373 episodes
The Actor and The Engineer Podcast Paul James and Josh Knapp
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- TV & Film
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4.4 • 40 Ratings
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This is a film podcast by two people that come at movies from different angles. Paul is a trained actor and Josh is a broadcast engineer. They have lively conversations about all aspects of old and new films: technical, emotional, acting, directing, writing, music, special effects, and more. Check out the website at www.actorandengineer.com and email actorandengineer@gmail.com.
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Ep 365 - Top Tens of 2023
We finally got around to watching as many 2023 films as we could. We are nailing down which ones were our favorites (or best, or highest regarded by us) and why!!
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Ep 364 - Dune Part 2 with Justin Arner!
This week we go back to Arrakis with our special guest Justin Arner (multi-award winning creative producer). We talk about Villeneuve using shot selection for optimal storytelling, Hans Zimmer's overwhelming score and question some of the casting choices.
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Ep 363 - Oscarcast 2024
It's time for the golden statues! We go through who we think will win and who we would want to win in the biggest Oscar categories, and Josh has a golden addition to his shelf.
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Ep 362 - The Zone of Interest
We dive into Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, an unconventional holocaust/family movie. The concept, the filmmaking techniques and the haunting sounds of the score and sound design come together with the grounded performances to form a film that is engaging and confrontational.
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Ep 361 - American Fiction
Cord Jefferson's biting and funny satire/familiy drama is the subject of this week's podcast. We get to see Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Tracy Ellis Ross, and a host of other actors put in great performances with a that know's what it is doing. Once you are in the theater, Jefferson nudges you with humor, anger, outrage and real touching moments.
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Ep 360 - Oscar Noms and Maestro
This week we reflect on the Oscar nominations and celebrate some of the choices while scratching our heads about others. Then we tiptoe into a light critique on Bradley Cooper's new film Maestro (also Oscar nominated!)
Customer Reviews
Great podcast
Love the reviews new and old and am excited to hear what’s next. I’d love to recommend directors such as Michael Haneke (The Piano Teacher, Cache) and Lars Von Trier (Dancer in the Dark, Dogville) since these two are fans of Yorgos Lanthimos. Also more Cassavetes (Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night) and Paul Schrader (Mishima, First Reformed) would be awesome too.
Each host is smart at times…
but it’s like they take turns playing the dope. Case in point: one of them recently referred to The Fablemans as a “thinking movie.”
Think they lost me….
It started off as an interesting convent, even though at times it seemed like only one of the hosts actually played close attention to the movies. They finally lost me when the spent almost an hour discussing the relationships of the same sex couple in Alien: Covenant. It was really a very minor part of the movie, as was James Franco’s appearance.
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