Episode 894: Novelists Turned Filmmakers
In this episode, David and Scott Nye discuss novelists turned filmmakers as well as the relocation of Slamdance.
Novelists turned filmmakers include Pier Paolo Pasolini and more!
Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started in 2007 by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Since then, we’ve done live comedy shows, written reviews, commentaries and more.
Battleship Pretension is a film discussion show and a film review website founded by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Beginning in March 2007, Battleship Pretension the show (known to fans simply as “BP”) embodies the type of laidback, free-flowing conversations had by lovers of film around the world. Battleship Pretension the website is dedicated to being a destination for those seeking worthwhile opinions on current releases, be they foreign, independent, studio pictures, theatrical, home video releases, etc. From its meager beginnings in Los Angeles, Battleship Pretension has amassed a worldwide audience and readership. From Germany to Korea to Australia, people have tuned in to share in Tyler and David’s love of film. As Battleship Pretension’s following continues to grow, the purpose remains the same: Reach out to the international cinephile community, invite them to join in the discussion and perhaps even start one of their own.
After a quick double check he’s more of a newspaper man turned screenwriter, turned writer of one novel turned writer-director, but the first name that came to mind for me was Richard Brooks. He’d originally come to Hollywood to write, but Universal was only giving him cheap genre pictures, so he left and ended up in the Navy in the film unit during World War II, an experience that led to the novel “The Brick Foxhole” which became the movie “Crossfire” and a pretty great career followed.