About Whole-y Foley: The World of Performative Film Sound
Every two weeks, Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament, award-winning Foley Artist and author of the book The Foley Grail: The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games, and Animation, interviews professionals from all avenues of performative sound world-wide from foley artists to sound designers to musicians and more. Tune in and discover historical as well as new and innovative concepts and practices in the fascinating world of sound. Subscribe at the button below on the left.
Episode 38: The Legacy of Foley (Interview with Foley artist Ellen Heuer)
In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament, Author of The Foley Grail and Foley artist on such films as Die Hard, Platoon, and Predator, catches up with Foley artist Ellen Heuer, who has worked on such films as Iron Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Fatal Attraction, Purple Rain, as well as Michael Jackson's 2 Bad Music Video. Over the course of the conversation, Ellen shares how she got into Foley after being a musician and a dancer and recounts production stories that will part of her upcoming memoir, If These Shoes Could Talk. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Performative Film Sound.
17 Jan 2026
Episode 37: NoirCon 2025 Panel: Musicals, Frank Sinatra, and Young at Heart (1954) with Dana Polan
In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament, author of The Foley Grail and Foley Artist on such films as Die Hard, Platoon, and Predator, discusses the film Young at Heart with Dr. Dana Polan, professor at NYU's Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies. Vanessa and Dana share their thoughts on Warner Bros.'s 1954 musical, Young at Heart, starring Doris Day and Frank Sinatra. Of particular interest, the conversation centers around how Young at Heart is a remake of Michael Curtiz's 1939 film, The Four Daughters--and how the remake reconsiders the story as a musical, the impact of casting Doris Day and Frank Sinatra, and the changed political and cultural climate of the 1950s. The podcast does contain some spoilers about the plot changes to the remake, so please be aware of that if you have seen the film. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Performative Film Sound.
6 Aug 2025
Episode 36: Cats Don't Dance Part Three with Movie Producer Jim Katz
In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament, author of The Foley Grail and Foley Artist on such films as Die Hard, Platoon, and Predator, discusses the Carney Awards and Cats Don't Dance with Movie Producer Jim Katz. Vanessa and Jim start the conversation by discussing The Carney Awards, a ceremony, co-started by Jim Katz, that honors character actors. Then Vanessa and Jim return to the film Cats Don't Dance. As producer of the film, Jim concludes our three-part retrospective into the seldom seen animation film from 1997, Cats Don't Dance. Jim shares behind the scenes stories from the film from casting decisions, to the politics behind the film that has kept this film from garnering its proper popular and critical reception. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Performative Film Sound.
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