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146. 'Broadcast News' (1987)
Manage episode 356565858 series 2577667
Joined again by Full Cast and Crew spirit-animal Richard Brown for a deep discussion about James L. Brooks' 1987 picture 'Broadcast News', a stealthily subversive rejection of Hollywood Rom-Com tropes and one of the greatest films about television ever made.
Topics include:
The great, troubled life and career of Polly Platt.
Jim Brooks and 'Terms of Endearment'
The research/interview based origination and approach to writing 'Broadcast News'
Wrestling with the legacy of William Hurt, his transgressions and sobriety in the era of cancel culture.
Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks
LINKS:
Great and useful articles about 'Broadcast News':
A great piece by Haley Mlotek about the making of 'Broadcast News'. A great profile of Polly Platt by Rachel Abromowitz from Premiere Magazine. A funny period piece about news industry insiders seeing themselves in the characters of 'Broadcast News'. A Collider piece on how 'Broadcast News' blows up Hollywood Rom-Com conventions. CLIPS: The 'Broadcast News' alternative ending, inspired by the French film 'A Man and a Woman'. 'Broadcast News' playlist of clips.209 tập
Manage episode 356565858 series 2577667
Joined again by Full Cast and Crew spirit-animal Richard Brown for a deep discussion about James L. Brooks' 1987 picture 'Broadcast News', a stealthily subversive rejection of Hollywood Rom-Com tropes and one of the greatest films about television ever made.
Topics include:
The great, troubled life and career of Polly Platt.
Jim Brooks and 'Terms of Endearment'
The research/interview based origination and approach to writing 'Broadcast News'
Wrestling with the legacy of William Hurt, his transgressions and sobriety in the era of cancel culture.
Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks
LINKS:
Great and useful articles about 'Broadcast News':
A great piece by Haley Mlotek about the making of 'Broadcast News'. A great profile of Polly Platt by Rachel Abromowitz from Premiere Magazine. A funny period piece about news industry insiders seeing themselves in the characters of 'Broadcast News'. A Collider piece on how 'Broadcast News' blows up Hollywood Rom-Com conventions. CLIPS: The 'Broadcast News' alternative ending, inspired by the French film 'A Man and a Woman'. 'Broadcast News' playlist of clips.209 tập
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