Richard Donner, Superman, and The American Dream

TVC 546.7: From August 2011: James Christie, author of You're The Director, You Figure It Out: The Life and Films of Richard Donner, takes us behind the scenes of the making of Superman, the 1978 movie directed by Richard Donner that created the modern-day blockbuster superhero motion picture genre. Topics include how Donner saw Superman as a story about what it meant to be an immigrant in America, and the occasional clashes that he had with producers Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind during production of the film. Richard Donner passed away on Monday, July 5 at age 91. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices