Posts Tagged ‘David McCullough’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #272
July 30, 2012 | 
Author From discussing a listener email about “negative thoughts” to answering questions from listeners regarding the documentary Paul Williams Still Alive and the Erick McCormack television series Perception, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are really putting the “your” into YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour this week!
Your friends in podcasting also discuss the supposed death of big screen comedy, plus what they’re reading, two “Live Events of the Week”, and they offer up a special helping of their pal Ethan Dettenmaier (the producer and host of the most excellent Combat Radio).
Finally, Dean and Phil remember the show business luminaries who left us during the past week as well as the twelve souls whose lives were taken in a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado.
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Tags: Academy of Motional Picture Arts and Sciences, acting, Airplane 2 the Sequel, Amen, architecht, art, Aurora, Boris Karloff, Buster Keaton, Cat Ballou, Chad Everett, Chris Marker, Colorado, Combat Radio, comedy, David Lynch, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, directing, Dog Day Afternooon, Eastern Columbia Building, Eric McCormack, Ethan Dettenmaier, film, filmmaking, Frank Pierson, French Stewart, improv comedy, independent film, It Chooses You, Jackalope Radio, Jeff Kober, Karl Rove, Karl Rove I Love You, La Jettee, landscapes, Mad Men, Medical Center, Miranda July, Mulholland Drive, painting, Patton Oswalt, Paul Williams, Paul Williams Still Alive, Perception, Phantom of the Paradise, Phil Leirness, Phil Robinson, Presumed Innocent, Rogue Machine, Sherman Hemsley, sketch comedy, Starbase Indy, Stephen Kessler, Stoneface, Talk Superstation, Ted, television, Terry Gilliam, The Jeffersons, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Twelve Monkeys, Twin Peaks, Where the Great Ones Run, Writers Guild, writing | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #267
Princess Diana, political divisiveness, Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, Arsenic and Old Lace, Dr. Jack Daniels, Richard Burton’s Hamlet, the auteur theory, the return of Margaret, Miranda July, Woody Allen, People Like Us, Pariah,Veep, the Hatfields AND the McCoys, letters from listeners, rites, rituals and celebrity deaths … All that and much more, this week on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Also, your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, need your help. They have launched a brand new documentary project about an artist and philosopher and they hope you will check it out HERE.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Aaron Sorkin, Adepero Oduye, Alex Kurtzman, Andrew Sarris, Arsenic and Old Lace, Arsenio Hall, Bad Dreams, Battlestar Galactica, books, Boris Karloff, boxing, Chris Pine, comedy, consciousness, conspiracy, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dee Rees, directing, Dr. Jack Daniels, Dylan Tichenor, film, filmmaking, Gary Gilbert, Hamlet, Hatfield and McCoys, HBO, independent film, It Chooses You, Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Kenneth Lonergan, Kevin Costner, Kickstarter, Manifesting Change, Margaret, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mike Dooley, Mike Tyson, Miranda July, Moonrise Kingdom, motion pictures, New York Observer, Notes from the Universe, Pariah, Phil Leirness, Portlandia, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prometheus, Richard Burton, Richard Lynch, Rogue Machine, Six Feet Under, Spike Lee, Stephen Jacobs, television, The A-Team, The Auteur theory, The Future, The Lone Gunmen, The Newsroom, The Sword and the Sorcerer, The Thick of It, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, theatre, To Rome with Love, Tucker Smallwood, Twin Peaks, Veep, Village Voice, Wes Anderson, West Wing, Where the Great Ones Run, Woody Allen, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #261
How else would Year Six of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour begin, but with an on-air production meeting? Of course, having been away from the Rational Exuberance offices (inside an “historic building in downtown Los Angeles”) for the past two weeks, your friends in podcasting have many logistics to discuss, including their end of the Mayan Calendar show and the production of not one, but TWO sequels to their documentary The Truth Is Out There.
Dean discusses his road trip adventures in art, from studying Van Gogh in Philadelphia, to painting portraits in the West Hills of Texas, as well as the status of his Kickstarter campaign to create the graphic novel “Shock and Awesome”.
Phil discusses his travels throughout the UK, including screenings at Goldsmiths College, the University of Lincoln and the Birmingham UFO Group, attending the Sci-Fi-London Film Festival, co-presenting Alex Lewczuk’s top-notch Siren FM “Midweek Drive” shows, investigating the mystery of the Lincoln Cathedral, interviewing fascinating figures throughout the UK on topics ranging from bees to airport security scans, from Mary Magdalene to utopian societies.
