Electric Sheep podcast: The animé of Osamu Tezuka

An episode of The Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast – Alex Fitch talks to anime expert Helen McCarthy in front of an audience of manga fans at Streatham Library about the work of manga and animé pioneer Osamu Tezuka who is the subject of a season now on at The Barbican. Alex and Helen talk about Tezuka’s career in animé from early experimental shorts to the big budget adaptation of his classic manga comic Metropolis. Also comedienne and actress Jessica Fostekew reviews the cinema release of Eden Lake and the DVD release of Annie Leibovitz – Life Through a Lens…

For more info, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org
Listen to the other half of Helen and Alex’s chat about Tezuka, focussing on the artist’s manga work…

Links: Info on Movies into Manga: Osamu Tezuka at The Barbican
wikipedia page on Osamu Tezuka
Info on the current Kamishibai tour of the UK
Review of Tezuka’s Black Jack volume one by Joe McCulloch
Info about Helen’s panel on Tezuka at The Bristol Comics expo earlier this year (under “2pm Ramada Suite”)
Buy Helen’s books from amazon.co.uk
Info on Osamu Tezuka titles on DVD at imdb.com
Listen to Alex’s previous interviews with Helen McCarthy and The Streatham Library Graphic Novels readers group part one / part two…
Jess’ page at castingcallpro.com
myspace page for The Instute, the improv group featuring Jessica Fostekew

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Electric Sheep podcast: (Re)visiting Dark City

(Illustration by Tom Humberstone / Vented Spleen)

An episode of The Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast – Alex Fitch talks to Eagle Award winning comic book artist Tom Humberstone about Dark City – the underrated 1998 sci-fi film noir which has been recently rereleased in an extended director’s cut.

For more info, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org

Links: Read a print extract at Electric Sheep Magazine
Tom’s website ventedspleen.com
Official Dark City website

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Electric Sheep podcast: Zoo (and A)

An episode of The Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast – Alex Fitch discusses the new documentary ‘Zoo’ with magazine critic and writer Hannah Patterson (Sight and Sound / Vertigo magazines). Alex and Hannah look at the various topics raised by the film both moral and aesthetic, and field questions from the audience in a Q & A that was recorded live at the Prince Charles Cinema in London by Robin Warren (Liberation Jumpsuit / Resonance FM).

indiewire.com said about the film: “Watching ‘Zoo’ feels like spending a fall evening out amongst massive evergreens watching the light die from the sky: comfortingly beautiful, but somehow dangerous as well.”

You can stream the show by clicking here and pressing the play button or right click here to save the mp3 file direct to your computer… (mp3 format, 27mins / 26.4mb)

Links: Electric Sheep Magazine
IMDb and wikipedia pages on the film
indiewire.com review of the film and interview with the director
Robin’s band: Liberation Jumpsuit

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Electric Sheep podcast: Guy Maddin and My Winnipeg

An episode of The Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast – Alex Fitch talks to Guy Maddin about his new film “My Winnipeg” and about his career so far from Tales of the Gimli Hospital to The Saddest music in the world. Alex also talks to former Winnipeg resident Kinga P about her experience of growing up in the city when she moved there as a 12 year old from Warsaw.
You can stream the show by clicking here and pressing the play button or right click here to save the mp3 file direct to your computer… (mp3 format, 41mins / 39.1mb)
The Guy Maddin interview is also available as a video podcast and print transcript…

Links: Electric Sheep Magazine
IMDb and wikipedia pages on My Winnipeg
Kinga’s blog
Transcript of Alex’s interview with Guy Maddin + Alex’s article on the film and the director’s career
Alex’s interview with Cecilia Araneda, director of the Winnipeg Film Group

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Electric Sheep podcast: Modern silent movies

A new series of Electric Sheep Magazine podcasts begins with a chat between Alex Fitch and Virginie Selavy about the phenomenon of modern silent movies (or rather films without dialogue), inspired by the release of the new Argentine fantasy movie ‘La Antena’. Other films discussed include early surrealist films, the work of Guy Maddin and the last film written by Ed Wood – ‘I woke up early the day I died’. The episode was recorded at Resonance FM by Robin Warren.
You can stream the show by clicking here and pressing the play button or right click here to save the mp3 file direct to your computer… (mp3 format, 27mins / 25.8mb)
Links: Electric Sheep Magazine
Screening times of La Antena at the ICA
Robin’s band: Liberation Jumpsuit

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