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The Drunk Projectionist is a podcast that's buzzed about movies. We feature interviews with directors, actors and cinematographers to reveal what makes brilliant movies timeless. From 70s classics to silents to today, The Drunk Projectionist podcast goes deep to understand what's on the screen, how it got there and why it works or doesn't.The podcast is hosted by Todd Melby, author of a book about Fargo, the 1996 Coen Brothers film. "A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere: The Untold Story of the Making of Fargo" features a foreword by William H. Macy, interviews with dozens of cast and crew members, an analysis of screenplay drafts, a peek at audition tapes, behind-the-scenes photos of Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, Stephen Park, Roger Deakins, Peter Stormare, and the tale of Joel and Ethan’s search for snow during filmmaking.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Drunk Projectionist is a podcast that's buzzed about movies. We feature interviews with directors, actors and cinematographers to reveal what makes brilliant movies timeless. From 70s classics to silents to today, The Drunk Projectionist podcast goes deep to understand what's on the screen, how it got there and why it works or doesn't.
The Drunk Projectionist is hosted by Todd Melby. The show has published 19 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep. 20: Bruce Lee" (29 October 2026, 43 minutes), "Ep. 19: Sunset Boulevard" (1 October 2026, 42 minutes), and "Ep. 18: American Dream" (1 September 2026, 16 minutes).
The Drunk Projectionist publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across 19 episodes.
Booking probability for The Drunk Projectionist is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Drunk Projectionist requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Drunk Projectionist's contact route on record: public web form.
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Todd Melby hosts The Drunk Projectionist, a tv podcast with 19 episodes published.
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Todd Melby is joined by Matthew Polly, author of Bruce Lee: A Life . Polly’s parents didn’t want him to study kung fu in China, but he went anyway. He wrote about the experience in American Shaolin , his 2007 memoir...
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Todd Melby is joined by David M. Lubin to talk about “Sunset Boulevard,” a Hollywood classic. A quick plot summary for those who haven’t seen it: an aging silent film star (Gloria Swanson) falls in love with a...
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<p>When Hormel cut wages like a buzz saw on a pork shoulder, unionized workers rebelled.</p><p></p><p>Director Barbara Kopple traveled to Austin, Minnesota to document the 1984-85 meatpackers strike. In this episode...
The Drunk Projectionist
When Hormel cut wages like a buzz saw on a pork shoulder, unionized workers rebelled. Director Barbara Kopple traveled to Austin, Minnesota to document the 1984-85 meatpackers strike. In this episode, Kopple reveals how...
The Drunk Projectionist
<p>In 32 Sounds, director Sam Green listens. He listens to the last male bird of a dying species chirp for a mate that will never arrive. He listens to a man who can almost hear the voices of dead lovers and friends. He...
The Drunk Projectionist
In 32 Sounds , director Sam Green listens. He listens to the last male bird of a dying species chirp for a mate that will never arrive. He listens to a man who can almost hear the voices of dead lovers and friends. He...
The Drunk Projectionist
<p>In 32 Sounds, director Sam Green listens. He listens to the last male bird of a dying species chirp for a mate that will never arrive. He listens to a man who can almost hear the voices of dead lovers and friends. He...
The Drunk Projectionist
<p>In 32 Sounds, director Sam Green listens. He listens to the last male bird of a dying species chirp for a mate that will never arrive. He listens to a man who can almost hear the voices of dead lovers and friends. He...
The Drunk Projectionist
<p>In "Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life," author James Curtis chronicles the silent star’s private life and pictures, including The General, One Week, The Navigator and Steamboat Bill, Jr. But it’s Keaton’s days as a...
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<p>In "Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life," author James Curtis chronicles the silent star’s private life and pictures, including The General, One Week, The Navigator and Steamboat Bill, Jr. But it’s Keaton’s days as a...
The Drunk Projectionist
In "Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life," author James Curtis chronicles the silent star’s private life and pictures, including The General, One Week, The Navigator and Steamboat Bill, Jr. But it’s Keaton’s days as a...
The Drunk Projectionist
<p>On this episode we open our ears to the sounds of silent films with an audio documentary about musicians who compose new scores to movies from a century ago. These composers are smitten with the works of Sergei...
The Drunk Projectionist
<p>On this episode we open our ears to the sounds of silent films with an audio documentary about musicians who compose new scores to movies from a century ago. These composers are smitten with the works of Sergei...
The Drunk Projectionist
On this episode we open our ears to the sounds of silent films with an audio documentary about musicians who compose new scores to movies from a century ago. These composers are smitten with the works of Sergei...
The Drunk Projectionist
<p>Before he was Sonny the shopkeeper in Do the Right Thing, or Mike Yanagita in Fargo, or Nescaffier in The French Dispatch, Stephen Park was a confused college student.</p><p></p><p>His father was a doctor. So...
The Drunk Projectionist
Before he was Sonny the shopkeeper in Do the Right Thing, or Mike Yanagita in Fargo, or Nescaffier in The French Dispatch, Stephen Park was a confused college student. His father was a doctor. So naturally, Park...
The Drunk Projectionist
<p>Before he was Sonny the shopkeeper in Do the Right Thing, or Mike Yanagita in Fargo, or Nescaffier in The French Dispatch, Stephen Park was a confused college student.</p><p></p><p>His father was a doctor. So...
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<p>GF1.</p><p></p><p>That’s what the New Jersey gangsters on The Sopranos called the film. To everyone else, it was The Godfather, a 1972 film that saved Paramount Pictures and catapulted the careers of Francis Ford...
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GF1. That’s what the New Jersey gangsters on The Sopranos called the film. To everyone else, it was The Godfather, a 1972 film that saved Paramount Pictures and catapulted the careers of Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino...
The Drunk Projectionist
<p>GF1.</p><p></p><p>That’s what the New Jersey gangsters on The Sopranos called the film. To everyone else, it was The Godfather, a 1972 film that saved Paramount Pictures and catapulted the careers of Francis Ford...
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