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. 186 Richard Alden Peterson – Photographer, Anti-Curator, Documentarian of the early San Francisco Punk Scene
Richard Alden Peterson, Photographer and Anti-Curator, discusses his introduction to photography, growing up in Santee California, writing for “The Door”, shooting renowned bands for the local rock station at fifteen, GO newspaper, Illusion Light Show, art activism, art in society, being attracted to all things counterculture, Mabuhay Gardens, the early San Francisco punk scene, Search & Destroy, Bruce Conner, Val Vale, City Lights bookstore, Dada & Surrealism, Victoria’s Secret & Xandria, commercial work, the evolution of the scene, Beatniks, Pink & Pearl Gallery, the diversity of the punk scene, Devo, what prompted him to move to Colorado, the formation of the Denver Tea Party, Heads of Hydra, protesting, and being an Anti-Curator…
Ep. 061 Carl Corey - Documentarian, Photographer
Wes and Todd talk with Carl Corey. Corey talks about being a Documentarian, his interest in photography at age nine, commercial photography, honesty and truth in photography, following your voice, the state of the photography world, process, rural life, photography books, publishing books, prints, galleries, portraits, one print for one month for one hundred dollars, successful photographs, being a Guggenheim Fellow and his new book, “The Strand.”
Ep. 040 Dennis Scholl - Documentary Filmmaker, Lifeline:Clyfford Still
Wes and Todd talk with award-winning documentary filmmaker, Dennis Scholl about his early years growing up in Miami, his work as former Vice President/Arts for the Knight Foundation, the Oolite Arts organization and his role as President and CEO, making documentaries, his extraordinary documentary Lifeline:Clyfford Still, and the wonderful documentary that he co-directed, The Last Resort.
Ep. 027 Lisa Siciliano - Concert & Documentary Photographer
Wes and Todd visit with renowned Boulder photographer, Lisa Siciliano. They talk about documenting the icons of Rock & Roll for her various clients, concert photography etiquette, business, giving back to the community, and her awe-inspiring new work called the Lumin Project.