PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Sierra Pettengil, directorand producer of the film The Reagan Show.
Sierra Pettengil talks with Angelo Acerbi about the making of an impressive documentary about Ronald Reagan’s system of self promotion and communication. She watched, together with her co-director Pacho Velez, more than 1000 hours of archival video material to compose this portrait of one of the most despised US presidents, until now.
The Reagan Show: Told solely through 1980s network news and videotapes created by the Reagan administration itself, the film explores the president’s made-for-TV approach to politics. This documentary follows Ronald Reagan’s rivalry with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, tracing how the American president used his public-relations skills to overcome Soviet mistrust, the objections of a skeptical press, and the looming threat of World War III.
At the Rome Film Fest, “I’m Curious Johnny”, director Julien Temple and Johnny Pigozzi talk about fame, friendship, and 50 years of photos turned into one playful, revealing film.
Presented at the 20th Rome Film Fest, “Eddington” is Ari Aster’s boldest experiment yet — a western for the digital age, where the showdown isn’t fought in the desert, but on the screen in our hands.
“The Other Side of Summer”, a conversation with actresses Lucie Fingerhutová and Nikola Kylarová and producer Ondřej Lukeš: "We wanted to tell a story about friendship, sisterhood and finding a good place or a better place".