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The Character Driven Car Chase
July 17, 2017

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Hands gripping the steering wheel. The tires swerving and screeching all over the road. The engine roaring like a mighty beast on rampage. No, this isn’t an accurate description of my driving, but it is how I would describe a great movie car chase.

When a film kicks in gear with…

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Smokey and the Bandit is the Flawless Car Chase Film
June 27, 2017

I have to tell you two things about 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit that you will find impossible to believe. The second most difficult thing to believe is this: Smokey and The Bandit is structurally perfect.

But before we can talk about that, we really have to look at the…

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Cut to the Chase – The Power of a Great Cinematic Car Chase
June 19, 2017

I’ve never been a “car guy.” Growing up, lots of my friends were “car guys.” My eyes would glaze over as they’d talk about the Whatever model from Whatever year and how its Whatever was so superior to the Some Other model. As I neared the age of 16…

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Fleeting Light – Documenting A New View for the Visually Impaired
June 10, 2017

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Special Guests

Jacob Leighton Burns

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Zachary Burns

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Mickey Reece’s Alien Roundtable Interview – It’s All History
June 9, 2017

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Talking Gremlin with Ryan Bellgardt – deadCenter 2017
June 8, 2017

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Guest Ryan Bellgardt

Writer / Director / Producer of Gremlin

Writer/director/producer Ryan Bellgardt joins Cinematropolis Radio to talk about his experiences creating marketable indie films before blowing the lid off the making of his deadCenter 2017 film, Gremlin.

Gremlin:

“Two years after the murder of his 10-year-old…

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Bottle Rocket – Wes Anderson’s Triumphant Failure
June 7, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RLyI-PD4Q&t=91s

From the most scholarly cinephile to the casual movie goer, we all know the power of films. We’ve all had, or will have, that ‘religious experience’ where a movie draws you in and keeps you in the frame for ninety or more minutes and then releases you back into…

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Bound – The Beginning of the Wachowskis’ 20 Year War on Oppression
June 2, 2017

Welcome to the first edition of one of our Cinematropolis essay columns, Underexposed, where we look at the buried, under-appreciated or forgotten screen gems from outstanding filmmakers. Each edition of Underexposed will explore a different film under that respective month’s theme and will highlight its significance to remind you…

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June – A Month Of First Films by Great Directors
May 29, 2017

We’ve all heard the phrase, “Everybody’s got to start somewhere,” but it’s important to keep in mind that everybody’s “somewhere” is in a different place. Great Directors aren’t born with a camera in their hand, but must be formed, molded and shaped over time. Some directors begin with a…

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