DVD Extras (Cutting Room Floor #221)

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11/18/24 • 50 min

Josh calls DVD Extras his film school. The interviews, commentaries, documentaries, featurettes, and other bonus material has been as valuable in his filmmaker education as any class or study. We talk about the benefits of all this extra material around movie making that you might not be tapping into.

Also, Josh recommends Kitchen Nightmares, and Ira recommends the original Star Trek movies, and Grand Designs.

Also, Josh recommends Kitchen Nightmares, and Ira recommends the original Star Trek movies, and Grand Designs.

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The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #44)

An innocent man has nothing to fear...

Alfred is doing something new this time: he's telling a true story, every word of it, top to bottom. Henry Fonda plays Manny Balestrero, bass player at the famous Stork Club and father of two, just scraping by to support them. And then he's fingered for being the hold-up man terrorizing the neighborhood shops and offices. But he didn't do it. Except the police think he did. Will he go down for a crime he didn't commit, or will the justice system to him and his family right? We watch and find out.

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You shouldn't keep souvenirs of a killing...

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