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Science Fiction history book – “The Technical Delusion” (Duke University Press, 2019) – Jeffrey Sconce interview

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Dr. Jeffrey Sconce specializes in radio, tv, and film studies and is an assistant professor in communications studies. He’s written many books on the subject and we discussed his latest book on electricity, paranoia and conspiracy theories.

1:04 – Jeffrey talks about he ended up writing the book.

2:55 – Jeffrey talks about the early days of electricity.

5:16 – Jeffrey talks about the explosion of ideas of being mentally controlled when televisions became commonplace.

13:13 – Jeffrey talks about paranormal tv shows which discuss haunted technology.

23:05 – Jeffrey talks about the increasing overlap between science fiction, conspiracy theories, and delusional psychosis.

31:33 – Jeffrey talks about Philip K. Dick and his writing.

41:11 – Jeffrey talks about what he used for his research including Journals on “Insanity.”

43:41 – Jeffrey talks about the truly delusional versus people pretending to be delusional.

1:04:43 – Jeffrey has a blog at ludicdespair.blogpsot.com

 

Links of interest

https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-technical-delusion

http://ludicdespair.blogspot.com/

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Guests: Jeffrey Sconce

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science fiction, electronics, psychosis, conspiracy theories, supernatural, occult, paranormal, mediums, seance, industrial revolution, anxiety, depression, twilight zone, outer limits, haunted technology, twilight zone, x-files, brain chips, MK Ultra, ray kurzweil, Matrix, Philip K. Dick, targeted individuals

Animation history book – “Eat, Drink, Animate” (CRC Press, 2019) – Tom Sito interview

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Tom Sito has been a film animator for decades and has worked on some of Disney’s biggest films. He teaches animation and is also a member of the Motion Picture Academy where he is also works in the short films and animation division. He’s written a cookbook that collects together various recipes from animators that Tom has known, met or simply admired.

2:02 – Tom talks about how he came about to write the animators’ recipes cookbook.

5:20 – Tom talks about how animators incorporated food in their animation.

8:19 – Tom talks about the history of computer animation.

11:30 – Tom talks about the theater experience versus seeing a movie on a small screen.

14:03 – Tom talks about what new computer animation techniques are being developed.

18:10 – Tom talks about animation cinematography.

24:37 – Tom talks about experimentation in short films.

27:13 – Tom talks about Japanese animation and other international animated films.

30:15 – Tom talks about computer animated film budgets.

46:29 – Tom talks about mixing live-action and animation. They’re referred to as hybrid films.

48:30 – Tom talks about stop-motion animation.

54:04 – Tom talks about the proliferation of short films. He also discusses how people can have success getting their short films seen for notice or awards.

1:00:10 – Tom talks about possible major changes in computer animation.

1:03:32 – Tom was a website at tomsito.com

 

Links of interest

https://www.crcpress.com/Eat-Drink-Animate-An-Animators-Cookbook/Sito/p/book/9780815399766

http://anim.usc.edu/faculty/tom-sito/

 

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Guests: Tom Sito

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: art, artist, disney, chapman, clampett, chef, chili recipe, chasons, fantasia, how to train your dragon, toy story, Ridley Scott, Bladerunner, Duellists, light, storyboard, manga, Russian animation, Chinese animation, India, samurai jack, burton, harryhausen, jurassic park, cameron, speilberg, film festivals, Simpsons

Horror movie history book – “The Howling: Studies in the Horror Film” (Centipede Press, 2018) – Lee Gambin interview

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Lee Gambin has been writing about movies and especially horror movies for the last 15 years. We spoke about his latest book on the famous werewolf horror movie “The Howling.”

0:49 – Lee talks about how he got into studying and writing on “The Howling.” He really loved seeing a movie about a community of werewolves. He tried finding writings on the Howling and coulnd’t find any so was inspired to write on it.

5:11 – Lee talks about his writing career progressed.

7:45 – Lee goes into details on what the book is like.

11:05 – Lee discusses an interesting discovery made about “The Howling.”

24:30 – Lee talks about Bob Burns and his direction.

29:20 – Lee talks about some costume issues that the cast dealt with.

38:34 – Lee writes for Fangoria and Diabolique.

Links of interest

http://www.centipedepress.com/studieshorror/howling.html

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Guests: Lee Gambin

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: author, werewolf, werewolves, monster movies, 80s movies, movie history