The Treatment
The Treatment
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A "treatment," in Hollywood parlance, is a concise overview of a screenplay. On The Treatment, film critic Elvis Mitchell turns the tables and gives the "treatment" to some of the most influential and innovative forces creating movies and popular art and entertainment.
Each week, Elvis speaks with an amazing array of guests, discussing everything from their inner conflicts to their interior design. With a straightforward style that understates his vast knowledge, Elvis is able to extract insights, issues and inspirations from even the most introverted guests. Conversations on The Treatment are mostly comfortable, sometimes contentious, but always fascinating.
Photo credit: Marc Goldstein
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News and Events
The Black List, Volume 2, the acclaimed documentary by Elvis Mitchell and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, features interviews with Laurence Fishburne, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Melvin Van Peebles, Maya Rudolph and RZA.
The Black List, Volume 1, recently received the NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary. To accompany the first volume, Elvis Mitchell and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders have produced a book. It is available available as an audio book and eBook.
To learn more about The Black List, visit www.blacklistproject.com and www.onemillionstories.org. You can also listen to Elvis and Timothy talk about their project on this recent edition of KCRW's Politics of Culture.
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Anne Fletcher
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Todd Phillips
Director Todd Phillips (Starsky & Hutch, School for Scoundrels, All The King's Men) has a gift for finding guys who have to show the worst side of themselves. He’s revealed them both in documentaries and fiction films, like his newest The Hangover.
Brad Silberling
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Pete Docter
Elvis hosts writer-director Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc, Toy Story, Wall-e) to talk about his latest film, Up, the first Pixar movie to be projected in 3-D as well as being the first ever animated feature film to be screened as the opening night film at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Lloyd Kaufman
Troma Studios co-founder Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead) has been about do-it-yourself. His new book, Direct Your Own Damn Movie, is the same thing.
Russell Brand
Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) has established his own separate wing to the garden of earthly delights...
Rian Johnson
Elvis hosts writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick) whose new film is The Brothers Bloom, starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo.
Matt Tyrnauer
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James Toback
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From the scripts for The Gambler and Bugsy to his own films as a director, James Toback has made intensely personal work. His documentary, Tyson, is his own take on the boxer...
Tim Disney
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The past twelve months have seen slew of films on perversions of justice. American Violet brings that material to a smaller, more intimate scale. Director Tim Disney (Blessed Art Thou) uses real life details to give his drama bite.
Steve McQueen
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Daring and assaultive, the work of artist Steve McQueen forces us to ask questions about the way we inhabit space. The Turner Award-winner has moved into feature films with his directorial debut, Hunger, based on the 1981 IRA hunger strike in Northern Ireland's infamous Maze prison.
John Hamburg
Legacy Player:
Comedy about shifting definitions of masculinity is where writer-director John Hamburg (Zoolander, Safe Men, Meet the Fockers) finds laughs. His newest film is I Love You, Man, starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.
Tony Gilroy
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A world where the protagonist and the viewer doesn't know where he stands. From the Bourne films, to Michael Clayton and the new film, Duplicity. It's what writer-director Tony Gilroy does. More duplicity from the horse's mouth.
Ellen Kuras
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Cinematographer turned filmmaker, Ellen Kuras (Summer of Sam, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan) dedicated years of her life to making the documentary, The Betrayal, a look at a family devastated by abandonment...
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Elvis Mitchell is a film critic and host of The Treatment, where he speaks with an amazing array of film and television industry writers, directors and actors. With a straightforward style that belies his vast knowledge, Elvis is able to extract insights, issues and inspirations from even the most introverted guests. Conversations on The Treatment are mostly comfortable, sometimes contentious, but always fascinating.
Schedule
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Tapes & Transcripts
A CD copy of The Treatment is available by calling 1.888.600.5279.
Transcripts are not available.
Music
The theme track is Chocolate Elvis by Tosca.
(compilation CD 'Abstract Vibes' on Quango Records, Cat# 162-448 015-2)
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