It's so amazing to see something I've been planning for over a year finally become a reality. Here is the first episode (split into two half-episodes) of Pictures Worth a Thousand Words.
This episode deals with the career of the recently deceased filmmaker Sidney Lumet (RIP). We were very ambitious in terms of the amount of ground we covered -- Lumet's filmography comprises 43 features, one documentary, one short, a handful of TV series episodes, and many live TV dramas -- and it was inevitable that some interesting discussions would be cut out. In particular, I was sorry to lose much of my commentary on his early masterpieces Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) and Fail-Safe (1964) (especially my praise of Dom DeLuise in the latter); however, those are two of my all-time favorite films and I'm sure I will be unable to avoid talking about them at length in the future. (You can read some of my thoughts on them -- as well as Lumet's brilliant live 1960 TV production of The Iceman Cometh, starring Jason Robards and a then-unknown Robert Redford -- here and here.)
And now, without further ado:
Episode 1a: Sidney Lumet Discussion (Part 1) (~45 minutes; ~61MB)
Episode 1b: Sidney Lumet Discussion (Part 2) (~45 minutes; ~64MB)
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