Bill speaks to author, broadcaster and film historian Emma Westwood about her many creative endeavors, from co-founding film societies and writing freelance criticism to hosting Triple R’s Plato’s Cave and developing her recent monograph on David Cronenberg’s THE FLY. Topics include: Fatal Visions, Lee Gambin, the differing approaches of American and Australian film schools in the early 1990s, ALIEN, John Frankenheimer, Bert Deling's DALMAS, writing about standup comedy, HOUSEBOAT HORROR, the research process for audio commentary tracks, Raymond Stross, why children relate to monsters and why “write what you know” is bad advice.
Visit Emma Westwood’s website:
https://emmawestwood.
Buy and read THE FLY:
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/
Hear Emma Westwood on Plato’s Cave:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/
Hear Emma Westwood discussing Roman Polanski on Hell Is For Hyphenates:
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Read A Fiend On Film’s interview with Emma Westwood:
Read “The Act of Seeing: Cinema, Ethics and Responsibility”:
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