Allison Anders talks about the state of film, music and creativity in the modern day. Artists in the entertainment business and the struggle of punk-minded artists with and without the support of the mainstream is explored, as we go through years of Los Angeles music and movie history. Gentrification, Los Lobos, and the inspiration of Wim Wenders and Harry Dean Stanton are distilled in this Talk Show with Harper Simon.
GUEST BIO:
Allison Anders is a Los Angeles-based independent filmmaker. In 1995 she was the recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant” and in 2002 she won a George Foster Peabody Award for distinguished achievement and meritorious service for her semi-autobiographical film Things Behind the Sun. From the release of her acclaimed first feature, Border Radio (1989; co-written and co-directed with Kurt Voss) through the recent critical and popular success of Things Behind the Sun, Anders has established a body of work that is innovative in its visual and sound style and marked by ensemble acting and strong women characters. Her films as writer-director also include Gas Food Lodging (1992), Mi Vida Loca (1993), Grace of My Heart (1996), and Sugar Town (1999; co-directed with Kurt Voss). Anders’ films have premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival and at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, and retrospectives of her work have been held in Thessaloniki, Greece; Sheffield, England; and at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic. At UCSB she teaches courses including rock ‘n’ roll films, autobiographic writing, and music supervision.
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EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
00:01 Welcoming Allison Anders to Talk Show.
01:00 The problem with the current state of cinema and how it is similar to music.
07:00 Changes in technology prompt change in industries.
09:25 Anders’ involvement in the LA punk scene, and her first feature Border Radio.
15:30 Los Lobos and the diversity of the Los Angeles Punk scene.
20:40 Gentrification in Echo Park.
24:50 Director Wim Wenders as a teacher and source of inspiration.
30:30 Working with Harry Dean Stanton on the set of Paris, Texas.
32:50 The large role music plays in Anders’ work and life.
36:00 Thank you and goodbye.