
The Oscar Project Podcast
A discussion of all the films nominated for Oscars, starting in 1929, plus interviews with filmmakers and authors writing about the film industry.
The Oscar Project Podcast
3.54-Alibi with Jeff Kramer
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Season 3
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Episode 54
Today's episode is my conversation about the 1929 film Alibi. I'm joined by Jeff Kramer from the "Death Star Human Resources Department" newsletter and we talk about the innovative uses of the new sound technology to accompany the film images, the portrayal of both the police and gangsters in the film, and some of the interesting camera shots that the film employs to keep up the visual end of the story.
You can watch Alibi on YouTube and be sure to check out Jeff's newsletter.
Other films mentioned in this episode include:
- The Blues Brothers directed by John Landis
- Reservoir Dogs directed by Quentin Tarantino
- Face/Off directed by John Woo
- The Dove directed by Roland West (partially lost film)
- Boston Blackie (film series)
- Cardigan directed by John W. Noble (lost silent film)
- The Racket directed by Lewis Milestone (listen to my episode about The Racket from the 1st Academy Awards)
- Toy Story directed by John Lasseter
Other referenced topics:
- Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
- Time review
- New York Times review