Fresh Air, Paul Feig, Lewis Gould, and David Thomson

De: Terry Gross

Narrado por: Terry Gross

Duración: 50 m

Resumen del Editor

Writer Paul Feig, history professor Lewis Gould, and film critic and historian David Thomson on this edition of Fresh Air.

Paul Feig is the creator of the now defunct TV comedy series Freaks and Geeks. He wrote a book Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence. Feig was an actor before moving on to writing for TV and film. (Original Broadcast Date: October 3, 2002)

Lewis Gould is a professor of American History at the University of Texas at Austin. He's edited the book, Watching Television Come of Age, a collection of the New York Times reviews by his father, Jack Gould, who covered TV for the Times from 1947 until 1972. Jack Gould died in 1993. (Original Broadcast Date: December 4, 2002)

David Thompson's latest book is The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. It is an updated version of his Biographical Dictionary of Film, which was first published in 1975. Some of the entries from the Dictionary have been revised and new entries have been added. Thomson has taught film studies at Dartmouth College and has served on the selection committee for the New York Film Festival. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times, Film Comment, Movieline, The New Republic, and The Independent (London). (Original Broadcast Date: December 4, 2002)

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