Great film is alchemy, the result of an interaction between writing, performance, light, sound, sets, and editing. On each episode of Making the Scene, I’m joined by a guest as we work to understand that alchemy through the lens of a single scene, to understand a director’s approach to their film by examining how and why they built this one, specific moment.
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Great film is alchemy, the result of an interaction between writing, performance, light, sound, sets, and editing. On each episode of Making the Scene, I’m joined by a guest as we work to understand that alchemy through the lens of a single scene, to understand a director’s approach to their film by examining how and why they built this one, specific moment.
December is a special month for Making the Scene. Not only is it your fond host’s birthday, but one of my favorite directors, Paul Thomas Anderson, is releasing a new film. So, before Inherent Vice has a chance to hit your eyeballs, Making the Scene will be coming at you with scenes from two of PTA’s best films.
First up, we’re joined by filmmaker and podcaster Joseph William Lewis, who’s brought with him what might be the single strangest scene in an already strange movie: Boogie Nights. After filling itself full of oddball characters, Boogie Nights wraps up by trapping us in a room with a coke-addled, mix-tape making drug dealer who really just wants a friendly audience while he plays Russian Roulette. It’s the perfect scene to dig into Anderson’s style — from extreme close-ups to use of music to the emotional high notes he allows his actors to hit, this is Anderson through and through.
The scene is available here: http://www.joblo.com/videos/movie-clips/boogienights-sisterchristian
You can watch Joseph’s film Nowheresville here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vumCHSM2oTk
And find Joseph on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/toastedschizo
And we’ll be back before the end of the year with a very special episode. How special? I’m-the-guest-on-my-own-show special, that’s how special! Greg Sahadachny returns to guest host so that I can talk about one of my favorite scenes from perhaps my favorite film: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia.
Making the Scene
Great film is alchemy, the result of an interaction between writing, performance, light, sound, sets, and editing. On each episode of Making the Scene, I’m joined by a guest as we work to understand that alchemy through the lens of a single scene, to understand a director’s approach to their film by examining how and why they built this one, specific moment.
