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Legendary filmmaker Mike Figgis opens the vault in Unfiltered: The Mike Figgis Podcast, a riveting new podcast that pulls back the curtain on a life spent behind—and beyond—the camera. With exclusive access to his behind-the-scenes experiences on Megadoc, his intimate documentary chronicling Francis Ford Coppola’s audacious epic Megalopolis, Figgis offers a rare front-row view into the mind of a cinematic master at work.
But that’s just the beginning. Across the series, Mike shares untold stories from his own boundary-pushing films like Leaving Las Vegas and Timecode, draws from his extensive personal archive of candid, never-before-heard celebrity interviews, and sits down for wide-ranging conversations with close friends and collaborators.
Part memoir, part masterclass, and part rock ‘n’ roll confessional, Unfiltered: The Mike Figgis Podcast is a raw, revealing portrait of one of cinema’s most restlessly creative minds.
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Francis Ford Coppola spent over $100 million of his own money to make Megalopolis, an epic film set in an alternate future with a cast full of stars. When the movie came out, it was met with polarizing reviews. Some saw a master experimenting with form, and others saw an incoherent film jam-packed with competing ideas and styles. Mike was invited on set to make a documentary about the movie, and got extensive access to Coppola, the cast and the crew. He’s joined by writer Josh Karp to talk about watching Coppola make this passion project. MEGADOC, the documentary about the making of Megalopolis, is in theatres September 19. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Legendary filmmaker Mike Figgis pulls back the curtain on his life and work in Unfiltered: The Mike Figgis Podcast, a new series full of untold stories from a life in cinema. From behind-the-scenes access to his Megalopolis documentary to raw memories of Leaving Las Vegas and Timecode, Figgis offers rare insight into his creative world. With never-before-heard interviews and candid conversations, the podcast is part memoir, part masterclass, and wholly unfiltered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The first interview from Mike's Hollywood Conversations series, recorded in the mid-90s, with legendary New Hollywood director Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces, The King of Marvin Gardens, Stay Hungry). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 2 of The Mike Figgis Podcast kicks off with Mike and Ali discussing Coppola's Megalopolis, Mike's making-of documentary of the film, his dearly departed friend Julian Sands, departed legends Jean-Luc Godard and Jeff Beck, long form TV today, new K-Dramas and intimacy in film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mike's musical background, his fascination with audio and the GK4; the band members, the music and the joy of spontaneous playing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mike talks about his lifelong fascination with sound, his first recordings, moving down to London, working with the People Show, starting to buy his own equipment, Coppola's The Conversation and eerie audio stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mike and Ali talk Cannes Film Festival: Mike's several visits through the years, being on the red carpet, the politics of festivals, encounters with stars, trying to sell one's film and the evolution of the festival scene as a whole. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mike and Ali talk about Mike's unhappy experience making Mr. Jones: how the film came about, the shoot, conflicts with the studio, post-production, betrayal, reshoots, the highs and lows of test screenings and the Hollywood Social Contract. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In a wide ranging conversation Mike and Ali touch on film music today, award shows, Mike's favorite Korean actress, the power of the internet, the banality of filmmaking today, composers and writers versus producers and some great film scores from the past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Part 2 of Mike and Ali's conversation about Timecode: the technical challenges of making the film, the film's reception and the freedom it gave Mike to do more challenging work, the obsession with hi-def and the importance of having good sound on one's film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join Mike and Ali on the first of two-parter talking about Mike's revolutionary film Timecode (2000), which one reviewer surmised as a "rare feat of technology made human". In this first part Mike recounts how the film came about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mike and Ali discuss Mike's book "The 36 Dramatic Situations for Film" and use the cards to analyze classic films and the creation of dramatic tension. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mike talks K-Drama, its tropes, what he loves about K-Drama, the recent boon of long form television, Chinatown and great films. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Mike Figgis's first Podcast.Mike and Ali talk about Mike's Soho Photo Series, the evolution of street photography, documentaries today, the film business, Jean-Luc Godard and David Lynch's Inland Empire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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