You Should Remember This Podcast Will Quench Your Thirst For Old Hollywood Filmmaking And Its Stars

I was introduced to Mrs. Longworth through one of my favorite podcasts, WTF with Marc Maron. She came on to talk about her podcast, You Should Remember This, which focuses primarily on the 19th century of Hollywood filmmaking.

 

In their discussion, Marin was clearly fascinated with old Hollywood and that style of filmmaking, conversing about classic films in comparison to 21st century filmmaking. They discussed some of her podcast episodes, focusing heavily on the Sammy and Dino series, which Longworth used the biography Dino, written by Nick Tosches, as the primary source for. 

Longworth is knowledgeable in filmmaking and old Hollywood. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago, before completing her undergraduate studies at the San Francisco Art Institute, then she earned a Master of Arts degree in Cinema Studies from New York University. Afterwards, she returned to Los Angeles, becoming an accomplished journalist, writing for New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, and HuffPost.  

Marc Marin does a conspicuous job of mentioning–multiple times–that she is married to filmmaker Rian Johnson. It may be his love of films but the feminist in me was giving him the side eye, if just for a second. Still, she has notable accomplishments on her own and a sharp and creative mind. 

With her podcast, You Should Remember This, Longworth educates her audience while maintaining a nostalgic interest in what she labels “the first century of Hollywood”. She strategically blends well-known actors, filmmakers, films, etc. with lesser known and forgotten stories of Tinseltown e. g., silent star Billie Dove, the Blacklist of the 1940s and 50s, and the success of the 1986 erotic thriller, 9 1/2 Weeks.

Karina Longworth is not a personality type (this is where listening speed improves enjoyment) but she more than makes up for that with her competence on the subject of Hollywood. She compels listeners to expand their interests beyond the infamous names associated with this time period, such as: Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra and invest their intrigue in stories about the NC-17 rating and how it influenced filmmaking and Louis B. Mayer’s rise and fall as studio head at MGM. 

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