

The Movies That Made Me
SpectreVision Radio
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
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Jul 7, 2020 • 1h 34min
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 20min
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 23min
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 16min
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 8min
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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May 29, 2020 • 2h 45min
Escape from the Planet of the Pandemic Parade
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May 26, 2020 • 1h 19min
Action star Scott Adkins
The martial arts icon talks about some of his favorite action movies. Josh challenges him to a fight.Movies Referenced In This EpisodeArmaggeddon (1998)Innerspace (1987)The ’Burbs (1989)Matinee (1993)Debt Collector (2018)Triple Threat (2019)Avengement (2019)Ip Man 4 (2020)Masters of the Universe (1987)Debt Collectors (2020)The Three Musketeers (1974)*Rocky II (1979)Rocky (1976)Rocky IV (1985)Paradise Alley (1978)*First Blood (1982)Rambo -- First Blood Part II (1985)*Enter The Dragon (1973)Giant (1956)Game Of Death (1978)Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)Marlowe (1969)*Road House (1989)Grosse Point Blank (1997)Hard Boiled (1992)*The Killer (1989)Death Wish (1974)Seconds (1966)Face/Off (1997)Heat (1995)Under Fire (1983)True Lies (1994)The Wild Bunch (1969)*The Raid (2011)Die Hard (1988)The Raid 2 (2014)A History Of Violence (2005)Munich (2005)*Point Break (1991)Zero Dark Thirty (2012)Armour of God (1986)The Protector (1985)Under Siege (1992)Hard To Kill (1991)Billy Jack (1971)John Wick (2014)Other Notable ItemsMichael BayOur Jesse V. Johnson podcast episodeThe Ip Man franchiseDonnie YenDolph LundgrenAnthony De LongisBasil RathboneErrol FlynnOliver ReedThe Rocky franchiseSylvester StalloneBill Conti’s score for the Rocky filmsBrian DennehyKirk DouglasRichard CrennaDavid CarusoBruce LeeThe Green Hornet TV series (1966-1967)James DeanKareem Abdul-JabbarBatman TV series (1966-1968)Burt WardMarvel ComicsElvis PresleyUltimate Fighting ChampionshipJohn SaxonJim KellyQuentin TarantinoUma ThurmanJames GarnerBen GazzaraBenny “The Jet” UrquidezJackie ChanJohn CusackSam ElliottKelly LynchJohn WooRock HudsonChow Yun-fatJohn TravoltaNicolas CageNick NolteJames CameronArnold SchwarzeneggerSam PeckinpahGareth EvansThe 180-degree rule, crucial to fight scenesSteven SpielbergKathryn BigelowPatrick SwayzeTom CruiseClint EastwoodSteven SeagalWarner BrothersCharles BronsonThis list is also available on Letterboxd
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May 19, 2020 • 1h 5min
The Love Witch writer/director Anna Biller
Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Love Witch (2016)
Baby Face (1933)
Stromboli (1950)
Europa ’51 (1951)
Fear (1951)
Duel In The Sun (1946)
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Blonde Venus (1932)
Nora Prentiss (1947)
Woman On The Run (1950)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Imitation of Life (1969)
Little Women (2019)
Emma (2020)
My Cousin Rachel (2017)
Sex and the City (2008)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Torch Song (1953)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Other Notable Items
The Captain Trips virus in Stephen King’s novel The Stand (1978)
Marlene Dietrich
Mae West
Jennifer Jones
Joan Crawford
Joan Bennett
Gene Tierney
Barbara Stanwyck
The Hays Code
Cary Grant
Marilyn Monroe
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
The Academy Awards
Bette Davis
Jennifer Jones
Gregory Peck
Joseph Cotten
Travis Banton
Josef von Sternberg
Catherine the Great
The Criterion Collection
Kent Smith
Dan Duryea
Douglas Sirk
Jane Austen
Mildred Pierce TV miniseries (2011)
Eleanor Parker
Joan Bennett
James Mason
Max Ophüls
The Blank Wall novel by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1947)
Ruth Chatterton
Ida Lupino
Warner Brothers
Neil Simon
Jack Palance
Gloria Grahame
Michael Wilding
Goldie Hawn
Paramount Pictures
Clint Eastwood
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May 15, 2020 • 1h 49min
Pandemic Parade 8: A New Hope
Right now, in this galaxy... featuring Lloyd Kaufman, Brad Simpson, Gilbert Hernandez, Grant Moninger and Blaire Bercy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 12, 2020 • 52min
Tigers Are Not Afraid writer/director Issa Lopez
Show Notes:Movies Referenced In This EpisodeSomething Wicked This Way Comes (1983)The Innocents (1961)Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)The Goonies (1985)Gremlins (1984)Ghostbusters (1984)Ravenous (1999)Raw (2016)T2 Trainspotting (2017)Macario (1960)Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)The Lady From Shanghai (1947)Lake Mungo (2008)The Witches of Eastwick (1987)Happy Feet (2006)Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)Babe (1995)Mad Max: Fury Road (2014)Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)Blade Runner (1982)Casablanca (1942)Gone With The Wind (1939)Fanny and Alexander (1982)Terrified a.k.a. Aterrados (2017)Terrified (1963)Gates of the Night (1946)Other Notable ItemsRome TV series (2005-2007)Jack ClaytonRay BradburyJonathan PryceWalt Disney PicturesWalt DisneyShudderRichard DonnerSteven SpielbergThe Donner Party (no relation to Richard, don’t worry)Antonia Bird Guy PearceRobert CarlyleOnce Upon A Time TV series (2011-2018)Julia DucournauRoberto GavaldónGabriel FigueroaThe Criterion Channel“The Third Guest” short story by B. Traven (1953)The Haunting of Hill House TV series (2018- )Mike FlanaganTwin Peaks TV series (1990-91, 2017)Amazon PrimeGeorge MillerIngmar BergmanAndrei TarkovskyMichelangelo AntonioniAmblin PartnersDemián RugnaYves MontandThis list is also available on Letterboxd.
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