Williams on KUSC, Friday March 3

[Jay 45,378]

https://www.kusc.org/culture/staff-blog/kusc-at-the-movies-all-this-week/

[Tom 6,456]

These interviews are usually quite good.  Though with him on a press junket at the moment, it will likely be the same soundbites from all of the other ones.  

[JohnnyD 1,768]

When will this be, EST?

[Jay 45,378]

The article I posted says 6pm California time.

 

6pm California time is 9pm our time. 

[JohnnyD 1,768]

I’ll be able to catch it! Thanks.

[igger6 1,035]

Man, is he campaigning for Best Score? This feels, by his standards, like a lot of press.

[thx99 2,077]

FYI, best quality KUSC stream I’ve been able to find…

 

https://14933.live.streamtheworld.com/KUSCMP256.mp3

 

[Edmilson 11,782]

23 hours ago, igger6 said:

Man, is he campaigning for Best Score? This feels, by his standards, like a lot of press.

Yep, he is campaigning even harder for The Fabelmans than he ever did in recent years. An astounding feat considering his age. But I think he is doing this more for his friendship with Spielberg and how much this film means to him, than anything else.

[crumbs 15,908]

Really sweet interview, enjoyed that! Nice to hear some thoughtful answers that delved a bit deeper than the regular interview.

 

They've posted the whole thing online:

https://www.kusc.org/culture/staff-blog/a-piano-centric-fabelmans-score-by-john-williams/

 

Downloadable link:

https://media.kusc.org/audio/2023/03/ATM-WILLIAMS-mx.mp3

[JohnnyD 1,768]

5 minutes ago, crumbs said:

Really sweet interview, enjoyed that! Nice to hear some thoughtful answers that delved a bit deeper than the regular interview.

 

They've posted the whole thing online:

https://www.kusc.org/culture/staff-blog/a-piano-centric-fabelmans-score-by-john-williams/

 

Downloadable link:

https://media.kusc.org/audio/2023/03/ATM-WILLIAMS-mx.mp3

 

It was a great interview.

[Martinland 406]

34 minutes ago, JohnnyD said:

It was a great interview.

It really was; have to sleep now.

 

We watched the trailer at the movie theatre today, in front of the only screening of "Last Film Show" since its release in August around here, an absolutely wonderful Indian film about the magic of the movies in the vein of Cinema Paradiso I would recommend to any cinephile...

 

...the trailer of the similarly themed "Fabelmans" and my anticipation of this interview later tonight enhanced the experience.

 

Great times ... good night, you all.

[karelm 3,261]

Lovely interview.  I also really enjoyed the music from Flaberman's they played.  Very enjoyable.  Good luck at tomorrow's Oscars, Maestro!  

[Tom 6,456]

15 hours ago, Edmilson said:

Yep, he is campaigning even harder for The Fabelmans than he ever did in recent years. An astounding feat considering his age. But I think he is doing this more for his friendship with Spielberg and how much this film means to him, than anything else.

My guess is that he is not actually campaigning.  Surely the voting on the Oscars closed a while back?

[Jay 45,378]

Finals voting begins 9 a.m. PT Thursday, March 2, 2023

Finals voting ends 5 p.m. PT Tuesday, March 7, 2023

 

https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-and-abc-announce-show-date-95th-oscarsr

 

They timed everything this week to get votes for the film 

[Tom 6,456]

That makes sense.  I was thinking the Oscars were this weekend. 

 

Weird to think that you have to do all this National PR stuff to appeal to a handful of voters living mostly in the LA area, but such is the industry.  

[hornist 1,242]

Why the repeat. Why the repeat?

[mrbellamy 7,925]

I'm an excellent driver. I'm an excellent driver. 

[Tom 6,456]

1 hour ago, Joni Wiljami said:

Why the repeat. Why the repeat?

There, I edited it.  Now your post is the weird one.  

[Andy 7,257]

It cracks me up when he calls the movie “Fabelman”. Like it’s the sequel to Superman. 
 

I was remarking (while watching Picard) that some actors’ voices get higher pitched with age (Harrison Ford, Michael Dorn, Patrick Stewart).  But Williams’ voice has gotten lower pitched, more gruff.