All this week, as part of the launch of the 2024 Public Song Project, we’re debuting contributions from professional musicians and friends of WNYC. To wrap up the launch, we hear a song from Brooklyn supergroup Coco and speak to bandmember Maia Friedman. Afterwards, we’re joined again by musicology professor Anna Celenza to talk about Tin Pan Alley and Broadway of the 1920s.
Much of the horror in the Holocaust film “The Zone of Interest” is not about what you see on screen, but the terrifying noises you hear in the distance. We talk about that creative choice with Oscar nominated sound designer Johnnie Burn as part of our series “The Big Picture,” which focuses on nominees who work behind the camera.
German actor Sandra Hüller has the distinct honor of starring in two of this year’s Best Picture nominees at the Academy Awards. She is nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance as Sandra in “Anatomy of a Fall,” which follows a woman accused of murdering her husband. And she stars as the despicable Hedwig Höss in “The Zone of Interest,” which follows the Nazi family and their daily lives just outside Auschwitz. Hüller joins us to discuss both films.
In order to get the costumes for Osage Nation characters right for the film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” costume designer Jacqueline West turned to traditional research methods, but also partnered with members of the Osage tribe to ensure that all of the characters’ attire was period-accurate. West joins us to discuss her work on the film, which earned her an Oscar nomination, as part of our ongoing series The Big Picture, spotlighting the Oscar nominees who work behind the camera.
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