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COVER STORY
Spies
Kurt Andersen and screenwriter and novelist John Ridley
look at spies in our art and culture.
  House
of Spies
Last weekend the International Spy
Museum opened in Washington DC. The museum displays real spy stuff from
real spies, and some not so real spy stuff from the movies. Produced by
Jocelyn Gonzales and Steve Nelson.
 Visit
the International Spy Museum
Shaken
Not Stirred
What makes a spy movie great? Bruce
Feirstein, who wrote Tomorrow Never Dies and co-wrote GoldenEye and The
World is Not Enough, joins Kurt and John Ridley in Studio 360, and reveals
the ingredients.
Visit
the official James Bond Site
Theremin
Electronic instrument inventor Leon Theremin turns
out to be a Russian spy. Produced by Sara Fishko.
Go
to info on the theremin exhibit at the Caramoor music festival
Go
to Bob Moog's site
See images of a thermin
 Albert
Maysles
Director Albert Maysles makes documentaries by taking
long, unhurried looks at the subject matter. He tells us how he developed
his eye, and then walks us through a moment in “Gimme Shelter,”
his 1970 film about the Rolling Stones. Produced by Michael May.
See
“Gimme Shelter,” poster
Visit
Maysles’s site
 SPECIAL
GUEST
John Ridley
is a novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and comedian.
He wrote the screenplay for this summer's hit film, Undercover Brother,
and wrote the story for the 1999 movie, Three Kings. His fourth novel,
entitled A Conversation with the Mann, was published by Warner Books in
June.
Go
to John Ridley at Warner Books
Go
to the Undercover Brother official site
See
John Ridley
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