Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Talking “After Hours” with author Ben Tanzer

Ben Tanzer channeled his grief for his father and their mutual love of Martin Scorsese into a book called “After Hours: Scorsese, Grief, and the Grammar of Cinema.” Like the movie, this interview will keep you up all night! Join our Pateron: patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social Media: Instagram @thefilmographers Bluesky: @thefilmographers.bsky.social Letterboxd @filmographers YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast Website: https://filmographerspodcast.com/ Credits: Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts Kevin Lau, producer Gompson, theme music Cosmo Graff, graphic design Time Stamps: 1:31 – An O.G. Podcaster 6:12 – Teacher, consultant, author 7:48 – “A movie I love by a director I love that allows me to explore my grief” 14:46 – Why “After Hours”? 19:56 – Writing in real time, becoming ambitious, & anxious kids 31:39 – What is “After Hours” about? 39:45 – “After Hours” & “Schizopolis” 43:55 – “Bring in the star . . . let them do star shit” 53:37 – “Paul Hackett is kind of a creep” 1:03:13 – The sexiest movie ever made 1:07:07 – Filmographers Five 1:07:33 – “The Out of Towners” (1970, dir. Arthur Hiller) 1:08:28 – “Escape from New York” (1981, dir. by John Carpenter) 1:09:35 – “Something Wild” (1986, dir. by Jonathan Demme) 1:10:54 – “Judgment Night” (1993, dir. by Stephen Hopkins) 1:12:32 – “Anora” (2024, dir. by Sean Baker)