Episode 29: Cinematic Immunity (w/ Micheal Lee Nirenberg)

<p>My guest today is scenic artist, filmmaker, and writer Michael Lee Nirenberg, who wrote the book <a href="https://feralhouse.com/cinematic-immunity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Cinematic Immunity</a>, an oral history told from the perspective of New York film crews, from the 50s to the 2000s. When I came across this book I knew I had to get it right away, it&#39;s exciting to learn film history from a completely different perspective! We spoke about how Michael got into the film crew business, the wild days of New York filmmaking, what crews had to say about the likes of Sidney Lumet and William Friedkin, and a whole lot more!</p><p><br></p><p>Show Notes:</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://feralhouse.com/cinematic-immunity/">CinematicImmunity: An Oral History of New York Filmmaking As Told by the Crews That Got the Shot</a> / Michael Lee Nirenberg</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nirenberg.v2/">Micheal Lee Nirenberg’s instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3176665/">Michael Lee Nirenberg’s IMDB</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099611/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_3_nm_1_in_0_q_frankenhooker">Frankenhooker (1990)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2979638/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_back%20issues%20the%20">Back Issues: The Hustler Mag Story (2014)</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Koszarski">Richard Koszarski</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047296/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_on%20the%20waterfront">On the Waterfront (1954)</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Kaufman">Boris Kaufman</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066193/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_out%20of%20towners">The Out of Towners (1970)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061814/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%20incident">The Incident (1967)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072251/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%20taking%20of%20pelham%20">The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)</a></p><p><a href="https://feralhouse.com/earth-a-d/">Michael Lee Nirenberg’s book Earth A.D.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_in_0_q_godfather%20">The Godfather (1972)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%20exorcist">The Exorcist (1973)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097216/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_do%20the%20right%20thing">Do the Right Thing (1989)</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max's_Kansas_City">Max’s Kansas City</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_after%20hours">After Hours (1985)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064665/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_midnight%20cowboy">Midnight Cowboy (1969)</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Poe">Amos Poe</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Lumet">Sidney Lumet</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Friedkin">William Friedkin</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_network">Network (1976)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072890/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_dog%20day%20">Dog Day Afternoon (1975)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_12%20angry%20men">12 Angry Men (1957)</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee">Spike Lee</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Jurgensen">Randy Jurgensen</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073802/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_in_0_q_3%20days%20of%20the%20condor">Three Days of the Condor (1975)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%20french%20connection">The French Connection (1971)</a></p><p><a href="https://ww