January 23, 2009
For years he's been cast as the inscrutable intellectual in thinky films like "The Daytrippers" and "The Manchurian Candidate." But in "Defiance," Liev Schreiber fires his first machine gun. "Defiance" tells the true story of three Jewish brothers who flee the Nazis to hide out in the Polish forest. Hundreds follow to form a secret community - and most survive the war. Kurt asks Schrieber how he turned into an action hero.
American poetry is due for a new movement. The frontrunner is “Flarf.” Google and the internet overload make Flarf possible, because the poem's content must be a collage of search returns. It’s experimental, but also a pretty good way to liven up a poetry reading. Sean Cole has the story.
Please be advised this story contains adult language.
Stan Apps reads "Elmo" at the Flarf Festival:
After someone reported Hasan Elahi as a terrorist, the artist began using the internet to clear his name. He posts every detail of his life, from phone bills to bathroom breaks. He calls the project Tracking Transience, and he bragged to Brooke Darrah Shuman that his site has been getting some high-profile visitors.
(Originally aired: May 11, 2007)
Joshua Redman is jazz royalty. His father is Dewey Redman, one of the great sax players of modern jazz. Joshua has come into his own as one of the greats of his generation. Kurt spoke with Redman last year, after he’d finished Back East. The album was inspired by Way Out West, the 1957 Sonny Rollins classic.
(Originally aired: August 3, 2007)
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