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Latest Episodes

Rope (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #34)
July 01, 2024

Murder can be an art, too... So, Hitchcock is doing some THINGS. He's out on his own away from Selznick for the first time in Hollywood, and he's come out with a big swing: can we shoot a movie with n

Why Is Your Process So Different From Mine? (Cutting Room Floor #210)
June 27, 2024

You've probably heard this before: there is no ONE WAY to be a writer. Or a filmmaker. Or an actor, or a painter, or a dancer, or a sculptor...the possibilities, personalities, and pathways are endles

The Paradine Case (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #33)
June 24, 2024

I loved Andre Latour, and you murdered him... It's the last rodeo for Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick, the last time the two work together. And this time, it'swritten by the producer himself.

All At Once vs. Slow & Steady (Cutting Room Floor #209)
June 17, 2024

What's the best way to work: burst energy, get it out as hard and fast as you possibly can go go go don't stop...or slow and steady, this is a marathon not a sprint, and you can't just drop everything

Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #32)
June 10, 2024

Say it again, it keeps me awake. ...I love you... Ingrid Bergman and Hitchcock go back to back! This time its Cary Grant she teams up with, in a tale of international espionage, manipulation, uranium,

Good Habits (Cutting Room Floor #208)
June 03, 2024

On this podcast, we've talked before about BAD habits and how to break them. But what about GOOD habits? What about that stuff that we know we SHOULD be doing, but it's hard to get going? Josh and Ira

Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #31)
May 28, 2024

Amnesia: the trick of the mind for remaining sane... You see "Dream Sequence by Salvador Dali" in the credits and you get excited! Hitch isdoing some things with this one. We're going super psycholog

Does It Get Any Easier? (Cutting Room Floor #207)
May 23, 2024

It's so, sooooo hard when you're starting out. We all look forward to the day where it gets easier. The thought of the work just pumping out of us, amazing and free, kinda keeps us going in those earl

Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #30)
May 20, 2024

Dying together's even more personal than living together... Hitchcock plays with setting this time around, confining his ENTIRE FILM to a single lifeboat. And it doesn't pull any punches. Dead babies,

Advice For An Aspiring Writer (Cutting Room Floor #206)
May 16, 2024

So you want to be a writer. You're interested in a life of storytelling. Long term. What do you need to know? Or, as someone who's already dedicated themselves to a lifetime of spinning tales, what wo

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