Electric Shadow Channel show

Electric Shadow Channel

Summary: Electric Shadow, uncut Screen Time interviews, and related Test Pattern pre/post-shows from ESN.fm

Podcasts:

 Electric Shadow Edward James Olmos: Nothing Came Easy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:02:50

Edward James Olmos digs into how his activism and personal beliefs have informed his work, from baseball player to rock and roller to iconic Latino actor. Recorded live at Dallas Comic-Con Fan Days in February 2016.

 Electric Shadow Star Wars: Going Back Into Space with John Gruber & Dan Perri | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:43

There is something wrong with the opening crawl for The Force Awakens. Fan and typography enthusiast John Gruber and original Star Wars opening title sequence designer Dan Perri help unravel the mystery of where (and when) things went wrong.

 Electric Shadow Team Negative One | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:06:03

A small group of fans spent almost half a decade restoring the original Star Wars (in HD) from 35mm film prints. They don't want to make money off of it. They don't want their names publicized. They just want the work to be done. This is their fascinating story, as told by "Mr. Black".

 Criterion Collected 10: Absurdity and Despair, with Oscar Isaac | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:30

Self-described "Cheknov and Shakespeare fan" Oscar Isaac on the distinctly different personalities of the directors he's worked with, mostly focusing on his work with the Coen Brothers for new-to-the-Collection Inside Llewyn Davis.

 Electric Shadow Two Kinds of Silence: Reacting to The Force Awakens | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:12:34

20 guests are asked to pick just one thing in (or about) Star Wars: The Force Awakens to talk about for two minutes or less. This episode includes a spoiler warning.

 Electric Shadow A New New Hope | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:29

This episode is nothing but spoiler talk regarding The Force Awakens, with John Gholson and Moisés reflecting on what they absorbed having just seen the film at an early critics' screening, prior to its public opening.

 Electric Shadow Lying to Children | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:31

Without spoiling The Force Awakens, John Gholson joins Moisés to reminisce about the rise, fall, and potential “re-awakening” of Star Wars fandom. From childhood to anticipation of the new movie, what triggers your Star Wars sense memory? Pictured above, John Gholson, age 5. In our next episode, we will dig into spoilers for The Force Awakens. In addition to holding publication until public screenings start Thursday night, it’ll carry warnings (and no spoilers in its show notes).

 Electric Shadow Dan Starkey: Serials and Cinema | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:37

Modern TV has melded the old-school “chapter play” format with modern, lower-cost (and at once higher quality) production methods. The result is episodic content that is more than giving feature-length movies a run for their money. Erika Ensign (Verity, Lazy Doctor Who) joins Strax the Sontarran himself Dan Starkey to reveal how Doctor Who is succeeding where multimillion-dollar franchise features are hit-and-miss.

 Electric Shadow Guillermo del Toro: Every Scar Tells a Story | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:48

Remastered and re-edited, this 2012 interview with Crimson Peak director Guillermo del Toro found him in post-production on Pacific Rim and nearing production on Crimson Peak (still in theatres) and The Strain, which just completed its second season. He talks about the power of monsters, video games, and his devout fervor for Hitchcock. Source interview originally broadcast 21 December 2012.

 Electric Shadow This is Halloween with Chris Sarandon and Ken Page | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:34

Jack Skellington and Oogie Boogie (Chris Sarandon and Ken Page) take center stage in this very special Halloween bonus installment of our Behind the Microphone series, discussing their formative creative influences, strange things they've signed, and the power of the theatre.

 Electric Shadow The First Instinct with Steve Blum & Mary McGlynn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:53

Cowboy Bebop changed the perception of anime dubbed into English. Steve Blum (Spike) and Mary McGlynn (Julia and ADR Director on Bebop) discuss their origin stories as performers and voice actors in the latest installment of our Behind the Microphone series. Stick around for a falling-in-love story that's never been told on-the-record.

 Criterion Collected This Is Spinal Tap (1984): Out of Character | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:22:41

Out of print since 2000, this out-of-character commentary track by stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer was originally recorded in 1994 for Criterion's Laserdisc release. It was ported to the 1998 DVD edition, along with the 20-minute "pitch reel" cut and a second commentary featuring director Rob Reiner, producer Karen Murphy, and editors Robert Leighton and Kent Beyda. Christopher Guest would not begin directing his series of improvisational comedy-documentaries until two years after this was recorded (and over ten years after the original film was completed) with 1996's Waiting for Guffman.

 Criterion Collected 9: Bonsai Chia Pet | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:18

This Is Spinal Tap is probably the most-selected OOP title on filmmakers' Criterion Top Ten lists. The 1994 Laserdisc (1998 DVD) features the only out-of-character commentary track ever recorded by the headline trio. Featured here: excerpts from that track, as well as a mournful recounting of the now-fifteen-years-out-of-print features that really "lick [the] love pump" for fans.

 Criterion Collected 8: From Graduating to Flunking | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:23

In the third installment of our ongoing series on the films and career of Yasujiro Ozu, we find a filmmaker in transition, with Ozu finding elements of his voice and themes that will persist over the following three decades. Part 3 in Ozu Seasons, an ongoing series

 Electric Shadow Leonard Nimoy: Always Say Yes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:01:13

At his final convention appearance in 2011, Leonard Nimoy revealed more in one sitting than anyone expected, at once telling his life's story and reminding us that "There's always room for one more good one".

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