Great film is alchemy, the result of an interaction between writing, performance, light, sound, sets, and editing. On each episode of Making the Scene, I’m joined by a guest as we work to understand that alchemy through the lens of a single scene, to understand a director’s approach to their film by examining how and why they built this one, specific moment.
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Great film is alchemy, the result of an interaction between writing, performance, light, sound, sets, and editing. On each episode of Making the Scene, I’m joined by a guest as we work to understand that alchemy through the lens of a single scene, to understand a director’s approach to their film by examining how and why they built this one, specific moment.
Welcome back to Making the Scene! Today we’re joined by (one of) my partner(s) in Anthology Crime, Arlo J. Wiley, head editor of The Deli Counter of Justice and one half of the nerderific podcast Gobbledygeek. Since Gobbledygeek was the very first podcast to host me — and interview me about my then-new book Broken Magic at that! — there was no way I could miss getting the GGeeks on my show.
For today’s scene, AJ has chosen the (in my absolutely correct opinion) hands-down best scene in all of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds: the tavern scene. Four of our heroic Basterds in a basement tavern, meeting an actress-turned-spy, and facing off against a suspicious Gestapo agent. What does that get you? One of the best tension builds and releases you’re ever going to find.
Someone has thankfully made the scene available on Vimeo, so you can check it out here: https://vimeo.com/33854927
You can find Arlo J. Wiley’s podcasts — both Gobbledygeek and the Mad Men-centric Smoke Gets In Your Ears — right here: http://gobbledygeekpodcast.com/
And finally, if you haven’t already, check out the amazing superhero anthology that bears AJ’s name on the cover, The Deli Counter of Justice, right here: http://www.amazon.com/Deli-Counter-Justice-Eric-Sipple/dp/1502528800/ref=asap_B007TJVR8E_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415157481&sr=1-1
Next time, we’ll be joined by the other half of Gobbledygeek and the third member of the Deli Triumvirate, Paul Smith. We’ll be talking Blade Runner! Don’t miss it!
Making the Scene
Great film is alchemy, the result of an interaction between writing, performance, light, sound, sets, and editing. On each episode of Making the Scene, I’m joined by a guest as we work to understand that alchemy through the lens of a single scene, to understand a director’s approach to their film by examining how and why they built this one, specific moment.
