Film History: The History Of Film

Start your engines! Prime that Nos bottle! It’s time for a Fast and Furious episode of Film History: The History Of Film! In the year 2001, the “family” came racing into theaters and took the world by storm, becoming the first of many films in this gigantic franchise. So take a ride with us into The Fast and the Furious!

Join us as we talk about the second movie to ever win an Academy award for best picture. The 1929 movie The Broadway Melody. On Film History The History Of film.

The battle for the future is fought in the past... The James Cameron hits keep coming this month! We're joined by a friend of the show and Terminator expert Sean Dherit to discuss the most 80s movie of all time followed by the most 90s movie of all time: Terminator 1 and Terminator 2: Judgement Day! We address the elephant in the room, which movie is better? How did James Cameron land such a big movie after his directorial debut on Piranhas 2? How much full frontal nudity did we see Arnold do? All this and more on the latest edition of Film History: The History of Film!!!

On this episode we dive into the icy waters of James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster starring the beautiful, budding Kate Winslet and a floppy haired 90s heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio. With A $200 million dollar budget, the biggest one ever at the time, James Cameron made this fictional story that is set in a nonfictional event. Jack and Rose weren’t real people but a lot of the characters around them were and of course the ship was very real and the disaster was not only real but recreated extremely accurately in this film. So grab your finest dinner jacket, meet us by the clock at the top of the grand staircase and hold on tight for this episode of Film History: The History Of Film!!!

*CUE DRAMATIC SCORE* Have you ever wondered where and when it all began that films were accompanied by beautiful music to set the tone and indicate that the killer was inside of the house??!!? The origins of the orchestral symphonies that fill your ears during moments of intense drama? What do you mean no???! Well it's actually much more interesting than you might think, trust us! From Beethoven curating music for a big art opening, to a drunken man in the wild west at a piano in front of the projector. Let us take you through the ages of film music, from symphonies scoring famous painters' exhibit openings to the giant scores we know today on this episode of FILM HISTORY : THE HISTORY OF FILM!

In the early 1970s a man named Tobe wandered through a line for crafty on a movie set in Austin Texas and was told he couldn’t eat any of the chicken wings unless he was part of the movie. Before that movie was even released, Tobe raised $60,000 from a Texas politician and took a bunch of actors into the middle of Texas to film one of the most terrifying slashers ever spawned, forever changing the genre. Tune into this very spooky episode of FH:HF for a deep dive into TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE!! *cue chainsaws and screaming*

It’s Spooky Season y’all! We’re kicking off a month of historic horrors with an episode all about CURSED FILMS! If you’ve been listening to this show (thank you so much for your support!) you have probably gathered by now that filmmaking can be a nightmare even under the best of circumstances. Add to the mix death, mayhem and demons and you have yourself a cursed film! Tune in for the behind the scenes commentary that was left out of all the DVD Special Features of your favorite classic horror films on this spooky edition of Film History : The History of Fiiiiilm!!!

Who indeed Framed Roger Rabbit, but perhaps a better question is who made Roger Rabbit happen at all? The answer may surprise you! On this episode we are joined by special guest Jaden LeBel as we dive into how this colossal crossover came together to create a truly unique moment and cinematic history. So stroll on down to ToonTown in this episode of Film History: The History Of Film!