Ep. 190 Jonathan Berman – Producer, Director, Writer, Editor/ Commune 20th Anniversary Restoration
This week, Wes and Todd talk with the Director of the movie “Commune,” Jonathan Berman. Jonathan discusses his early history growing up on the south shore of Long Island, weird jobs, Pee Wee’s Playhouse, being a professor at Cal State San Marcos, his documentary “My Friend Paul,” reality tv, being a producer, “The Shvitz,” long tail, Black Bear Ranch, the catalyst to make “Commune,” Peter Coyote, rebellion, capitalism, isolation, storytelling, melding old footage with new, Producers Library Service, the magic of watching movies in a theater, art movie houses, new film business models, his current project “Gondola,” screening cuts, passion, process of making documentaries, the storytelling being in the editing, visuality, the use of music, his documentary “Calling All Earthlings,” “Commune” screenings and events, and his desert island films and filmmaker.
Ep. 087 Jesse Littlebird – Painter, Writer, and Film Director
Wes and Todd talk with Artist, Jesse Littlebird about deep diving into art during the pandemic, the thought and subject matter behind his art, growing up in New Mexico, gentrification, capitalism, nurturing community, learning how to listen, process, the internet and art, painting as performance, aesthetics, art and cultural appropriation, leveraging identity and privilege, making people think, identity and struggle, filmmaking, the business of art, Hamaatsa, and his solo exhibition “Western Hyperreality.”