Pulling Focus zooms in on what’s happening in film and digital media culture and puts soundtracks and film scores in the foreground. Host Gretjen Clausing interviews filmmakers, curators, archivists, critics and creatives about all that is unique and under-covered in indie film, video, digital culture and media policy in Philly and beyond. Since 2017, Pulling Focus has been airing on WPPM 106.5 FM in Philadelphia.
Pulling Focus
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Pulling Focus zooms in on what’s happening in film and digital media culture and puts soundtracks and film scores in the foreground. Host Gretjen Clausing interviews filmmakers, curators, archivists, critics and creatives about all that is unique and under-covered in indie film, video, digital culture and media policy in Philly and beyond. Since 2017, Pulling Focus has been airing on WPPM 106.5 FM in Philadelphia.
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March 26, 2024
Interview with Lou DiCrescenzo, Film Historian & Preservationist
<p>I'm very pleased to be joined by film historian and preservationist Lou DiCrescenzo, who has been collecting original 35 millimeter films and production equipment since the late 50s. Through his efforts and generosity, many rare and formerly lost films have been saved and donated to the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institute, where they have been copied and are now available for public viewing and study. Lou's projection equipment occupies a floor of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. Queens. He is a technical consultant providing his expertise to theaters dealing with silent era projection in film, a long term member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and for many years was the Technical Supervisor for the Ritz Theater circuit here in Philadelphia. He is also an accomplished musician having performed with many regional orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy, and the Trenton State Symphony, and he hosts a daily radio program sunshine music memories with smiling Lou Powers on WBCB 1490 am in Montgomery County. Films from Lou's vast collection aare shown regularly as intended, projected on the big screen at local theaters, notably the Ambler Theater where he was part of their inaugural 35 Millimeter Film Festival in 2018. </p> <p>note: Lou passed away on January 12th, 2024. </p>
January 27, 2023
Phil Bertelsen & Lise Yasui discuss their new doc, The Picture Taker
<p>THE PICTURE TAKER is a tale from in front of, and behind the camera. Ernest Withers lived a complicated and extraordinary life, magnified by a legacy of developing nearly two million images that came to define the American civil rights movement. A photo-journalist, soldier, police officer, and civil rights activist in his lifetime, <em>The Picture Taker</em> illuminates Withers lesser-known work as a secret FBI informant, a double-life uncovered only after his death.</p>
January 11, 2023
Tiffany Naiman talks about David Bowie in Film
<p>Tiffany Naiman, is a scholar of popular music, temporality, and disability studies with a specialization as a David Bowie scholar. She comes to Pulling Focus during Philly Loves Bowie week to talk about David Bowie in film. She also discusses her work at the Director of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Music Industry Program as well as a lecturer in the Musicology department. She is a DJ and electronic musician performing under the moniker NeonGray; the experimental film and music programmer for Outfest Los Angeles; creator of a multiplicity of club nights and one-off musical events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Philadelphia; and an award-winning documentary film producer. </p>
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