How do you follow an industry-shaking debut like SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE? If you're Steven Soderbergh, the answer is obvious: a weird, downer sort-of-biopic of Franz Kafka shot in black and white. We're joined by filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell (MISS ME YET, THE WINDS THAT SCATTER) to talk 1991's KAFKA, Soderbergh's influence, and Chris's outstanding new film FAILED STATE. Great ep!

Further Reading:

"In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka

The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Castle by Franz Kafka

Los Angeles Times article by David Gritten

Further Viewing:

THE THIRD MAN (Reed, 1949)

THE TRIAL (Welles, 1962)

AMERICAN GIGOLO (Schrader, 1980)

BRAZIL (Gilliam, 1985)

 

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