Edgar Wright

Talking Pictures is back with ardent movie fan and beloved filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead and The Running Man). He talks with host Ben Mankiewicz about living in Quentin Tarantino’s guesthouse, action movie montages, and being mesmerized by Sidney Poitier at the TCM Classic Film Festival. To Ben’s surprise, Wright christens Ben’s home studio with a perfect classic film moniker.

Films mentioned:

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Shaun of the Dead

Baby Driver

The Running Man

Hot Fuzz

The World’s End

Star Wars: Episode IV:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Watership Down

The Lord of The Rings (1978 animated film)

Popeye

Evil Dead and Evil Dead II

El Mariachi

Reservoir Dogs

Bad Taste

Rumble In The Bronx

Something About Mary

Silence of the Lambs

In the Heat of the Night

Raising Arizona

Goodfellas

Pink Panther films

Hellraiser

The Wages of Fear

Sorcerer

Lawrence of Arabia

E.T.

Umberto D.

This Is Spinal Tap

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