On this installment of the DVD Talk Radio Show we talk to John Flansburgh, one of the founding members of the band They Might Be Giants about the DVD and CD release for Here Come The ABC's. A follow up to their successful kids oriented album No, Here Come The ABC's harkens back to the bands earlier days with smart and catchy songs that bounce around your brain long after you've switched off the CD or DVD. Download the complete audio interview with John Flansburgh (19min 8MB) or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player. [permalink]

Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/Composer Shane Carruth did something as seemingly impossible as time travel - he made a great movie for only $7,000. Primer's micro budget and the 'questionable film making' advice from many of the people around him, never stood in the way of Carruth's drive to make his film. The results have been spectacular, Primer took both the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and now has it's getting a special edition DVD release. DVD Talk Editor Geoffrey Kleinman sat down with Shane Carruth to talk about the DVD release for Primer. Carruth talks about what inspired him to make Primer, how he managed to make such a complex and interesting film with so little money and what the connection is between Primer and All The President's Men. Download the complete audio interview Shane Carruth or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player.

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We're excited to bring you a special presentation of DVD Talk Radio featuring a Winemakers Roundtable for Sideways from the folks at Reel Reviews Radio and Grape Radio. Get a behind the scenes look at Sideways at the real world of wine and winemaking. Find out if Merlot is really that bad, and the truth behind a great Pinot Noir and the impact of Sideways on the wine industry and wine awareness. Download the complete roundtable or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player. Also be sure to check out the DVD Talk Review of Sideways

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If there's any director who understands the bitter sweet nuances of life in film it's James L. Brooks. Brook's films are all marked with an incredible understanding of people and how they relate to each other. He's both written and directed such landmark films as Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets, not to mention his work on The Simpsons. Now with Spanglish Brooks takes a look at the relationship between people who can't communicate, whether by language barrier or otherwise. DVD Talk Editor Geoffrey Kleinman sat down with James L. Brooks to talk about the DVD release for Spanglish. Brooks talks about some of the key themes in the film, working with Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni as well as the possibility of a Simpson's movie. Download the complete audio interview with James L. Brooks or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player.

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