LLOYD SACHS

And heeeere’s Johnny!

Hear a great, never before heard chat from 1986 with the “Halloween” creator on the inaugural episode of “Sachs and the Cinema.” The one-of-a-kind director recalls being called “a pornographer of violence” and straying from making “John Carpenter films” and talks about how Spielberg’s “Temple of Doom” seemed “inflicted on the audience.” The episode is now up on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other platforms – or you can just click here.

“Sachs and the Cinema,” which boasts rare interviews from the 1980s with such directors as Bernardo Bertolucci, Arthur Penn and British visionary Michael Powell, is a reboot of sorts of my old weekly series on Chicago radio. Credit the great DJ Bob Shulman with the title, a play on the Playboy “pictorial” feature Sex and the Cinema. Music by Geof Bradfield, production by Rick Riggs and design by Genevieve Sachs.

During the late ’70s and early ’80s, I hosted the popular weekly film segment, Sachs and the Cinema, on Chicago radio. Under that banner (a wry take on the old Playboy magazine feature, “Sex and the Cinema”), I’m delighted to present an eight-part series of relaxed, unscripted, never before heard interviews from the 1980s with great directors including John Carpenter, Bernardo Bertolucci, Arthur Penn and British visionary Michael Powell. Recorded in the Windy City in hotel rooms and restaurants on Sachs’ trusty cassette recorder (forgive the occasional police siren or ringing phone!) these interviews put you in the room with these outspoken artists, who discuss their hits as well as their misses with great candor. Here’s a lavishly produced introduction to the series. (Music by Geof Bradfield. Production by Rick Riggs. Design by Genevieve Sachs.)

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Sachs and the Cinema was my long-running feature on Chicago radio in the late ’70s and early ’80s. You won’t want to miss these intimate, never-before-heard interviews from that period. Episode one presents a lively chat with the one-of-a-kind artist John Carpenter. More details to come!