Directors Guillermo
Del Toro and Jeannot Szwarc honor
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Part One
For
this journey, the TV Time Machine
travels back to 1970-the year in which
TV audiences began a series of horrific
weekly excursions through an eerie
art gallery, courtesy of legendary
television writer, Rod Serling.
In this, the first part of a two-hour
interview and tribute to Rod Serling's
Night Gallery, we are honored to be
joined by two extraordinary directors,
Guillermo Del Toro and Jeannot Szwarc.
Guillermo Del Toro is one of the industry's
top film directors, helming the Academy
Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and
the upcoming Hobbit movies. A lifelong
fan of Night Gallery, Mr. Del Toro's
audio commentary can be heard in the
upcoming DVD release of Rod Serling's
Night Gallery Season Two.
Night
Gallery's most prolific director,
Jeannot Szwarc was responsible for
many of the finest episodes of the
series, including the classic segment,
The Caterpillar-hailed by Stephen
King as the most frightening TV episode
ever. He also directed the classic
fantasy film Somewhere in Time and
dozens of TV series including Kojak,
Columbo and Heroes.
And
don't miss the second hour of this
extraordinary interview...coming soon
on TV Time Machine!
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Listen to the interview
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Guillermo Del Toro/Jeannot
Szwarc audio interview Segment One
In this segment, directors Guillermo
Del Toro and Jeannot Szwarc discuss
how they started their directorial
careers, Jeannot's relationship with
Rod Serling and working with Vincent
Price. Guillermo talks about his audio
commentary for the Night Gallery DVD
and Jeannot's direction of the classic
episodes Big Surprise and Sins of
the Fathers.
Guillermo Del Toro/Jeannot
Szwarc interview Segment Two
In this segment, director Guillermo
Del Toro talks about how Night Gallery
has influenced his films such as Pan's
Labyrinth, Chronos and The Devil's
Backbone, and the profound reaction
he experienced as a young boy watching
his favorite episode, The Doll. Guillermo
and Jeannot also discuss Alfred Hitchcock,
and explore the different visions
creator Rod Serling and producer Jack
Laird had for the show. Our directors
also discuss two classic Night Gallery
episodes directed by Jeannot Szwarc:
A Feast of Blood and The Little Black
Bag. Guillermo also discusses one
of his favorite Night Gallery episodes
entitled, Brenda.
Guillermo Del Toro/Jeannot
Szwarc interview Segment Three
In this segment, the two directors
discuss Jack Laird's impact on the
show and his skills as writer and
producer, the show's remarkable music
and composers, and Guillermo's favorite
episodes centering around children.
Finally, Guillermo explores Jeannot
Szwarc's most memorable Night Gallery
episode-The Caterpillar.
For
this journey, the TV Time Machine
travels back to 1970-the year in which
TV audiences began a series of horrific
weekly excursions through an eerie
art gallery, courtesy of legendary
television writer, Rod Serling.
Night
Gallery's most prolific director,
Jeannot Szwarc was responsible for
many of the finest episodes of the
series, including the classic segment,
The Caterpillar-hailed by Stephen
King as the most frightening TV episode
ever. He also directed the classic
fantasy film Somewhere in Time and
dozens of TV series including Kojak,
Columbo and Heroes.
And
don't miss the second hour of this
extraordinary interview...coming soon
on TV Time Machine!
