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The Moth Podcast: At The Movies

2025/2/28
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Frank Ortega: 我从小热爱电影,这源于与母亲一起观看奥斯卡颁奖典礼的特殊回忆。毕业后,我怀揣着对电影的梦想来到纽约,却遭遇了现实的重重阻碍,找工作四处碰壁。在耶鲁俱乐部做了一份糟糕的夜班工作后,我偶然在街上看到一个电影拍摄现场,我鼓起勇气,不顾一切地向艺术指导毛遂自荐,甚至愿意免费工作。最终,我成功地加入了剧组,开始了我的电影生涯。这段经历让我深刻体会到梦想与现实之间的差距,也让我明白,只要坚持不懈,梦想就能照进现实。在《Over the Brooklyn Bridge》剧组工作的经历,让我学习到宝贵的电影制作知识,也让我结识了许多业内人士。最终,我辞去了耶鲁俱乐部的工作,全身心地投入到电影事业中。 Bhaskar Sompali: 我童年时在印度南部的一个村庄长大,唯一的娱乐就是露天影院免费播放的旧印度电影。电影中的打斗场景和音效深深吸引了我,我和小伙伴们在玩耍时都会模仿电影里的动作和声音。随着年龄的增长,我们开始去镇上的电影院看电影,一次在去电影院的公交车上,我们目睹了两个醉汉的打斗,这与电影中精彩的打斗场景形成鲜明对比,让我们意识到电影与现实的差距,童年的幻想破灭了。 Brittany Cooper: 我在研究生期间成为一名女性主义批评家,开始对电影进行批判性分析。我热爱泰勒·佩里的电影,但同时我也意识到这些电影中存在着对黑人女性的刻板印象和父权制元素。我开始在博客上发表文章,批评泰勒·佩里电影中对黑人女性的负面描绘。令我惊讶的是,泰勒·佩里本人联系了我,我们进行了一次深入的对话。在这次对话中,我意识到我们都来自工人阶级背景,我们都希望在自己的作品中尊重我们的根源。最终,我意识到,批评与爱可以并存,倾听和理解是爱的重要组成部分。

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Frank Ortega shares his journey from struggling to find work in New York to landing his first unpaid job on a film set, which eventually led to a full-time career in the film industry.
  • Frank Ortega moved to New York with dreams of making movies.
  • He struggled with initial low-paying jobs before stumbling upon a film set.
  • Frank offered to work for free, which led to his first film job.
  • His first movie experience was on a low-budget film with notable actors.
  • Eventually, he was officially hired and left his previous job at the Yale Club.

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The Oscars have got us thinking all about the magic of cinema, and we’ve got two stories on the power of film, and the hold it has on people. 

So whether your favorite movie of 2024 was I Saw The TV Glow, Challengers, or Sing Sing - the actual best film of 2024, get your popcorn out, and get ready to watch a, well, listen to, a story.

This episode was hosted by Emily Couch

Storytellers:

Frank Ortega begins his career in the movies.

Brittney Cooper gets an unexpected call from Tyler Perry.

Podcast # 908

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