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From Ernst Lubitsch to Bill Murray: Saul Austerlitz on American film comedy

From Ernst Lubitsch to Bill Murray: Saul Austerlitz on American film comedy

FromNotebook on Cities and Culture


From Ernst Lubitsch to Bill Murray: Saul Austerlitz on American film comedy

FromNotebook on Cities and Culture

ratings:
Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Feb 9, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Colin Marshall talks to cultural journalist Saul Austerlitz, author of Money for Nothing: A History of the Music Video from the Beatles to the White Stripes and, most recently, Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy, which examines the careers of beloved U.S. comedy icons like Woody Allen and the Marx Brothers as well as more cultishly comedic figures like Albert Brooks as well as filmmakers not normally associated directly with comedy, like Robert Altman and the Coen brothers.
Released:
Feb 9, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

(Formerly The Marketplace of Ideas.) Colin Marshall sits down for in-depth conversations with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban scene all around Los Angeles and beyond.