Episode 17: “Strangers on a Train” with Stephen Rebello
A podcast about the great movies.
We’re back with our latest episode of Guide for the Film Fanatic! In each episode, Jason Bailey and Mike Hull invite a guest from the world of film (including filmmakers, authors, critics, actors, and more) to select one of the 1600+ “must-see movies” collected in Danny Peary’s seminal 1986 book, Guide for the Film Fanatic. Bailey, Hull, and their guests deep dive on each film, discussing its history, themes, style, performances, initial reception, and legacy, taking a fresh look at some of the most beloved titles in cinema history.
Nobody but nobody chronicles the making of classic movies as thoroughly and compellingly as Stephen Rebello, author of Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!: Deep Inside 'Valley of the Dolls,' the Most Beloved Bad Book and Movie of All Time, A City Full of Hawks: ‘On the Waterfront’ Seventy Years Later — Still the Great American Contender, and the granddaddy of them all, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of ‘Psycho’. He joins us to discuss his latest book Criss Cross: The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece ‘Strangers on a Train’ and the movie it’s about: Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train.
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Strangers on a Train is streaming on Tubi and Kanopy and available for digital rental or purchase. You can watch the trailer here. You can read the New York Times review here.
You can buy Criss Cross: The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece ‘Strangers on a Train’ here, and more of Stephen’s books here. If you’d like to check out the YouTube page for Mike’s other podcast, Black Diplomats, it’s here. And Jason’s new book Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend is OUT NOW, and you can order it from MZS Press, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, or wherever you get your hardbacks, ebooks, and/or audiobooks.
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