How Would Lubitsch Do It?

By: Devan Scott
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  • HOW WOULD LUBITSCH DO IT? is a journey through the life and works of Ernst Lubitsch in chronological order, one film at a time. In this film history podcast, host Devan Scott will facilitate a series of discussions about all 43 of Ernst Lubitsch’s surviving films, from Wo ist mein Schatz to Cluny Brown. Each episode will consist of a mix of historical background and a discussion with a rotating slate of guests - critics, academics, and filmmakers - about one of Lubitsch’s films.
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  • S5E08.25 - Freundschaft by Samson Raphaelson

    S5E08.25 - Freundschaft by Samson Raphaelson
    Sep 17 2024

    A reading of Samson Raphaelson’s Freundschaft, as published on May 11, 1981, in The New Yorker.

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    NEXT WEEK:

    Noah Isenberg joins us to discuss Billy Wilder and his cold war comedic epic One, Two, Three. For information as to where to find this film, check out our resources page.

    WORKS CITED:

    Freundschaft by Samson Raphaelson
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    54 mins
  • S5E08 - Dragonwyck, A Royal Scandal, That Lady In Ermine, and the Death of Ernst Lubitsch with David Cairns

    S5E08 - Dragonwyck, A Royal Scandal, That Lady In Ermine, and the Death of Ernst Lubitsch with David Cairns
    Sep 10 2024

    David Cairns returns to discuss the end of Ernst Lubitsch’s career and life: a period in which, after a heart attack left him debilitated, he produced a series of films directed by the likes of Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Otto Preminger. We cover Dragonwyck, cinema’s foremost depiction of the Dutch patroonship system in what is now upstate New York; A Royal Scandal, a remake of Forbidden Paradise; andThat Lady in Ermine, Lubitsch’s final unfinished project later completed to little effect by Otto Preminger.

    Throughout the episode, we discuss the gap in worldviews between Lubitsch and Preminger, our dream Lubitsch/actor pairings that never came to pass, Billy Wilder’s tall tales, Ernst Lubitsch’s death, and what comes next.

    Edited by Brennen King.

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    NEXT WEEK:

    A reading of Freundschaft, Samson Raphaelson’s eulogy for Ernst Lubitsch.

    WORKS CITED:

    The World and Its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger by Chris Fujiwara
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • S5E07.5 - Otto Preminger's Laura [1944] with Eloise Ross

    S5E07.5 - Otto Preminger's Laura [1944] with Eloise Ross
    Sep 3 2024

    Writer and film historian Eloise Ross joins us to discuss noted Lubitsch disciple Otto Preminger and his 1944 noir Laura. We cover Preminger’s past and parallels with Lubitsch, the tumultuous story of Laura’s production, the film’s highly unusual tone, its memorable characters and dialogue, and the majesty of Clifton Webb.

    Edited by Brennen King

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    NEXT WEEK:

    David Cairns returns to discuss A Royal Scandal, Dragonwyck, That Lady in Ermine, and the death of Ernst Lubitsch.

    WORKS CITED:

    The World and Its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger by Chris Fujiwara
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    52 mins

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