John Pierson
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Episode 129 min2000-09-04
The Fiji Stooges
Donal Lardner Ward and John Pierson visit the Meridian Theatre in Fiji, the most remote movie theater in the world, with a few movies in tow; in 1923, a set from a desert-bound Cecil B. DeMille shoot was intentionally buried and presumed lost forever—until now.
Episode 226 min2000-09-11
Animating Waking Life
Hanging out with Richard Linklater and Tommy Pallotta while making the uniquely animated feature WAKING LIFE; The Alloy Orchestra at the Maui Film Festival; “Multiplex 1—The Projectionist”: Welcome to the Museum Place Cinemas, where movies are $1 at all times.
Episode 328 min2000-09-18
Woodworking with William Macy
“Multiplex II—The Manager”: welcome back to the Museum Place Cinemas; woodworking with William H. Macy in New York City; “Bikers R People 2”: Amy Elliott turns the camera on biker-chick documentarian Barbara Bustillos-Cogswell; behind the curtain of a documentary about a migrant worker’s wedding, LA BODA.
Episode 429 min2000-09-25
Focus Group from Hell
“Video on Vinyl: Then and Now”: P. H. O’Brien and Doug Stone go from NYC to London in search of the legacy of the mysterious inventor John Logie Baird; “Focus Group From Hell”: movie market research as conducted by the hilarious team of Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming.
Episode 527 min2000-10-02
Projections: Wes Anderson
In this installment of Projections, John Pierson speaks with director Wes Anderson about his early filmmaking experiences making BOTTLE ROCKET, RUSHMORE and THE ROYAL
Episode 629 min2000-10-09
Projections: David Picker
Woody, Leone, Bertolucci, Schlesinger, Lester and 007. David Picker enabled them all, and many more, as production head in United Artists’ golden era. In this installment of PROJECTIONS a series of interviews about filmmaking in New York, John speaks one on one with his top choice for All Star auteur executive.
Episode 728 min2000-10-16
Projections: Christine Vachon
Quintessential NY producer Christine Vachon has been on the cutting edge with her company Killer Films for over 25 years, supporting numerous breakout first timers and her mainstay Todd Haynes. This edition of Projections was shot not long after BOYS DON’T CRY won Hilary Swank an Oscar.
Episode 829 min2000-10-23
Projections: Harmony Korine
In this installment of Projections, a series of interviews about filmmaking in New York, John speaks one-on-one with Harmony Korine.
Episode 1029 min2000-11-06
Projections: Jonas Mekas
Celebrating Jonas Mekas, a true underground hero who tirelessly championed experimental filmmakers and their “essential cinema” for half a century. A man of many hats, he directed, wrote about and showcased avant garde films, eventually giving them a home at Anthology Film Archives, playing a key role in the 1960s.
Episode 1129 min2000-11-13
Projections: Walter Bernstein
Of all Projections interviews, Walter Bernstein’s tales are the stuff of a grand movie adventure. From WW2 hero/correspondent to Hollywood Blacklist in five years, both his script for THE FRONT and memoir INSIDE OUT illuminate that era, while FAIL SAFE captures the nail-biting fear of nuclear annihilation.
Episode 1227 min2000-11-20
Projections: David O. Russell
If these Projections interviews focus on New York filmmaking, why is David O. Russell sitting poolside in LA? After a quintessential indie debut, SPANKING THE MONKEY, and a bigger Miramax follow-up, FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, he’d just made a provocative third feature THREE KINGS for a Hollywood studio. Which way would he go?
Episode 1429 min2000-12-04
Projections: Buck Henry
In a two-year span early in his storied career, Buck Henry cocreated GET SMART and wrote THE GRADUATE, instantly showing the range of his genius. In the final PROJECTIONS, Buck’s observations on the independent model (TO DIE FOR) and cultural appropriation are prescient. Fashionistas should avert their eyes.
Episode 1529 min2000-12-11
Projections: Schamus/Hope
Origin story of odd-couple producers Ted Hope and James Schamus, who nurtured many key directors, especially Ang Lee, whose blockbuster CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON opened the week this interview aired. Yet their company Good Machine made squat. Undaunted, Schamus went on to run Focus for a decade and Hope heads film at Amazon Studios.