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Film Stories with Simon Brew

In conversation with producer Barbara DeFina: Casino, The Color Of Money, Cape Fear, Goodfellas, The Last Temptation Of Christ and lots more

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9813 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

A very special episode of Film Stories, with a very special guest: producer Barbara DeFina. She tells us what's she currently up to, and takes us through her early work with Sidney Lumet. Then, the many films she produced for Martin Scorsese, including the particular challenges of The Last Temptation Of Christ, Casino, and finding the right house for Cape Fear. There's a bit of Goodfellas in the conversation as well. It's a far-ranging conversation. Hope you enjoy it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Simon Brew.

0:02.8

I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine

0:04.4

and a very warm welcome to a very special episode

0:07.4

of the Film Stories podcast.

0:10.1

Come with me.

0:12.2

And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

0:15.6

And movies.

0:16.7

Movies that have the stories.

0:18.4

That the story just sucks a man.

0:20.9

This is just the beginning.

0:23.5

We would be honoured if you would join us.

0:30.3

Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.

0:34.6

I am Simon Brew as always.

0:35.8

It's absolutely everything you need to know about me.

0:38.5

The only of the podcast though, well, titles get, title gives it away really. I'm here to talk off

0:42.6

the stories of films and I tend to talk about development stories, production stories, marketing

0:46.4

stories, release stories, all those ingredients that go towards making the films that we know and

0:50.7

sometimes love. Just that the films that we know and sometimes love.

0:54.8

That said, what you've happened upon here is one of my occasional special episodes of the podcast.

0:59.6

I'm really, really thrilled to have the guests that I do on this particular instalment

1:04.3

because I'm being joined by producer Barbara Daphina, who produced an awful lot of films

1:10.3

primarily for Martin Scorsese, films such as

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