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You Must Remember This

Karina Longworth

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You Must Remember This is a storytelling podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. It’s the brainchild and passion project of Karina Longworth (founder of Cinematical.com, former film critic for LA Weekly), who writes, narrates, records and edits each episode. It is a heavily-researched work of creative nonfiction: navigating through conflicting reports, mythology, and institutionalized spin, Karina tries to sort out what really happened behind the films, stars and scandals of the 20th century.

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  • 25 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 57 min
  • English

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  • S20 · E236
    Mar 4, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

    George Stevens 1958-1970 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 8)

    As a cameraman during World War II, George Stevens shot footage of the liberation of Dachau that showed the world the horrors of the Holocaust – and scarred Stevens himself for life. Pre-war, he had been a director of frothy comedies; post-war, he committed himself to making epic films about “moral disasters.” This yielded a number of masterpieces – A Place in the Sun, Giant, Shane – but by the mid-60s, though more in demand than ever as a director, Stevens felt he lost touch with the audience. He only released one film in the 1960s, The Greatest Story Ever Told – an epic about Jesus, and an epic flop – and then, in an attempt to come full circle to his comedy roots, concluded his career with The Only Game in Town (1970), an awkward mashup of old and new featuring the two biggest transitional stars of the day, Warren Beatty and Elizabeth Taylor. (00:00) Nothing Lasts Forever (11:16) The Liberation of Dachau: “Where I really learned about life” (19:25) Making The Greatest Story Ever Told (34:43) Editing and Releasing The Greatest Story Ever Told (45:34) Enter Warren Beatty and Liz Taylor: The Only Game in Town (01:03:53) The Berlin Film Festival Controversy

  • S20 · E235
    Feb 28, 2025 · 38 min

    Flashback: LIZ <3 MONTY

    This episode was originally released on October 28, 2014. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift were best friends and co-stars in three films. The first, A Place in the Sun, is an undisputed classic which captures both stars at the peak of their talents and physical beauty. The shoot of the second, Raintree County, was interrupted by a horrible car accident in which Clift’s face was disfigured. This episode tracks Taylor’s relationship with the troubled Clift, from their first, studio-setup date through his untimely death — the result of what some have called “Hollywood’s slowest suicide.”

  • S20 · E234
    Feb 25, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

    Otto Preminger 1960-1979 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 7)

    Long an antagonist to Hollywood’s norms (not to mention its actresses), Preminger began the 1960s by directing a massive blockbuster (Exodus) and earning his second Oscar nomination (for directing The Cardinal). But towards the end of the decade, with 1967’s Hurry, Sundown, he began a run of six films which attempted to respond to changing times, all of which flopped. We’ll focus primarily on two of these: the much-maligned Skidoo, an indictment of both hippies and the true American establishment which Preminger prepared for by dropping acid with Timothy Leary; and the unfairly forgotten Such Good Friends, the rare sex comedy of the era to understand the extent to which the sexual revolution did little to liberate women from the expectations of men. (00:00) Otto Preminger: “Always kind of weird” (07:16) From Batman to Bunny Lake (19:13) Otto Goes Gonzo: Hurry, Sundown & Skidoo (34:18) Generational Clash: Nilsson vs. Preminger (45:19) Junie Moon and Such Good Friends (57:28) The Final Years and Films

  • S20 · E233
    Feb 21, 2025 · 56 min

    Flashback: Jean Seberg and Otto Preminger

    This episode was originally released on July 4, 2017. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive. Jean Seberg made her first two films, Saint Joan and Bonjour Tristesse, for director Otto Preminger, a tyrannical svengali character whose methods would traumatize Jean for the rest of her life and career. No wonder she rebelled against this bad dad figure by marrying a handsome French opportunist. Meanwhile, Jane Fonda moves to New York, joins the Actors Studio, takes up with her own hyper-controlling male partner, and tries to define herself as something other than Henry Fonda’s daughter.

  • S20 · E232
    Feb 18, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

    Alfred Hitchcock 1966-1980 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 6)

    Hitch’s most iconic decade – a decade of Technicolor grandeur and peril inflicted on famous blondes – came to an end in 1964 with Marnie, a critical and box office flop which wounded Hitchcock’s ego and left him unsure how to move forward in a changing world. His subsequent four final films – Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy, Family Plot – are the result of his efforts to mix up his formula for an era in which he felt ripped off by James Bond and mourned the decline of the Golden Age stars. (00:00) Presenting Alfred Hitchcock (06:49) Hitchcock, Psycho, and the Rise of Television (10:47) Marnie and Tippi Hedron (20:06) Hitchcock/Truffaut (26:20) Torn Curtain: Hitch vs. Newman (35:26) Topaz: “A most unhappy picture to make” (45:00) Frenzy: Hitchcock’s Most Explicit Film (55:51) Family Plot: Hitchcock Slows Down

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