Episode 43 - HWtBF Surprise Announcements with VS Restoration Artist and Filmmaker Kurtis Spieler

About this episode

In this episode, the hosts interview Kurtis Spieler about his work at Vinegar Syndrome and the recent surprise announcements related to film restorations.

Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time. In Episode 43 we sit down with Kurtis Spieler. Kurtis is a key member of the restoration team at Vinegar Syndrome, but also is involved in many parts of behind the scenes production and even finds time to be a filmmaker. We talk about the Halfway to Black Friday surprise announcements, including a few that Kurtis played a major role in getting them out and ready to ship. As always, Kurtis is an amazing interview with tons of insight into the VS operations and a sincere love for his job and the work he's doing to preserve cinema. We even get to tease the Vampfriars and how it was directing Vinegar Syndrome's first fully in-house production. We will be back later in June in a different way during partner month. We will have a dedicated episode to cover the 500 movies that were released in April, and separately we're looking forward to highlighting some of the partner labels in a more focused way. Thank you to everyone who listens and please let us know how we can make the show better. Always listening! Someone's Favorite…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eli Olsberg, Chris

Guest: Kurtis Spieler

Topics covered

• Vinegar Syndrome
• film restoration
• interview
• creativity
• Halfway to Black Friday
• filmmaking

Keywords

• Vinegar Syndrome
• Kurtis Spieler
• film restoration
• Halfway to Black Friday
• interview
• cinema preservation
• filmmaking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vinegar Syndrome, Someone's Favorite Productions

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