The Oscar Project Podcast
A discussion of all the films nominated for Oscars, starting in 1929, plus interviews with filmmakers and authors writing about the film industry.
The Oscar Project Podcast
4.69-Svengali with Enrico Banson
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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1931 film Svengali. I'm joined by film and theater director Enrico Banson who writes the Director's Notes newsletter and we talk about whether this film belongs with the great Universal horror films of the era, how the film portrays bohemian artistic culture of the late 1800s, and some of the most incredible production design we have seen in Oscar nominated films to date.
You can watch Svengali on Tubi, YouTube, or Amazon Prime and be sure to check out Enrico's newsletter.
Other films mentioned in this episode include:
- King Kong directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Dracula directed by Tod Browning
- Frankenstein directed by James Whale
- The Royal Family of Broadway directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner
- A Free Soul directed by Clarence Leon Brown
- Svengali (1954) directed by Noel Langley
- Svengali (1983) directed by Anthony Harvey
- The Love Parade directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- How Green Was My Valley directed by John Ford
- Backrooms directed by Kane Parsons
- Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz
- Cimarron directed by Wesley Ruggles
- Tabu: A Story of the South Seas directed by F.W. Murnau
- Morocco directed by Josef von Sternberg
- Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg
Other referenced topics:
- Trilby by George du Maurier
- The Phantom of the Opera (novel) by Gaston Leroux
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
- The New York Times review
- El Santo on 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting