David Hast
David Hast is a retired high school English teacher. He has an MFA in Radio/TV/Film from Northwestern University and worked 15 years in the film and video industry. Some years ago he taught video production part-time at GVSU, and as a high school teacher he regularly taught a course in Film and Media Analysis.
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On this episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf discuss the Spike Lee classic, Do the Right Thing. Released in 1989 it stars Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito and Rosie Perez. -
Today on Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about the seminal hard-boiled detective film The Big Sleep. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, The Big Sleep is adapted from the classic crime novel by Raymond Chandler.
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On this episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about the 1947 film The Man I Love starring Ida Lupino and directed by Raoul Walsh. It’s a film noir that mixes family and jazz
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On this episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about the Werner Herzog modern classic Aguirre, The Wrath of God starring Klaus Kinski. It’s a film that set the precedent for Herzog’s vision of humankind and nature
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Beauty and the Beast was originally a French fairy tale published in 1740 by Villeneuve but it’s best known today as the animated Disney movie from 1991. On today’s episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf take a look at the original adaptation, the live-action Beauty and the Beast from poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau that was made in 1946
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On this edition of “Have You Seen…?” David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about The Asphalt Jungle starring Sterling Hayden and directed by John Huston. It’s a proto-heist film, a police procedural, and a classic crime film.
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In this episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf look at the 1941 film Sullivan’s Travels, directed by Preston Sturges, a movie that combines serious drama, comedy and romance
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In 1932 actor Paul Muni starred in two classic films, the original Scarface and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain gang. David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about these groundbreaking movies on this episode of Have You Seen…?
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On this episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast talks with WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf about cinematography, the art of motion picture photography…how the masters of the form collaborate with directors to realize their vision, and how essential it is to our movie going experience, both in theaters and at home. The conversation begins with a clip from the documentary Visions of Light, featuring cinematographer Ernest Dickerson.
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On this episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about Once Upon a Time in the West directed by the Italian master Sergio Leone, starring Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards and Henry Fonda.
