All Pieces for Todd Melby

 
Ep. 7: Napoléon
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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Georges Mourier describes Napoléon as “not just a masterpiece." The Cinémathèque Française restoration expert says the 1927 silent film "is also a ...

  • Added: May 14, 2018
  • Length: 43:30
Ep. 6: Albert Serra
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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Albert Serra, the highly opinionated director of "The Death of Louis XIV" explains why actors are stupid and (shockingly) why he never looks throug...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 44:16
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 5: Charles Burnett
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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Critic Terrence Rafferty of GQ called "Killer of Sheep," a film by Charles Burnett, "one of the most striking debuts in movie history." In this epi...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 26:17
  • Purchases: 2
Ep. 4: Frederick Wiseman
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman discusses "Titicut Follies," his controversial 1967 film about a hospital for the criminally insane. In thi...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 2
Ep. 3: Fargo
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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When the Coen Brothers released "Fargo" in 1996, pretty much all of North Dakota and Minnesota got upset. "We don't talk like that," they said. Wel...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 19:42
Ep. 2: Barbara Kopple
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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Barbara Kopple, winner of two Academy Awards for Best Feature Documentary, discusses "Harlan County USA," her 1976 film about a Kentucky coal miner...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 18:58
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 1: Kelly Reichardt
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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Kelly Reichardt’s films are full of pregnant pauses and extended silences. In fact, her movies often lack a background score. They’re shot in the A...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 25:17
  • Purchases: 1
We Don't Talk Like That ... 'Fargo' and the Midwest Psyche
From: Todd Melby
Caption: Frances McDormand as Police Chief Marge Gunderson., Credit: Gramercy Pictures
The 1996 movie "Fargo" stirred widespread curiosity about snowy winters, funny accents and bloody mayhem on the frozen tundra of North Dakota and M...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Going Good, Then The Rig Count Dropped
From: Todd Melby
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After moving from Wyoming to North Dakota during the height of the oil boom, Steve Brown started a water hauling company. Now it's the summer of 20...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 1
Grandma's Got a Nice Truck
From: Todd Melby
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Oil tankers rumble on lots of roads near Mandaree and New Town, North Dakota. Both towns are on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, home to the M...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2015
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 2
Hoping The Downplay Hurts The Greed
From: Todd Melby
Caption: Don Williams of Ross, N.D., Credit: Todd Melby
Fewer rigs. Fewer trucks. Fewer jobs. With oil prices down, there's a lot less activity in North Dakota's oil patch. Don Williams, who lives and wo...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 1
This Is Our Home Now
From: Todd Melby
Caption: Williston, North Dakota isn't "dust" on Google Maps anymore., Credit: Ben Garvin
After moving to North Dakota, Kendra Hill's husband doubled his wages. Now the young couple have two kids and a new house. By the summer of 2015, t...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
Peace and Quiet
From: Todd Melby
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"I grew up in the place," she says. "It's pretty hard to leave."

  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:50
Stuffed Shirts v. Blue Collars
From: Todd Melby
Caption: Calvin Fields rollin' coal in Williston, North Dakota., Credit: Todd Melby
"Rolling coal is more than a thing. I almost call it a movement."

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 3
Woo Pig Souie
From: Todd Melby
Caption: Oscar Everetts in Ray, North Dakota., Credit: Phil Batta
Cooking ribs for roughnecks.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:12
The Other Boomtown Hamm
From: Todd Melby
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He's got the same last name as the oilfield billionaire, but Phil Hamm hasn't got the cash.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Mathew Henderson: The Lease
From: Todd Melby
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What do you get when you cross a poet and an oilfield worker? Mathew Henderson. He lives in Toronto, but his first job out of high school was in th...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 24:12
Dirty Girls Aim To Clean Up Williston
From: Todd Melby
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The oil boom of western North Dakota is mostly a man’s game. The number of men working on rigs tripping pipe far outweighs the few female faces fou...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 3
It'll Make a Man Out of You
From: Todd Melby
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Before joining the oil boom, young Tait Salzer labored on a South Dakota cattle ranch, which he thought was man's work. Then he got a job as roughn...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
I Miss My Wife and Kids
From: Todd Melby
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Brian Martindale drives truck in North Dakota oil country, but his family is back home in Minnesota. Martindale is married with three young childre...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1

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