Episode 68: Imogen Sara Smith
Bill speaks to author and film historian Imogen Sara Smith about her various endeavors, from writing books like BUSTER KEATON: THE PERSISTENCE OF COMEDY and IN LONELY PLACES: FILM NOIR BEYOND THE CITY to contributing audio commentaries, booklet essays and on-camera interviews to home video releases from The Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, Eureka!, Imprint, Flicker Alley, Arrow and Indicator. Topics include: John Bengtson’s SILENT ECHOES, Eddie Muller, writing techniques, The Criterion Channel, Courtney Stephens’ TERRA FEMME, her Phantom Light column for Film Comment, THE WELL, film lists/ranking and stumbling upon old W.C. Fields locations.
Read Sinners’ Holiday: An Ode to Pre-Code
Read Imogen Sara Smith on SWING TIME
Read Ghost Town: Nights on Bunker Hill
Buy the Kino Lorber 4K UHD for KILLER’S KISS
Read Imogen Sara Smith on the Criterion Current site
Register for Imogen Sara Smith’s online course, French Cinema: The Language Of Light 1895-1960
Register for Imogen Sara Smith’s online course, French Cinema: Breaking Rules & Boundaries 1960-2022
Buy El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire from Flicker Alley
Buy The Guilty / High Tide from Flicker Alley
Visit the Film Noir Foundation site
