Surprise, we’re back! In Episode 14 of the podcast, Joshua Ligairi talks with American Hardcore director Paul Rachman about the making the seminal punk rock doc, Rachman’s early days in the bourgeoning hardcore scene, making grunge music videos with David Fincher in the early 90s, co-founding the Slamdance Film Festival, finally garnering Sundance acceptance, and the production of his new film, Lost Rockers.
00:00 INTRO
Where have we been?
Beauty Day
Hot Docs names Charlotte Cook director of programming
Cleanflix
06:13 Paul Rachman interview
1:05:45 OUTRO
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Credits
-Intro Music “The Other Place” – Gang Green [i-Tunes link]
-Outro Music “Ameoba” – Adolescents [i-Tunes link]
American Hardcore Website
Lost Rockers on Facebook
Paul Rachman Website
Paul Rachman on Twitter
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Great episode – perhaps your best yet. It was immensely interesting just listening to Paul talk. Could have gone on for several more hours for my sake!
Joshua you sound drunk in the beginning.
@Chris Hahaha. I know! It was about 4am when I recorded that and I was super tired. I didn’t realize it at the time, but listening back, I can’t believe how hammered I sound.
@Kasper I totally agree. I loved the conversation. Paul has had such a fascinating life and he’s a great story-teller.
That being said, great interview.
And seeing as The Documentary Podcast is never going to be a steady thing for obvious reasons, what about you try to set it up, so you guys try and divide it into series instead? Like you try and get six done in a row, then take a breather and prepare for another six? That way you’d have a clear goal which personally makes it easier to be motivated.
@Kasper That’s a good idea. I could be up for something like that.
I don’t know if this is place to have this conversation, but I suppose it is nice to be able to get direct feedback from the listeners.
The other problem with consistency (even in the beginning when Jay and I were less busy) is scheduling the documentary filmmakers. It’s not something like Doug Loves Movies where we can just invite a bunch of people down each week and see who shows up. A lot of these filmmakers are quite busy and need some convincing.
Charlotte always wanted to just have a regular podcast where we simply discussed news and gave recommendations, then had the interviews appear more occasionally as a separate series. I’m just not sure doc news and reviews can sustain a podcast the same way general movie news and reviews can. Probably why we are one of the only documentary-centric podcasts.
I’d love it to be regular, of course, but I also enjoy and appreciate those rare podcasts (like The Movie Club Podcast) that pop up occasionally to supplement my “regular listening schedule.” Is that less appealing to you than a consistent series (even with very few episodes)?
Personally, things like The Movie Club is almost too inconsistent. While it’d be great to have a weekly or bi-weekly documentary podcast, like you say, it’ll probably end up somewhat uninteresting with just news and recommendations.
While it of course is up to you guys, I’d either go with a monthly podcast (12 in a year should be somewhat doable?) or plan smaller series over a long amount of time and then release them all in a row with a week or two between each. Just having random episodes appear out of nowhere – as a listener – is not very appealing.
But hey, even if you do end up following the same kind of schedule as The Movie Club I can’t complain – when new episodes do show up, it’s super sweet
Long time no podcast! Another great ep! Keep em comin.