Does the world really need another film podcast? Recovering filmmakers Ken Mercer and F.T. Kosempa are apparently crazy enough to think so. Ken (a Left Coast Hollywood survivor) and Frank (an independent filmmaker from New York) share their bicoastal, idiosyncratic, and often hilarious takes on the films that are truly worth talking about.
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Does the world really need another film podcast? Recovering filmmakers Ken Mercer and F.T. Kosempa are apparently crazy enough to think so. Ken (a Left Coast Hollywood survivor) and Frank (an independent filmmaker from New York) share their bicoastal, idiosyncratic, and often hilarious takes on the films that are truly worth talking about.
The Sweet Smell of Success is now considered one of the classics of American cinema but was a critical and box office failure when it was first released in 1957. In this episode, Ken Mercer and FT Kosempa dive into the making of the film, the contributions of Clifford Odets and James Wong Howe, and the shadow that the McCarthy-era blacklist cast over the production. They also try to answer the question: is it Film Noir? The film stars Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and was directed by Alexander Mackendrick.
THEY SHOOT FILMS
Does the world really need another film podcast? Recovering filmmakers Ken Mercer and F.T. Kosempa are apparently crazy enough to think so. Ken (a Left Coast Hollywood survivor) and Frank (an independent filmmaker from New York) share their bicoastal, idiosyncratic, and often hilarious takes on the films that are truly worth talking about.
