The Directors Series Podcast

This episode of SHORT CUTS continues the theme of “Hollywood Plays Itself” with a breakdown of 2010’s SOMEWHERE, Sofia Coppola’s minimalist study of celebrity burnout. Set within the Sunset Strip’s famed Chateau Marmont, Coppola’s fourth feature film exposes the banality and emptiness underneath the so-called glitz and glamor of movie stardom.

This episode of SHORT CUTS continues the theme of “Hollywood Plays Itself” with a breakdown of 1997’s BOOGIE NIGHTS, Paul Thomas Anderson’s rollicking and lurid chronicle of a very different side of the film industry at a pivotal time in its history.

This episode of SHORT CUTS continues the theme of “Hollywood Plays Itself” with a breakdown of 2019’s ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD, Quentin Tarantino’s revisionist celebration of the magic of the movies.

SHORT CUTS is a special segment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES PODCAST that draws from the vast library of existing Directors Series media to bring you bite-sized chunks of film theory and analysis on your favorite films. This episode -- the first entry in this month's theme of "Hollywood Plays Itself" --  breaks down 1991’s BARTON FINK, Joel and Ethan Coen’s absurd Tinseltown satire and love letter to the Golden Age of filmmaking.

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