Day Care). How does he define himself primarily?
Aug 29, 2007 • 30min
Patrick McGilligan
From Clint Eastwood and Fritz Lang to Alfred Hitchcock and George Cuckor, Patrick McGilligan has written biographies of known studio figures. With his new book, Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only, he turns to an African American figure who pioneered independent filmmaking.
Aug 22, 2007 • 30min
Jeffrey Blitz
Take a high school debater with a stutter. Add a fast-talking girl
disguising her insecurities. Throw in a first-time fiction director.
The result is Rocket Science, writer-director Jeffrey Blitz's second film. His first was the documentary, Spellbound.
Aug 15, 2007 • 30min
Seth Gordon: The King of Kong
Man versus machine versus man and the way pop culture defines them. Director Seth Gordon on his first feature-length documentary, The King of Kong.
Aug 8, 2007 • 30min
David Silverman
The Simpsons Movie. What sounds like a joke is a dream-come-true for many of us. Simpsons movie director David Silverman (Monsters Inc, The Road to El Dorado) talks about that journey to the big screen from your TV.Elvis Mitchell hosts animator–director David Silverman whose new film is The Simpsons Movie.
Aug 1, 2007 • 30min
Paul Greengrass
Writer-director-producer Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, United 93, The Bourne Supremacy) whose latest film is The Bourne Ultimatum.
Jul 25, 2007 • 30min
John Badham
Elvis Mitchell hosts writer–director-producer John
Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Stakeout, Heroes, Wargames, Crossing Jordan), who
talks about his book I'll Be in My Trailer: The Creative Wars Between
Directors and Actors.