Oh, and what’s the deal with all the strange cats in Brighton?!
All that, plus the books Dean and Phil are reading and plenty of big laughs. How could there not be big laughs? After all, your friends in podcasting are jet lagged!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acrylics, acting, Alex Lewczuk, Appearances, Assemblage Point, Austin, Avengers Assemble, Benini, Birmingham, Boris Karloff More Than a Monster, box office, BUFOG, Caroline Edwards, Chris Hodrien, Chris Hyslop, Chris Patmore, Clive Price, comedy, consciousness, conspiracy, Dave Hodrien, Dave Pickering, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, directing, Dr. David Bramwell, Dr. Jonathan Hare, Eastern Columbia Building, Edmund Kean's sword, films, Findhorn, Fredericksburg, Getting Better Acquainted, Girl on the Edge, Goldsmiths College, graphic novel, Greenwich, handwriting analysis, Hannah O'Brien, Ian Lennox, independent film, John Landis, Karen Davies, Katie Grimason, Katrin Salyers, Ketan Majmudar, Kickstarter, Lifetime, Lincoln Cathedral, Lotte Reiniger, Louis Savy, Lynn Picknett, Mark Bennett, Mark Pilkington, Mayan Calendar, Mayan Theatre, Mirage Men, movies, Natalie Tuck, Nick Cook, Norton Simon museum, Nuts and Chews, painting, Phil Leirness, Philadelphia, Phillippa Blackmore, Prime Meridian, producing, Professor Chris French, Richard Fitzwilliams, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Sara Passmore, Sawchestra, Sees Candy, Shock and Awesome, show business, Simon Drake, Simon Drake's House of Magic, Simon Sorrels, Stargate Conspiracy, Stephen Jacobs, Taylor Spreitler, television, Templar Revelation, Texas, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, The Avengers, the Da Vinci Code, The Hunt for the Zero Point, The Lone Gunmen, The Sixties Man, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tiffany Freeman, University of Lincoln, utopia, Van Gogh, Wallace Stevens, Zero Meridian | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #258
Dean and Phil’s last “live” show for a few weeks is full of all the rich, delicious, nourishing podcasty goodness you’ve come to expect from YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Your friends in podcasting discuss their Sacramento adventures, the creators of Superman, a present-day comic book master, absurdist theatre, Samuel Beckett, Bully, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, the Occupy movement, the mysterious life of Frances Farmer, the brilliant writing of David McCullough, the best stage actor in Los Angeles, and Torchwood.
All that plus more on The Hunger Games, more on “pronoia”, a celebrity death and a lawsuit involving the paranormal …
And don’t worry, even though they are hitting the road, Dean and Phil have two special shows planned during their absence!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: absurdism, acting, Alan Mendell, B Media Collective, Barry McGovern, Bully, Chris Pine, Cosntantine, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dick Clark, directing, Enrique Acosta, filmmaking, Frances Farmer, Francis Lawrence, Free Will Astrology, Hugo Armstrong, independent film, James Cromwell, James Kerwin, John Adams, John Barrowman, Lee Hirsch, motion pictures, movies, Movies on a Big Screen, MPAA, Occupy Wall Street, Phil Leirness, pronoia, Reese Witherspoon, Rob Breszny, Robert McKeown, Sacramento, Samuel Beckett, Shadowland, Spider Baby the Musical, The B-Film Extras, The Hunger Games, The Lone Gunmen, The Mark Taper Forum, The X-Files, This means War, Tom Hardy, Torchwood, Triggers, Vincent Gallo, Waiting for Godot, Wallace Stevens, writing, YeaHeavy Gallery | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #254
It’s business as usual on this week’s show. What do we mean by that? Well, your friends in podcasting discuss how innovative ideas and inventions that could change the world and help people don’t get widespread attention because they don’t fit into an industry’s bottom line or the pre-existing marketing and distribution paradigms. This discussion leads to such examples as electric cars, laptops, iPads and even the entertainment industry.
Of course, it’s also business as usual in that Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness discuss the Live Event(s) of the Week, the Chillpak Hollywood Lawsuit of the Week and Celebrity Deaths.
All that, plus what films Dean and Phil have seen and what they are reading.
If you would like to learn more about the planned demolition of famed Pickfair Studios in Hollywood, please visit this site.
