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Alison Ellwood & Anoosh Tertzakian (San Francisco Sounds | MGM+)

Alison Ellwood & Anoosh Tertzakian (San Francisco Sounds | MGM+)

FromThe Dangerous Art of the Documentary


Alison Ellwood & Anoosh Tertzakian (San Francisco Sounds | MGM+)

FromThe Dangerous Art of the Documentary

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The two-part docuseries “San Francisco Sounds”, helmed by directing duo Alison Ellwood and Anoosh Tertzakian, celebrates the musical and artistic renaissance that exploded in the Bay Area from the mid-sixties into the mid-seventies. Featuring the music of Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Steve Miller, and many more, it’s a glimpse into a time and place that changed the world of music, love, and culture forever. Anoosh and Alison talk with Tiller about transitioning from editing to directing (2:00), the journey from “Laurel Canyon” to “San Francisco Sounds” (7:00), the benefit to using audio-only interviews (14:00), why it took over a year to make this movie (19:05), finding a fresh approach to telling the story of Janis Joplin (22:10), how they craft performances from their key interviews (25:08), the parts of the story that surprised them the most (30:20), and how money changes even the best art (34:00).
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (48)

Filmmaker Tiller Russell (Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, Operation Odessa, The Last Narc, The Seven Five) exchanges the camera for a microphone, sitting down with other documentary filmmakers for riveting, in-depth conversations about their most successful and iconic films.