A "treatment," in Hollywood parlance, is a concise overview of a screenplay. On The Treatment, film critic Elvis Mitchell turns the tables and gives the "treatment" to some of the most influential and innovative forces creating movies and popular art and entertainment.
Each week, Elvis speaks with an amazing array of guests, discussing everything from their inner conflicts to their interior design. With a straightforward style that understates his vast knowledge, Elvis is able to extract insights, issues and inspirations from even the most introverted guests. Conversations on The Treatment are mostly comfortable, sometimes contentious, but always fascinating.
To accompany their critically acclaimed documentary 'The Black List Volume 1', Elvis Mitchell and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders have produced a book featuring participants of the film which includes Slash, Chris Rock, Colin Powell and Toni Morrison. The Black List is published by Simon & Schuster and is also available as an audio book and eBook.
To learn more about The Black List visit www.blacklistproject.com and www.onemillionstories.org.
More: The Black List on KCRW's Politics of Culture
Elvis Mitchell hosts director David Fincher (Seven, Panic Room, Fight Club) whose latest film is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
Elvis Mitchell hosts actress-teacher-writer Jenny Lumet, whose screenplay Rachel Getting Married has been made into a critically acclaimed film, starring Anne Hathaway and directed by Jonathan Demme.
Director Darren Aronofsky is know for portraying anguish in his films (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain) with dazzling stylistic flourish. With The Wrestler, the tale unfolds with a stark minimalism.
Frost/Nixon, from director Ron Howard (Happy Days, Arrested Development, Apollo 13, A Dangerous Mind) is the the interview as blood sport, with a fallen president and a desperate talk-show host going toe to toe...
You may know actor Richard Jenkins in his role as the dead father in Six Feet Under, or his films with the Coen Brothers, Mike Nichols of the Farley Brothers. Now the cosmic character actor stars in The Visitor.
There's probably no director working who's made films focusing on a characters with a compact with loneliness the way that Marc Forster has. (Finding Neverland, Monster's Ball, The Kite Runner) He's brought James Bond into that world in which Bond has to figure out his own compact with loneliness. The new bond film is Quantum of Solace.
For writer-producer Tim Kring (Chicago Hope, Crossing Jordan), his series Heroes was a way to bring a full meal to audiences...
Though Seinfeld and The New Adventures of Old Christine are different shows, both took times to catch on. Julia Jouis-Dreyfus talks about the move from cult hit to the mainstream.
Low-key photorealism, well-chosen non-actors and an achingly heart-felt drama played out in the Mississippi Delta. That's Ballast, the feature film directing debut of Lance Hammer.
Elvis Mitchell hosts writer/director/producer/editor Lance Hammer, whose directorial feature debut, Ballast, has been the recipient of several film festival awards, including the Directing Award and Cinematography Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
WEB EXCLUSIVE! Actor John Malkovich (The Killing Fields, Dangerous Liaisons, Being John Malkovich, The Sheltering Sky)
John MalKovich has to be engaged, and when he is, it shows. Whether it’s in films by Spielberg, Bertolucci, Eastwood (Changling), or Burn after Reading by the Coen Brothers. He talks about being turned on – and off.
Before the Swift Boat Veterans and the dirty tricks of Karl Rove, Lee Atwater treated political ads as trailers for horror films. Director Stefan Forbes' new documentary, Boogie Man, examines Atwater and the wages of fear.
No living writer/director has influenced TV in the way that Steven Bochco has.
Actor and writer Simon Pegg (Spaced, Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz) has found a way to integrate his pop-culture obsessions into movie and TV projects. His latest feature film is How to Lose Friends and Alienate People...
You probably know Clark Gregg as an actor from The New Adventures of Old Christine or Iron Man. You should also know him as a writer-director...
Elvis Mitchell hosts actor-director-writer-producer Ed Harris (The Right Stuff, The Truman Show, Pollock) whose latest film as screenwriter, director, actor and producer is Appaloosa, starring Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons and Renée Zellweger.
Stuart Townsend is best known as an actor. For his writing and directing debut, Battle in Seattle, he chose the 1999 WTO conference as his source.
Elvis Mitchell is a film critic and host of The Treatment, where he speaks with an amazing array of film and television industry writers, directors and actors. With a straightforward style that belies his vast knowledge, Elvis is able to extract insights, issues and inspirations from even the most introverted guests. Conversations on The Treatment are mostly comfortable, sometimes contentious, but always fascinating.
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A CD copy of The Treatment is available by calling 1.888.600.5279.
Transcripts are not available.
The theme track is Chocolate Elvis by Tosca.
(compilation CD 'Abstract Vibes' on Quango Records, Cat# 162-448 015-2)
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