
The Movies That Made Me
Filmmakers and entertainers discuss the movies that inspired them. Hosted by Oscar nominated screenwriter and TFH Guru Josh Olson and fearless leader himself, director Joe Dante. The Movies That Made Me is recorded live in Hollywood and engineered by film composer Don Barrett.SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.spectrevisionradio.comlinktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial#filmmaking #film #movies #cinema #behindthescenes #interview #filmhistory #hollywood #directing #writing #screenwriting #producing #editing #sounddesign #filmscores #music #indiefilm #cultcinema #arthouse #midnightmovies #horrorfilms #genrefilm #creativity #art #artists
Latest episodes

Aug 4, 2020 • 1h 12min
The Old Guard director Gina Prince-Bythewood
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Old Guard (2020)
The Irishman (2019)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Love And Basketball (2000)
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
First Cow (2019)
Benji (1974)
Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Bambi (1942)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
The Color Purple (1985)
Ghost (1990)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Ordinary People (1980)
Central Station (1998)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
Pinocchio (2002)
Like Crazy (2011)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Beyond The Lights (2014)
12 Years A Slave (2013)
Goodfellas (1990)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Amy (2015)
Moonlight (2016)
The Florida Project (2017)
Man On Fire (2004)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Sex And The City: The Movie (2008)
Wonder Woman (2017)
Black Panther (2018)
Spy (2015)
Se7en (1995)
Fight Club (1999)
The Game (1997)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
Other Notable Items
Netflix
Martin Scorsese
Orson Welles
Joe Camp
Chevy Chase
The Tuppence Middleton podcast episode
Steven Spielberg
The Color Purple novel by Alice Walker (1982)
The Indiana Jones franchise
Menno Meyjes
Oprah Winfrey
Whoopi Goldberg
The Academy Awards
Robert Redford
Mary Tyler Moore
The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV series (1970-1977)
Judd Hirsch
Taxi TV series (1978-1983)
James Garner
The Rockford Files TV series (1974-1980)
The Day The Clown Cried, an unfinished film
Roberto Benigni
Drake Doremus
Anton Yelchin
Felicity Jones
Dustin O’Halloran
Volker Bertelmann
Lupita Nyong’o
Roots miniseries (1977)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
The James Bond franchise
Greg Rucka
Amy Winehouse
The Best Picture drama at the 2017 Oscars
Mahershala Ali
Dakota Fanning
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Melissa McCarthy
Kristen Wiig
Robin Williams
David Fincher
Morgan Freeman
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Jul 28, 2020 • 1h 26min
Mank, Possessor, Downton Abbey's Tuppence Middleton
The Fisherman's Friend, Downton Abbey and Sense8 star discusses some of her most memorable scenes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 24, 2020 • 1h 2min
Mailbag
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Jul 21, 2020 • 55min
Documentary producer Josh Braun
Producer of some of the best documentaries in the world joins us to discuss the movies that have influenced him throughout his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 14, 2020 • 1h 10min
Sergio director Greg Barker
Director of Sergio and many docs talks about docs and movies taken from true stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 7, 2020 • 1h 36min
Accused, Over the Edge director Jonathan Kaplan
The director of Over The Edge and The Accused takes us on a journey through some of his favorite movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 23, 2020 • 1h 22min
Oscar winning co-writer of Brokeback Mountain Diana Ossana
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Red River (1948)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Hud (1963)
Piranha (1978)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
They Drive By Night (1940)
Kings Row (1942)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
The Grapes of Wrath (1942)
Buffalo Bill (1944)
Laura (1944)
Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950)
The Day of the Triffids (1963)
Moby Dick (1956)
Village of the Damned (1960)
Written on the Wind (1956)
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Brazil (1985)
Lost In La Mancha (2002)
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1996)
The Fisher King (1991)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
A History of Violence (2005)
The Searchers (1956)
Fort Apache (1948)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Other Notable Items
The WGA Awards
The BAFTAs
The Academy Awards
Larry McMurtry
George Clooney
Ang Lee
Bill Clinton
“Brokeback Mountain” New Yorker short story by Annie Proulx
Flannery O’Connor
The Motion Picture Production Code
TV Guide
George Raft
Rock Hudson
Ann Sheridan
Jean Harlow
The Fox Theatre in St. Louis, MO
James Bond
Paul Newman
TFH Guru John Sayles
The Varsity Theater in St. Louis, MO
The Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis, MO
Roger Corman
Raoul Walsh
Ida Lupino
Humphrey Bogart
Ronald Reagan
Claude Rains
Turner Classic Movies
Branded TV series (1965-1966)
Have Gun Will Travel TV series (1957-1963)
Paladin
Maverick TV series (1957-1962)
Dana Andrews
William Wellman
Darryl Zanuck
Joel McCrea
Henry Fonda
Anthony Quinn
Harry Morgan
The Night of the Triffids novel (2001)
The Day of the Triffids BBC miniseries (1981)
The Day of the Triffids novel by John Wyndham (1951)
The Avengers TV series (1961-1969)
Diana Rigg
Childhood’s End novel by Arthur C. Clarke
Robert Heinlein
Harlan Ellison
