FilmWeek for November 13, 2009
Film poster for No Subtitles Necessary
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for amazon.com discuss the week’s new film releases including 2012, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Pirate Radio, Endgame, TEN9EIGHT: Shoot For The Moon, and Women In Trouble, among others.
The documentary "No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos" follows the lives of two renowned cinematographers. In 1967, film students László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond escaped to Hollywood from war-torn Hungary. Starting with work on low-budget movies, the two each would go on to shoot the films that defined American New Wave, including "Easy Rider", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Five Easy Pieces", "McCabe and Mrs. Miller", and "Paper Moon."
"No Subtitles Necessary" airs Tuesday, November 17 on PBS and Thursday, November 19th on KCET.
Guests:
Lael Loewenstein, Variety
Henry Sheehan, HenrySheehan.com
Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for amazon.com
Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, the subject of "No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos." He won an Academy Award for cinematography for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
James Chressanthis, ASC, director and producer of "No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos"
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