Jun 20, 2018
This week we met up in person at AFI DOCS in Washington DC to interview the directors of some of our favorite films from the festival, which we discussed in our previous bonus episode.
Filmmakers Interviewed:
Marilyn Ness (Director), CHARM CITY
Erik Nelson (Director), THE COLD BLUE
Richard Miron (Director), FOR THE BIRDS
Michael Sparaga (Director), UNITED WE FAN
Note: Charm City is playing this week (6/20/18) at Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York!
Other Documentaries and Television Shows Mentioned:
Arrested Development (TV) / 2003 - 2006, 2013 - Present (Creator:
Mitchell Hurwitz)
Avatar / 2009 (Director: James
Cameron)
Black Panther / 2018 (Director: Ryan
Coogler)
Cagney & Lacey (TV) / 1982 - 1988 (Creator: Barbara Avedon and
Barbara Corday)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
/ 2011 (Director: Werner
Herzog)
Chuck (TV) / 2007 - 2012 (Creator: Josh Schwartz and
Chris Fedak)
Crime
Story (TV) / 1986 - 1988
(Creators: Chuck Adamson and Gustave Reininger,)
Dreams
with Sharp Teeth / 2008
(Director: Erik Nelson)
Encounters at the End of the World
/ 2007 (Director: Werner
Herzog)
Firefly (TV) / 2002 - 2003 (Creator: Joss
Whedon)
A Gray State / 2017 (Director: Erik
Nelson)
Grizzly Man / 2005 (Director: Werner
Herzog)
Into the Abyss / 2011 (Director: Werner
Herzog)
Jericho
(TV) / 2006 - 2008 (Creator:
Stephen Chbosky, Josh Schaer and Jonathan E.
Steinberg)
Koyaanisqatsi
/ 1982 (Director: Godfrey
Reggio)
Longmire (TV) / 2012 - 2017 (Creators: John Coveny and
Hunt Baldwin)
Memphis
Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress / 1944 (Director: William
Wyler)
Person
of Interest (TV) / 2011
- 2016 (Creator: Jonathan Nolan)
Saving
Private Ryan / 1998
(Director: Steven Spielberg)
Sense 8 (TV) / 2015 - 2018 (Creator: The Wachowskis and
J. Michael Straczynski)
The Sopranos (TV) / 1999 - 2007 (Creator: David
Chase)
Stranger Things (TV) / 2016 - Present (Creator: The Duffer
Brothers)
Veronica Mars (TV) / 2004 - 2007 (Creator: Rob
Thomas)
The
War / 2007 (Director:
Ken Burns)
The
Wire (TV) / 2002 - 2008
(Creator: David Simon)
Timestamps:
00:45 - Introduction
03:15 - Interview with Marilyn Ness
16:49 - Interview with Erik Nelson
33:09 - Interview with Michael Sparaga
49:15 - Interview with Richard Miron
Hammer to Nail Links by Christopher Llewellyn Reed:
http://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/charm-city-review/
http://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/the-cold-blue-review/
http://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/for-the-birds-review/
Website/Email:
disinfo@fogoftruth.com
Credits:
Artwork by Hilary Campbell
Intro music by Jeremiah Moore
Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)