President Obama Interview | Real Time with Bill Maher (2016)
In 2016 President Obama appeared on "Real Time With Bill Maher", sitting down for a lengthy interview that touched on the criminal justice system…
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In Conversation with Frank Darabont – By Chris Hewitt
Empire Contributing Editor Chris Hewitt virtually stalked Frank Darabont across the globe for this piece, from the director's LA office to the set of…
Saul Alinsky: Playboy Interview (1972)
Interview by Eric Norden For the past 35 years, the American establishment has come under relentless attack from a bespectacled, conservatively dressed community organizer who…
Peter Weir on “Gallipoli”: “I Felt Somehow I Was Really Touching History”
Interview with Peter Weir, director of "Gallipoli". Published in Literature/Film Quarterly, 1981
La Story: The Making of Michael Mann’s “Heat”
In an exclusive interview, Michael Mann analyses the creation of his crime classic 'Heat': "I never thought of it as doing a genre piece.."
How I Make Films: An Interview with John Huston (1965) – By Gideon Bachmann
Meeting John Huston in Rome, where he was shooting The Bible, turned out to be easier than meeting any other director I had ever…
Stephen King on Carrie, the Shining, Etc. – Interview by Peter S. Perakos [Cinefantastique]
In this exclusive interview, Stephen King discusses his past work, his inspirations, his attitudes toward the genre, and his future projects.
Stephen king: Intervista A playboy
Nel giugno del 1983 Playboy Usa incontra un maestro del brivido che nella sua successiva carriera avrebbe pubblicato oltre sessanta opere, tutte regolarmente entrate…
Making Alien: Behind the Scenes [Cinefantastique Special]
Talking with the creators of Alien (1979). Interviews with Ridley Scott (Director), Walter Hill (Producer), David Giler (Producer), Carlo Rambaldi (Creator of Alien Head Effects), Bolaji Badejo ("The Alien"),…
Stephen King: Playboy Interview (1983) – By Eric Norden
In the early winter of 1972, a Maine housewife dusting her husband's makeshift study fished a discarded manuscript out of the wastebasket and sat…
2001: A Space Odyssey: Douglas Trumbull on Stanley Kubrick’s Science Fiction Epic – By Dan Persons
With 2001, we learned the real depth and mass of space, and discovered that “The Ultimate Trip” was going to be a cold, lonely…
2001: A Space Odyssey – The Prologue Interviews
Kubrick’s original plan was to open 2001 with a ten-minute prologue (35mm film, black and white) — edited interviews on extraterrestrial possibilities with experts…
Beyond the Stars – By Jeremy Bernstein
We are happy to report, for the benefit of science-fiction buffs—who have long felt that, at its best, science fiction is a splendid medium…
James B. Harris Interview (2002)
The Five-O Interview James B. Harris: When Kubrick and I finished Paths Of Glory, Marlon Brando called us up and said I want to…
Al Pacino: The Playboy Interview (1979)
A candid—and very rare—conversation with the enigmatic actor and superstar.
Goodfellas: Interview with Martin Scorsese (1990) – By Gavin Smith
by Gavin Smith Gavin Smith: What was it that drew you to the GoodFellas material? Martin Scorsese: I read a review of the book;…
The Cinema as Heresy, or the Passion of Pasolini: An Interview with Pier Paolo Pasolini – By Oswald Stack
Oswald Stack interviewed Pier Paolo Pasolini in Rome over a period of two weeks in 1968.
The Godfather: Brando Plays a Mafia Chieftain – Interview by Shana Alexander
Marlon Brando enjoys being mysterious. The grandfather of all cool actors becomes the Godfather. Interview by Shana Alexander
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner: The Making of a Sci-Fi Classic
Interviews with screenwriters Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, industrial designer Syd Mead, production designer Lawrence C. Paull and director Ridley Scott. Articles & Interviews…
Federico Fellini Interview: The Cinema Seen as a Woman… – By Gideon Bachmann
Gideon Bachmann interview with Federico Fellini on the day 'City of Women' premiered in Rome in 1980
Bob Dylan: The Bono Vox Interview (1984)
On July 8th, 1984, Bob Dylan played a concert at Slane Castle in Dublin that was flimed for broadcast on MTV. On the day…
Blade Runner (1982): Special Photographic Effects [American Cinematographer]
Excerpts from an interview with David Dryer, one of three special photographic effects supervisors for Blade Runner along with Douglas Trumbull and Richard Yuricich
Blade Runner (1982): Production Design and Photography [American Cinematographer]
“Films usually attempt to do the future by presenting a rather bleak, pristine, austere, clean look. It could go that way, but I’ve got…
An Interview with Philip K. Dick (1977) – By Yves Breux and Francis Luxereau
Philip K. Dick interviewed while attending the 2eme Festival International de la SF de Metz, Metz, France, September 19-25, 1977
Conversazione Con Sergio Leone – A Cura DI Gianfranco Graziani [Filmcritica]
a cura di Gianfranco Graziani Filmcritica: Quali sono state le tappe salienti del tuo incontro con il cinema? Sergio Leone: Il mio rapporto con…
Interview with Producer Alan Ladd, Jr. [Starlog]
At last, a studio executive who believes in science fiction. Starlog magazine interviews Alan Ladd, Jr.
Jean-Jacques Annaud: Prehistoric Heat an Interview with the Creator of ‘Quest for Fire’
While audiences have long exhibited a penchant for movies about the future, few people expected today's science-fiction generation to go wild over a film…
Dossier: Neuromancer – Interview with William Gibson (1985) – By Steve Brown [Heavy Metal]
William Gibson is this year's hungry stranger. He brings to the clubby little world of science fiction a genuinely new perception. His influences are…
Talking About ‘the Shining’ with Diane Johnson – By Larry Mccaffery
The following conversation with writer Diane Johnson, excerpted from an extended interview conducted by Larry McCaffery, centers on her experience as the scriptwriter for…
Richard Dawkins: Playboy Interview (2012) – By Chip Rowe
A candid conversation with the controversial atheist about the simple beauty of evolution, the improbability of God and why the pope should be arrested