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Reel 97: Mini-Series, Part 2 (Lonesome Dove)
The mini-series is clearly not a strictly American phenomenon (as evidenced by our last episode), but there was a while when that could easily be the argument. It seemed as though mini-series were ubiquitous during the 1970s and 80s. The first by-definition mini-series in the US was probably The Blue Knight, which aired on NBC…
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Reel 96: Mini-Series, Part 1 (Fanny and Alexander)
This is the first of five episodes we’ll be covering which deal with miniseries, rather than theatrical films. The idea here is that when television decides they’re going to do “events” and create these limited series (“limited” in the sense that there’s a fixed number of episodes and no more are on the table), budgets…
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Reel 95: Careers Cut Short, Parts 3 and 4 (River Phoenix)
In our last episode we looked at Grace Kelly, whose career was cut short by her own choice. She was given the option to be treated like a princess, or to go out and actually be an honest-to-god Princess. She chose both love and duty, since you can’t really Princess and be a movie star…
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Reel 94: Careers Cut Short, Pts 1 and 2 (Grace Kelly)
Sean and I originally came up with something like a half-dozen subjects, probably more, for this miniseries, including a few actors from Saturday Night Live who made the jump into films. But ultimately it became kind of unwieldy, so we limited ourselves to two full episodes. Hollywood and show business fame in general can be…
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Reel 93: Searching for God
Whether we choose to admit it or not, we’re driven by some level of faith that something lies beyond our current plane of existence. Some of us simply hope so, some profess not to care, others will go wholeheartedly into some form of religion. And the search for God–however you view that particular concept–is a…
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Reel 92: Critical Response
If you’re going to be a film director—if you’re going to work anywhere in the entertainment industry, really—It’s important to have a thick skin, because critics are absolutely everywhere. Some directors will insist that the critics are wrong; that they’re out of touch with audience tastes. Other directors will own their failures. For example, Roland…
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