Reject Radio #105: Searching For Truth Inside a Lens
Features By Scott Beggs on August 31, 2011 | Be the First To Comment
This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, Homecoming writer/director Sean Hackett discusses a brave new distribution technique, and Koran By Heart documentarian Greg Barker takes us to Cairo during Ramadan.
Plus, Landon Palmer culture wars against Movies.com‘s dapper senior editor Pete Hall in a Movie News Pop Quiz that will probably cause your living room to burst into flame.
On This Week’s Show:
Movie News Pop Quiz [The Beginning - 15:44]: It’s Palmer vs Hall in what sounds like an 80s Yacht Rock reunion tour. So, of course, we end up dissecting the need for teaser trailers and why The Hunger Games and Dark Knight Rises failed at them.
Crowded House [15:44 - 31:30]: Sean Hackett’s new film Homecoming tells a different kind of soldier story with a navel-gazing verite style. He joins us to talk about a group that missed out on college because of war, how you can get your name on the film’s credits, and the bold possible future of crowdsourcing.
Directing By Heart [31:30 - The End]: I fell in love with Koran By Heart this summer, and director Greg Barker joins us to talk about his filmmaking process, the amazing children who have the Koran memorized, and the thrilling fear of not knowing if you have a movie even when you have loads of footage.
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On Next Week’s Show:
We’ll discuss the internal aggression of Taxi Driver with psychologist and movie expert Dr. Jeff Greenberg and find a few more conversations with filmmakers to dig into.
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