Audio Podcast #17 Trailers from Hell

November 12th, 2008 by Tara Veneruso

You are all going to FREAK over this show — it really is stellar….! The MoviesByWomen audio podcast #17: Director Joe Dante & Producer/Manager Elizabeth Stanley on Trailers from Hell is out and ready to be enjoyed!

Podcast #17: Podcast 17 features world-famous Director Joe Dante (GREMLINS, LOONEY TUNES BACK IN ACTION and THE BURBS) and Producer & Manager Elizabeth Stanley as they discuss their rockin’ brainchild TRAILERS FROM HELL. Find out what’s it all about! Director Joe Dante also gives us an exclusive inside look at how to succeed in the industry and directing Hollywood’s leading ladies. It’s all here in this weeks MBW Podcast!!

Combing the archives of Hollywood, Dante and Stanley talk about their passion for Cinema and the movie trailer format - these fast-paced 2-to-4 minute theatrical promo shorts that pack all the highlights of a whole picture into its own mini-movie in just a few minutes! Watch Hollywood genre directors tackle the small screen with TRAILERS FROM HELL. Even a bad movie can have a great trailer. Discover what it’s all about with hosts & fellow filmmakers Tara Veneruso, Stephanie Young, and Lucy Rodriguez-Watson.

TRAILERS FROM HELL was created by the dynamic team including Joe Dante & Elizabeth Stanley and born out of their mutual love of classic films of all types, but particularly horror and exploitation films. With an impressive list of “Grindhouse Gurus” to guide the way, Trailers From Hell offers up vintage trailers with contemporary commentary. “Where else will you find Eli Roth enthusing over Alfred Hitchcock’s trailer for The Birds? Or Jack Hill offering directorial insight into Foxy Brown?”

Next, Director Joe Dante gives us an exclusive inside look into how to succeed in the industry. With tales from the front lines of Hollywood from the director’s point-of-view, we also get Dante’s insight into working with Hollywood’s leading ladies. It’s all here in this weeks MBW Podcast!! This is truly a “don’t miss” episode for all filmmakers, cinefiles, and everyone who loves a great story! Don’t be bashful to listen to this episode again and again.

Links you might enjoy: • Joe Dante’s Bio on imdb.com • Elizabeth Stanley’s Bio on imdb.com . Go to Trailers from Hell and check out the women directors Katt Shea, Allison Anders, and Mary Lambert.