I Coulda Been a Commander
On today’s episode, back by popular demand is the one and only Mr. Steve Teamkin. Steve will be joining Lady P and her longtime friend, writer/director Ted Campbell, to discuss–according to the Sight and Sound Critics’ Poll–the 14th Greatest Movie of All Time, APOCALYPSE NOW. The production on the film was notoriously troubled. Did Francis Ford Coppola manage to pull off his epic masterpiece, or is it the giant folly-of-a-film that the Hollywood prognosticators of the 1970’s initially predicted?
Because APOCALYPSE NOW is a loose adaption of the Joseph Conrad novella, HEART OF DARKNESS, for the second topic, the panel discusses their favorite movie adaptations of famous literary works. They also talk about what kinds of stories make great fodder for the silver-screen.
Then Lady P and Ted finish up the episode with an overview of an exciting new original comedy series he’s currently developing called Myrna. To find out more about this project, and to help get it made, simply follow this link.
Hi Everyone!
Really dug the interview and the conversation – oh and by the way, Ted – with that voice – you’re in the episode I’ll be directing – HA!
Thank you – every one of you!
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Marlo Bernier
Jackie Frost Films
Los Angeles
Your discussion about film adaptations from books was very interesting. Thanks for bringing up my very favorite film, To Kill a Mockingbird.I agree that the film was greater than the book,and the screen writers chose to edit out the unnecessary stuff. Another film that is far greater than the novel is one of our favorite love stories,introduced to us by your late grandmother Regina Lampert, Random Harvest . The James Hilton novel is hard to follow because it is not chronological and the Greer Garson character is not developed. However, in the film the characters and plot flow perfectly,.if you do not mind an extremely corny story.
Mom