My guest this week is filmmaker Penny Lane, who joins me to discuss a trio of fantastic documentaries she has made — Hail Satan?, Listening To Kenny G & Happy And You Know It.
We discuss the incredible tale of The Satan’s Temple going up against the government for equal religious freedoms, gaining the trust of your subjects, why she zeroed in on choosing the subject of Kenny G and his music, growing up within Kenny G’s cultural saturation, the amazing sequence in film of critics talking about how Kenny G's music makes them feel, the wild story of Kenny G changing his song to a solo instrumental on The Tonight Show without telling anyone ala Elvis Costello on SNL, how Kenny G is unironically beloved by a new generation, RuPaul's \"Blame It On The Edit,\" what made Penny want to make a film about children's music and performers, how toddlers are the greatest audience you’ll ever have, the science of what makes a good children's song, Chris Ballew of The Presidents Of The United States arc of making music under the pseudonym Casper Babypants, the epic tale of Johnny Only vs. Baby Shark, fair use and the timeline for making a documentary, why DIG is one of the greatest music documentaries of all time, news on her upcoming film Wild Inside, and more!
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Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film, or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.
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