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01.07.12The Documentary Blog Podcast Ep #14 (Guest: Paul Rachman, Director of American Hardcore)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 Download the MP3 Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe to our RSS Feed Links and clips after the jump Continue Reading...
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05.30.11The Documentary Blog Podcast Ep #13: Hot Docs Special With Guest Kurt HalfyardWell it's been nearly a month since the start of Hot Docs 2011 and looking back, it was definitely a great year. In this special (and epically long) episode of The Documentary Blog Podcast, I'm joined by fellow blogger/podcaster Kurt Halfyard of Row Three and Twitch Film. We sit down and talk in detail about some of the films we caught at the festival, including Morgan Spurlock's meta take on movie marketing, 'POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold'. We also dig into Rodman Flender's hilarious tour film 'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop', Jon Foy's cryptic 'Resurrect Dead: The Mystery ...
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05.06.11The Documentary Blog Podcast Ep #12 (Guest: Michael Webber, Director of Elephant In the Living Room)In Episode 13 of the podcast, host Joshua Ligairi is joined by special guest-host Malcolm Ingram. The Bear Nation director talks about the Kickstarter campaign for his new film, Continental, and together the two bears (one gay, one straight) interview Michael Webber about his new film, The Elephant in the Living Room, which features actual bears (along with lions and tigers) wreaking havoc in America's suburbs. Michael reveals a lot of scary facts about wild animals living in domestic settings, which eventually leads Josh to admit his deep-seated fear of baboons. This episode also includes some recommendations of documentaries new to ...
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04.13.11The Documentary Blog Podcast Episode #11 (Guests: Tyler Measom and Jennilyn Merten, Directors of Sons of Perdition)It's hard to believe we're at episode 11 of the podcast already! This time Josh and I talk to the directors of Sons of Perdition, Tyler Measom and Jennilyn Merten, and discuss the True/False Film Festival, Josh's latest project the Apocalypse Radio Concert and my newfound love for Justin Bieber. This was one of the most fun podcasts I've had the chance to be on so far and we really hope you enjoy it (and I apologise in advance for any audible sniffing, as I had the flu during recording). We also give a heads up for some films coming up on future ...
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02.27.11The Documentary Blog Podcast Episode #10: Slamdance SpecialIn Episode 10 of The Documentary Blog Podcast, host Josh Ligairi has yet more filmmakers interviews and this time from the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival. Featuring four interviews with the filmmakers of Superheroes, Last Fast Ride, Fordson, and Bhopali we really hope you enjoy this special episode. As always links to more information about each film and trailer are below. 00:00 Intro Slamdance Filmmaker Interviews 04:47 Superheroes 19:20 Last Fast Ride 27:56 Fordson 37:05 Bhopali 50:46 Outro Download the MP3 Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe to our RSS Feed Credits: Intro Music: "Slamdance" – Paperclip People [itunes link] Outro Music: "Whore" – The Insaints [link] Continue Reading...
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02.14.11The Documentary Blog Podcast Episode #9: Sundance SpecialYes Sundance was a few weeks ago, but I promise this will have been worth the wait. Jay was busy finishing his film, but Josh and I were fortunate enough to go to the festival again this year, and while we were there we recorded a special Sundance episode of the Documentary Blog Podcast. Josh must take all the credit as he ran around getting no less than seven interviews for this show with filmmakers at the festival (I think he may even have a few more up his sleeve for future shows). We really hope you enjoy the podcast, the ...