Harry Kreisler is executive producer and host of the series, which is produced at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California - Berkeley. Conceived in 1982 by Mr. Kreisler as a way to capture and preserve through conversation and technology the intellectual ferment of our times, Conversations with History includes over 450 interviews.
The Story of Conversations with History
Movies and the Imagination
Stanley Cavell;
Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value,
Emeritus; Harvard: "A Philosopher
Goes to the Movies," 2/7/02
video
Shima Iwashita, actress: "The
Movie Experience," 2/27/99
Ken Jacobs;
Film Artist: "Film and the
Creation of Mind," 10/14/99
video
Harry
Kreisler; Executive Producer and Host of "Conversations with History": "The
Story behind 'Conversations with History'"; interview by film artist
Ken Jacobs; 10/14/99
video
Nathaniel Rich; Associate Editor, Paris Review: "San
Francisco in Film Noir," 6/23/05
video
Donald Richie; writer and film critic: "Writing,
Film, and Japan: An Expatriate's View," 9/21/01
Masahiro Shinoda, film director: "The
Movie Experience," 2/27/99
Oliver Stone;
Filmmaker: "History and the Movies," 4/17/97
and 6/27/97
video
Robert Wise; Filmmaker: "The
Wise Touch," 2/28/98
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