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b'Andrew Kevin Walker joins us to talk the films of William Friedkin!
\\nRochelle and Lee kick off this month by looking back at some of its key releases, including Paul Thomas Anderson’s sartorial melodrama\\xa0Phantom Thread\\xa0(00:58), Ryan Coogler’s game-changing superhero film\\xa0Black Panther (05:19), Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age comedy-drama\\xa0Lady Bird\\xa0(11:09), and Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut biopic\\xa0Molly’s Game\\xa0(14:41).
\\nLee then welcomes this episode’s guest host, screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker! They discuss how much or how little the on-screen film credits can reflect the work a screenwriter actually does on a project, the complicated system of arbitration, and what it’s like to both rewrite someone else’s work and be rewritten yourself. (18:11)
\\nThen, Andrew takes us through the works and career of his filmmaker of the month, William Friedkin! Friedkin was one of the New Hollywood movement’s most striking voices, with a string of all-time classics to his name, as well as some very surprising and little-seen works in-between. Andrew talks about his most beloved Friedkin films, and the massive influence they had on him. (29:52)
\\nThen Lee checks back in with Rochelle, and they wrap up the show with their thoughts on the films of William Friedkin, and what they discovered in going back through his career. (55:33)
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