Bill speaks to writer, filmmaker, and New York Film Festival director Kent Jones. They discuss his path from writing film reviews as a teenager to directing the new film DIANE. Topics include: William Wyler, collaborating with Martin Scorsese on documentaries like MY VOYAGE TO ITALY and A LETTER TO ELIA, programming at venues like Film Forum and Film Society Of Lincoln Center, moderating Q & As, Jean-Luc Godard, Netflix, John Ford, Elia Kazan, Manny Farber, ZODIAC, New Video, Monte Hellman and the importance of costume designers.
Visit IFC Films site for DIANE:
http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/
https://www.criterion.com/
Read Kent Jones’ essay “Intolerance”:
https://www.filmcomment.com/
Read Kent Jones in Film Comment:
https://www.filmcomment.com/
Watch Noah Baumbach interview Kent Jones about HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6o8uZPYuXc&fbclid
Hear Kent Jones on The Cinephiliacs:
http://www.thecinephiliacs.
Buy Physical Evidence by Kent Jones:
https://www.amazon.com/
Attend the Kent Jones Dream Double Feature at Metrograph – 3/23
http://metrograph.com/series/