In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Episode 49: Simpson/Bruckheimer
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Life is about balance but art is another story. Sometimes two different types of mayhem create hit films. If Jerry Bruckheimer is chaos then his former producing partner Don Simpson was a riot during a coup d’état. When Simpson/Bruckheimer were in top form they couldn’t be stopped, producing one blockbuster after the next. When it didn’t work we wound up with a Denis Leary Xmas movie or drug induced heart failure. We’ll take the crab juice. Blockbuster Film School examines the producing wildfire that gave us Axel Foley, Michael Bay, and Michelle Pfeiffer in a Coolio video. Seriously though, kids: if you or anyone you love have a serious drug addiction please contact the Producers Guild of America. You might have points on a movie you don’t remember making.
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Life is about balance but art is another story. Sometimes two different types of mayhem create hit films. If Jerry Bruckheimer is chaos then his former producing partner Don Simpson was a riot during a coup d’état. When Simpson/Bruckheimer were in top form they couldn’t be stopped, producing one blockbuster after the next. When it didn’t work we wound up with a Denis Leary Xmas movie or drug induced heart failure. We’ll take the crab juice. Blockbuster Film School examines the producing wildfire that gave us Axel Foley, Michael Bay, and Michelle Pfeiffer in a Coolio video. Seriously though, kids: if you or anyone you love have a serious drug addiction please contact the Producers Guild of America. You might have points on a movie you don’t remember making.
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