If you’re going to be in Los Angeles on Friday 30 March, or in Sacramento on Sunday 15 April, why not come on out to meet Dean and Phil and see their film The Truth is Out There? Learn how, right here.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 10 Rillington Place, acting, Amarcord, And the Ship Sails On, Andrei Tarkovsky, Angel, Billie Jean King, Blow-Up, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bully, chillpak, conspiracy, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, David Boies, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dinner and a Movie, directing, Drusilla, Dustin Hoffman, Ed Wood, Federico Fellini, film, flash animation, George W Bush, Geraldine Page, Getty Villa, Harvey Weinstein, Horton Foote, inventions, iPad 3, John Adams, John Hurt, John McNaughton, John Patrick Shanley, Juliet Landau, L'avventura, L'eclisse, La Notte, laptop computers, Mare'ka Live, Marriage Italian-Style, Martin Sheen, Matthew J Williamson, Meryl Streep, Michelangelo Antonioni, movies, Movies on a Big Screen, MPAA, Northwest Film Forum, Nostalghia, Peter Masterson, Phil Leirness, Pickfair Studios, Pierre Louys, producing, R rating, Richard Attenborough, Richard Fleischer, Robert Duvall, Sacramento, Songs of Bilitis, Straight Time, Ted Olsen, television, Tesla, The Catechism Cataclysm, The Deep End of the Ocean, The Lone Gunmen, The Subject Was Roses, The Toolbox Murders, The Trip to Bountiful, The X-Files, theatre, Titian, Todd Rahal, Tonino Guerra, Ulu Grosbard, Vittorio De Sica, Wallace Stevens, Who is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me, writing, Zabriskie Point | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #253
From artists and actors who have committed crimes to movie studios and authors’ estates suing each other, this installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour is full of show people behaving badly. Not YOUR friends in podcasting, of course. Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are on their best behavior, discussing such a wide range of topics as …
The inspiration that can be drawn from a man like John Adams when dealing with issues like the proposed SAG-Aftra merger …
The storytelling AND marketing failures of John Carter …
More on the state of romantic comedies …
The lack of demand for any new books, movies or television shows and what that lack of demand might mean to storytellers and conglomerates …
And after all that, if you still haven’t had enough of your friends in podcasting, please enjoy their appearance on 16 March’s Combat Radio (you’ll learn why Dean is on “double-secret probation”).
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Better Life, acting, AFTRA, All My Sons, Andrew Stanton, animation, Arthur Miller, Bicycle Thief, books, Brandon Routh, Bryan Singer, Caravaggio, Chris Weitz, Combat Radio, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Declaration of Independence, Demian Bichir, Donald Margulies, Eiko Ishioka, Emily Blunt, Ethan Dettenmaier, Ewan McGregor, filmmaking, Finding Nemo, John Adams, John Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lasse Hallstrom, Linda Park, Mario Puzo, Matrix Theatre, Mirror Mirror, movies, Neorealism, Paramount Pictures, Phil Leirness, Pixar, SAG, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, show business, Sight/Unseen, Siren FM, South Coast Rep, Tarsem Singh, television, the American Dream Team, The Godfather, The Lone Gunmen, The Midweek Drive, The X-Files, theatre, Titian, unions, voice acting, voice-overs, Wall-E, Wallace Stevens | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #252
Your friends in podcasting open this week’s show by discussing the early beginnings of the feature film era.
They close this week’s show by discussing … The beginnings of the feature film era!
In between, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness discuss romance in the movies, the state of romantic comedies, Star Wars, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, several weird and wonderful films you will never get to see (but can read about here), the origin and purpose of the legal system, Placido Domingo and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”.
Please don’t let the slight audio hiss and hum prevent you from enjoying this latest serving of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. We were able to solve the problem about a third of the way through …
Have a great week, everybody!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Bechdel test, Bridesmaids, Casablanca, Charlie Chaplin, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dr. Steven Ball, film, filmmaking, Frederic Bastiat, Friends with Kids, Hell and Back Again, Hugo, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kissing Jessica Stein, Kristin Wiig, L.E. Baker, Los Angeles Times, Mabel Normand, Marie Deressler, movies, Neal Gabler, Phil Leirness, Placido Domingo, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Richard Gilman, Robert Sherman, romantic comedy, Royce Hall, show business, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Symbiosis, The Artist, The Law, The Lone Gunmen, The Sherman Brothers, The X-Files, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Topher Grace, UCLA, Wallace Stevens, Wanderlust, War Horse | No Comments »
