Episodes
Episode 1
The Fiji Stooges
September 4, 200029m0.0
Donal Lardner Ward and John Pierson visit the Meridian Theatre in Fiji, the most remote movie theater in the world, with a few movies in tow; in 1923, a set from a desert-bound Cecil B. DeMille shoot was intentionally buried and presumed lost forever—until now.
Episode 2
Animating Waking Life
September 11, 200026m0.0
Hanging out with Richard Linklater and Tommy Pallotta while making the uniquely animated feature WAKING LIFE; The Alloy Orchestra at the Maui Film Festival; “Multiplex 1—The Projectionist”: Welcome to the Museum Place Cinemas, where movies are $1 at all times.
Episode 3
Woodworking with William Macy
September 18, 200028m0.0
“Multiplex II—The Manager”: welcome back to the Museum Place Cinemas; woodworking with William H. Macy in New York City; “Bikers R People 2”: Amy Elliott turns the camera on biker-chick documentarian Barbara Bustillos-Cogswell; behind the curtain of a documentary about a migrant worker’s wedding, LA BODA.
Episode 4
Focus Group from Hell
September 25, 200029m0.0
“Video on Vinyl: Then and Now”: P. H. O’Brien and Doug Stone go from NYC to London in search of the legacy of the mysterious inventor John Logie Baird; “Focus Group From Hell”: movie market research as conducted by the hilarious team of Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming.
Episode 5
Projections: Wes Anderson
October 2, 200027m0.0
In this installment of Projections, John Pierson speaks with director Wes Anderson about his early filmmaking experiences making BOTTLE ROCKET, RUSHMORE and THE ROYAL
Episode 6
Projections: David Picker
October 9, 200029m0.0
Woody, Leone, Bertolucci, Schlesinger, Lester and 007. David Picker enabled them all, and many more, as production head in United Artists’ golden era. In this installment of PROJECTIONS a series of interviews about filmmaking in New York, John speaks one on one with his top choice for All Star auteur executive.
Episode 7
Projections: Christine Vachon
October 16, 200028m0.0
Quintessential NY producer Christine Vachon has been on the cutting edge with her company Killer Films for over 25 years, supporting numerous breakout first timers and her mainstay Todd Haynes. This edition of Projections was shot not long after BOYS DON’T CRY won Hilary Swank an Oscar.
Episode 8
Projections: Harmony Korine
October 23, 200029m0.0
In this installment of Projections, a series of interviews about filmmaking in New York, John speaks one-on-one with Harmony Korine.
Episode 10
Projections: Jonas Mekas
November 6, 200029m0.0
Celebrating Jonas Mekas, a true underground hero who tirelessly championed experimental filmmakers and their “essential cinema” for half a century. A man of many hats, he directed, wrote about and showcased avant garde films, eventually giving them a home at Anthology Film Archives, playing a key role in the 1960s.
Episode 11
Projections: Walter Bernstein
November 13, 200029m0.0
Of all Projections interviews, Walter Bernstein’s tales are the stuff of a grand movie adventure. From WW2 hero/correspondent to Hollywood Blacklist in five years, both his script for THE FRONT and memoir INSIDE OUT illuminate that era, while FAIL SAFE captures the nail-biting fear of nuclear annihilation.
Episode 12
Projections: David O. Russell
November 20, 200027m0.0
If these Projections interviews focus on New York filmmaking, why is David O. Russell sitting poolside in LA? After a quintessential indie debut, SPANKING THE MONKEY, and a bigger Miramax follow-up, FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, he’d just made a provocative third feature THREE KINGS for a Hollywood studio. Which way would he go?
Episode 14
Projections: Buck Henry
December 4, 200029m0.0
In a two-year span early in his storied career, Buck Henry cocreated GET SMART and wrote THE GRADUATE, instantly showing the range of his genius. In the final PROJECTIONS, Buck’s observations on the independent model (TO DIE FOR) and cultural appropriation are prescient. Fashionistas should avert their eyes.
Episode 15
Projections: Schamus/Hope
December 11, 200029m0.0
Origin story of odd-couple producers Ted Hope and James Schamus, who nurtured many key directors, especially Ang Lee, whose blockbuster CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON opened the week this interview aired. Yet their company Good Machine made squat. Undaunted, Schamus went on to run Focus for a decade and Hope heads film at Amazon Studios.