One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema

Episode 6: Julie Delpy & Fritz Lang

One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema

Show Notes

Julie Delpy and Guillermo del Toro discuss the visionary filmmaker Fritz Lang, from his groundbreaking career in the German film industry, where he made films like Metropolis and M, to his lesser known but vital work as a director in Hollywood. Please follow this link for a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/OHA-JD-Transcript

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