The Treatment
KCRW
The Treatment is a compelling listen to the vital conversations about the catalysts of creative inspiration. Following some of the most interesting, influential, and crossover creators in the world of entertainment, fashion, sports, and the arts, we hear from tastemakers who are the very fabric that forms popular culture.
Episodes
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Aug 8, 2007 • 30min
David Silverman
The Simpsons Movie. What sounds like a joke is a dream-come-true for many of us. Simpsons movie director David Silverman (Monsters Inc, The Road to El Dorado) talks about that journey to the big screen from your TV.Elvis Mitchell hosts animator–director David Silverman whose new film is The Simpsons Movie.
Aug 1, 2007 • 30min
Paul Greengrass
Writer-director-producer Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, United 93, The Bourne Supremacy) whose latest film is The Bourne Ultimatum.
Jul 25, 2007 • 30min
John Badham
Elvis Mitchell hosts writer–director-producer John
Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Stakeout, Heroes, Wargames, Crossing Jordan), who
talks about his book I'll Be in My Trailer: The Creative Wars Between
Directors and Actors.
Jul 18, 2007 • 30min
Danny Boyle
Tension and home play a key part in the work of director Danny Boyle. From Trainspotting, Shallow Grave and 28 Days Later to his latest, Sunshine, he discusses the connections.
Jul 11, 2007 • 30min
Kasi Lemmons
Seventies DJ Ralph "Petey" Greene was an old-school rapper with a truth-telling style. Don Cheadle brings him to life in the film Talk to Me. The director, Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou), drops by to put the spotlight on radio on film.
Jun 27, 2007 • 30min
Brad Bird
Director Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) uses animation as a format to tell stories of emotional intimacy. His lates film for Disney/Pixar is Ratatouille.
Jun 20, 2007 • 30min
Adrian Grenier
Actor Adrian Grenier (The
Devil Wears Prada) is best known for the breezy, open movie star he plays on Entourage. In his documentary, Shot in the Dark, he opens his life -- and his search for his
father, the teacher John Dunbar -- to the cameras.
Jun 13, 2007 • 30min
Eli Roth
Elvis Mitchell
hosts director-writer-producer-actor Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel,
Grindhouse), whose latest film is Hostel: Part II.
Jun 6, 2007 • 30min
Judd Apatow
Pettiness
and self-absorption…now, that’s the stuff of comedy. At least it is for writer-director Judd
Apatow, as he showed in The 40-Year Old Virgin and his newest, Knocked Up.
May 30, 2007 • 30min
Sarah Polley
Wim Wenders, Adam Egoyan, Michael Winterbottom
and Doug Lyman are but a few of the directors Sarah Polley (The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica,
The Secret Life of Words) has worked with.
Now, with her directorial feature-film debut, Away from Her, she joins them. We
hear about life for her from the other side of the camera.