Douglas Sirk
Dorothy Malone
Pedro Almodovar
Rainer Werner Fassbender
John Waters
John Stahl
Barbara Stanwyck
Fred MacMurray
Joan Bennett
Brad Pitt
Terry Gilliam
Anything For Billy novel by Larry McMurtry
Billy The Kid
Don Quixote novel by Miguel de Cervantes
Peter Sellers
The Martin Cinerama Theater in St. Louis
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Christopher Walken
Joseph Bonanno
The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo (1969)
The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007)
Michael Imperioli
The Searchers novel by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Le_May
John Wayne
John Ford
Monument Valley
The Last Picture Show soundtrack by Hank Williams
Audie Murphy
John Huston
The Making of “The Red Badge of Courage” New Yorker article by Lillian Ross
Ken Kesey
Horseman, Pass By novel by Larry McMurtry (1961)
Film Flam: Essays collection by Larry McMurty (1987)
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Jun 16, 2020 • 1h 25min
Narcos producer Eric Newman
The producer of Narcos takes us on a walk through some of the movies that made him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 9, 2020 • 1h 18min
Legendary Disney animator Floyd Norman
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)
*Vertigo (1958)
*Citizen Kane (1941)
Rope (1948)
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Song of the South (1946)
*The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)
*The Third Man (1950)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book (2016)
The Lion King (2019)
*Pinocchio (1940)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Old Mill (1937)
*Casablanca (1942)
Cinderella (1950)
*Singin’ In The Rain (1953)
*Paths of Glory (1957)
1917 (2019)
*The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
*Star Wars (1977)
American Graffiti (1973)
Sorcerer (1977)
Other Notable Items
Michael Fiore
The Watts riots
The LAPD’s cruel mistreatment of Rodney King
The George Floyd protests
MOVE in Philadelphia
Walt Disney Pictures
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Erik Sharkey
The Three Stooges
I Am the Greatest: The_Adventures of Muhammad Ali TV series (1977)
Muhammad Ali
Fred Calvert
Alfred Hitchcock
Bernard Herrman’s Vertigo score
Robert Burks
The latest Sight and Sound poll of the best films ever
Gregg Toland
Orson Welles
Lux Radio Theatre
Joseph Cotten
George Sanders
Jon Favreau
I Love Lucy TV series (1951-1957)
Silly Symphonies animated short film series
Humphrey Bogart
The Beverly Canon Theatre in LA
The Fox Venice Theatre in LA
The Encore Theatre in LA
The Silent Movie Theatre in LA
Claude Rains
Willie Best
Bob Hope
Eddie Anderson
Mantan Moreland
Amos and Andy TV show (1951-1953)
Spencer Williams
The Jack Benny Program TV show (1950-1965)
Johnny Lee
James Baskett
Nick Stewart
Hattie McDaniel
James Stewart
Jack Carson
Whoopi Goldberg
Splash Mountain
Dooley Wilson
Gene Kelly
The Blake Masters Pandemic Parade episode
Marge Champion
Gower Champion
Lennie Hayton
André Previn
The Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara
Stanley Kubrick
David Lean
Alec Guinness
William Holden
The Korean War
George Lucas
Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood
Cinefantastique Magazine (1967-2006, 2009- )
The Greedo-Han controversy
William Friedkin
Tom Hanks
Helen Mirren
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Jun 2, 2020 • 1h 10min
The Walking Dead's Greg Nicotero
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Outbreak (1995)
Creepshow (1982)
The Howling (1981)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
*Horror of Dracula (1958)
*The Time Machine (1960)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
King Kong Vs. Godzilla (1963?)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
From Russia With Love (1963)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Frankenstein (1931)
*The Wolf Man (1941)
*The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
*The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
*The Towering Inferno (1974)
*20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
Thunderball (1965)
Broadcast News (1987)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
*Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Star Wars (1977)
Jaws (1975)
Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
What’s Up Doc? (1972)
Logan’s Run (1976)
*Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Dragonslayer (1981)
*Aliens (1986)
1917 (2019)
Gravity (2013)
Alien (1979)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1949)
Nightmare Cinema (2019)
War of the Gargantuans (1970)
The Green Slime (1969)
Other Notable Items
Creepshow TV series (2019- )
The Walking Dead TV series (2010- )
Dana Gould
Night Gallery TV series (1970-1973)
Rob Schrab
The Sarah Silverman Program TV series (2007-2010)
The Los Angeles Times
Chiller Theatre TV series (1963-1984)
Bill Cardille
Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )
Universal Classic Monsters
Star Trek TV series (1966-1969)
Lost In Space TV series (1965-1968)
Charlton Heston
Land of the Giants TV series (1968-1970)
TFH Guru Mick Garris
Philip Kaufman
Tom Berman
John Sturges
Peter Bogdanovich
Kenneth Mars
Buck Henry
KNB EFX Group
Josh Brolin
Barbra Streisand
Rick Moranis
Ellen Greene
The Cinefex Magazine article on Little Shop of Horrors
James Cameron
The James Bond film franchise
Ridley Scott
Terry Rawlings
Manimal TV series (1983)
TFH Guru John Landis’s “Thriller” music video (1983)
Jack Pierce
Lon Chaney Jr.
Abbott and Costello
Rob Bottin
Cinefantastique magazine (1967- )
Belinda Balaski
Ted Grossman
The Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 Criterion set
The Post Mortem with Mick Garris podcast
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