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I recently decided it was time to stop trying to use my phone for things other than, well, being a phone. After all, a phone is a phone. I have yet to see a mobile phone (cell phone, for you Yanks) that did anything well, other than make calls (Note to all Apple fan-boys - this includes the over-grown Mac called the iPhone, OK). So I went out and got me an iPod.
OK - Full disclosure - I don't much like Apple. I don't like the company. I don't like the way it does business. I think it's OS is over-rated, sluggish and boring, and I think iTunes is un-necessarily intrusive and DRM based. However they do have the edge when it comes to purdy toys. Also, it didn't cost me anything.
So anyway, now I have this iPod (80 GB classic), so I start to fill it up. Movies - check. Music - check. What about podcasts ?
So I went looking for something to try. There is no shortage of topics and agendas out there in podcast land. Anything you can think of, someone is talking about it. And when it comes to film, there is plenty to wade through. Unfortunately, most of it is dross. Two I did find, however, are a great listen for people who love film.
Watching The Directors is now, unfortunately, no more. However it's back catalog is still available from it's website (for a short time), and through iTunes. I urge you to download all that you can before it is gone for good. Created by Joe and Melissa Johnston, WTD was a monthly podcast that covered the work, usually of a single director, either in it's entirety, or across a shorter time span (Hitchcock, for instance, got three shows). The tone is conversational, the detail is good without getting too technical, and overall it is a great listen. Running times of 60 - 80 minutes means it isn't to taxing either.
The Hollywood Saloon is a slightly different beast. Andy and John cover a wide range of topics, from car chases to David Fincher. They often go into more technical detail, have a great love for their subject matter, and will even wear their fan-boy hearts on their sleeves. They also are not afraid to push the running time envelope, with their Halloween podcast clocking in at 2 hours 50 minutes (a great listing for fans of Carpenter's original and the subsequent sequels), and their James Bond series, released in the wake of Casino Royale, runs to almost 6 hours over three shows. these guys are opinionated, knowledgeable, and hate Brett Ratner.
OK - Full disclosure - I don't much like Apple. I don't like the company. I don't like the way it does business. I think it's OS is over-rated, sluggish and boring, and I think iTunes is un-necessarily intrusive and DRM based. However they do have the edge when it comes to purdy toys. Also, it didn't cost me anything.
So anyway, now I have this iPod (80 GB classic), so I start to fill it up. Movies - check. Music - check. What about podcasts ?
So I went looking for something to try. There is no shortage of topics and agendas out there in podcast land. Anything you can think of, someone is talking about it. And when it comes to film, there is plenty to wade through. Unfortunately, most of it is dross. Two I did find, however, are a great listen for people who love film.
Watching The Directors is now, unfortunately, no more. However it's back catalog is still available from it's website (for a short time), and through iTunes. I urge you to download all that you can before it is gone for good. Created by Joe and Melissa Johnston, WTD was a monthly podcast that covered the work, usually of a single director, either in it's entirety, or across a shorter time span (Hitchcock, for instance, got three shows). The tone is conversational, the detail is good without getting too technical, and overall it is a great listen. Running times of 60 - 80 minutes means it isn't to taxing either.
The Hollywood Saloon is a slightly different beast. Andy and John cover a wide range of topics, from car chases to David Fincher. They often go into more technical detail, have a great love for their subject matter, and will even wear their fan-boy hearts on their sleeves. They also are not afraid to push the running time envelope, with their Halloween podcast clocking in at 2 hours 50 minutes (a great listing for fans of Carpenter's original and the subsequent sequels), and their James Bond series, released in the wake of Casino Royale, runs to almost 6 hours over three shows. these guys are opinionated, knowledgeable, and hate Brett Ratner.
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