Season 3 (1999)
Release date: 1999-04-05
Episodes (18):
1. Run Jesse Ventura, Run
Citizen Jesse: T. J. and Beth Larson show us a local indie film starring Jesse Ventura; 16 mm educational film collector Skip Elsheimer from North Carolina; Doug Stone and P. H. O’Brien chronicle a meeting with Manhattan public-access peeping tom and creep Ugly George and feminist documentarian Maggie Hadleigh-West.
Release date: 1999-04-05
2. Reverse Speech
Remember “Paul Is Dead”? David John Oates insists that reverse speech is the key to the truth; Producing Schlock: Tim Steffen talks to producer Sam Sherman who, with Al Adamson, made drive-in classics like SATAN’S SADISTS; From Porn Houses to Art Houses: Mike LaHaie and Howard Gertler explore NYC’s Times Square theaters.
Release date: 1999-04-12
3. Mr. Kinski Rants, Miranda July Charms
Big Miss Moviola: Miranda July, filmmaker, performance artist, and creator of an inspired distribution concept called Big Miss Moviola; Director David Schmoeller lives to tell the tale of working with Klaus Kinski; A Fangoria Weekend of Horror with Keith Bearden, Doug Stone and P. H. O’Brien.
Release date: 1999-04-19
4. Thanksgiving Is Not for Turkeys
Young Turkeys: see what it takes to bring that big bird to a table near you; Hair Today, Film Tomorrow: Mike LaHaie visits the world-renowned Ann Arbor Film Festival; Amy Elliott and Elizabeth Donius bring us the secrets of stunt and film swordsmanship from theatrical combat organization Ring of Steel.
Release date: 1999-04-26
5. Tommy Lee Meets Bolexbrothers
Bolexbrothers is an animation studio in Bristol, England, who’ve created a series of indescribably amazing films; Bill Judkins meets SYRACUSE NEW TIMES film critic Bill DeLapp; Seth Sells: the man who brought us the Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape; “Hamster,” a wonderful, hilarious romp inspired by a new camera.
Release date: 1999-05-03
6. The Simpsons in Korea
Meet Al Kaplon, umpire turned filmmaker on the set of an X-FILES baseball episode; lady fetish wrestler Deena Zarra shows off some moves and discusses wrestling, and beating, Andy Kaufman; did you know THE SIMPSONS was animated in Seoul, Korea? Come along as Doug Stone and PH O’Brien pay the animators a visit.
Release date: 1999-05-10
7. Godzilla Revealed
A visit with Japanese actor Haruo Nakajima, better known as the original Godzilla; T. J. and Beth Larson take a look at the filmmaking juggernaut that is Billy Graham Ministries; Maggie Hadleigh-West’s profile on Karen Riposo and her multiracial children’s performing arts program featuring Jacob D’Eustachio.
Release date: 1999-05-17
8. Civil War Redux
Hanging out with a hard-core unit of Civil War reenactors down South; the story behind the cult masterpiece LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS; “How to Read a Movie Poster,” the hidden truth revealed!
Release date: 1999-05-24
9. Waiting for Star Wars
Meet Robert Cartagena, a.k.a. Red Leader, for a look at the serious business of waiting in line for the new STAR WARS; experts weigh in on the realism of FBI procedures in the movies; bull rider Barry Tubb heads out west to the Taos Talking Pictures Fest where first prize is a $5,000 land grant.
Release date: 1999-05-31
10. Tinseltown & Vaudeville
Brian Flemming, Keythe Farley, and his wife Ann go for the gold at Tinsletown, an interactive dinner experience in Orange County; visit Palm Springs Follies, a true vaudevillian revue; free form radio station WFMU in Jersey City, NJ, reveals their vault of buried treasure, not only on vinyl but also on celluloid.
Release date: 1999-06-07
11. Christopher Walken Cooks
Join Chris, Julian Schnabel, and Cha Cha for shopping and noshing; the strange story of director Richard Stanley—fired from his film of THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, he returned disguised as a dog-man extra; PXL 2000, the cheap kids’ camera, is now a collectible; Brian Flemming takes a look at today’s pixel visionaries.
Release date: 1999-09-06
12. Ross McElwee 101
Filmmaker Cop: Eugene Hernandez and Jonny Leahan meet one of the NYPD’s finest, Bill Lappe a cop who makes films; a minicam journey with plumbing-drain surgeon Blaine Teal; Mike LaHaie and John Lee visit filmmaker Ross McElwee: “We were hoping that together we could learn something about making films by yourself.”
Release date: 1999-09-13
13. Scorsese, Imperioli & Ventimiglia
Waiting for Marty: Scorsese accepts an award at the Wexner Center in Ohio; catching up with Michael Imperioli and John Ventimiglia during a break from THE SOPRANOS; CASABLANCA: New and Improved: Brian Flemming and marketing wizard Keythe Farley market test CASABLANCA.
Release date: 1999-09-20
14. How's Your News?
Inside the Eye of SCORPIO RISING: Jon Ausbrooks and Lee Daniel make a mind-blowing, information-packed homage to the master Kenneth Anger; Hangin’ With HOW’S YOUR NEWS?: P. H. O’Brien and Doug Stone paid a visit to Camp Jabberwocky to meet with the correspondents and the man behind the team, filmmaker Arthur Bradford.
Release date: 1999-09-27
15. Cinemaniacs
If you’ve got a building to implode, call Controlled Demolition: Amy Elliott takes us there; Cinemaniac: Stephen Kijak profiles Jack Angstreich, a true film buff, who saw 1,000 films in eight months; Fight School: which comes first, the acting or the action? P. H. O’Brien finds the answer in his own backyard.
Release date: 1999-10-11
16. Jesus Is in the Mailbox
“Manitoba Tonight” with the brilliant filmmaker Atom Egoyan; “Jesus Video Project”: In 1998, Dr. Bob Cosby sent out 1.8 million copies of a video called “Jesus” to every resident in Alabama; Amy Elliott drives deep into the delta to explore authentic moving images of the Deep South’s historical past.
Release date: 1999-10-11
17. Field of Feuds
Meet the feuding fields where FIELD OF DREAMS was shot; Janet Pierson profiles the Moth, the lively monthly gathering for storytelling; “Ocularis”: Randi Barros and Kerry Reardon take us to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where the residents understand that independence is also important in showing work, not just making it.
Release date: 1999-10-25
18. Kevin Smith Uncensored
Over the years, Kevin Smith brought the funny to Split Screen on multiple occasions. His final appearance was this extended one-hour interview at the height of the dramatic controversy surrounding his foul-mouthed, faith-based fourth feature DOGMA, after CLERKS, MALLRATS and CHASING AMY.
Release date: 1999-11-01
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John Pierson - Self - Host