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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.

  • First Aired January 2025 The Red Shoes is a 1948 film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The British drama is based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and is considered the greatest of dance films and one of the best movies of the 20th century. David Hast and WGVU's Scott Vander Werf talk about The Red Shoes and filmmakers Powell and Pressburger on this episode
  • First Aired January, 2025 David Lean is a British film director known for epics like Lawrence Of Arabia and The Bridge Over River Kwai but as David Hast and Scott Vander Werf discuss in this episode, his two Charles Dickens movies, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, are two of his greatest
  • On this episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast and Scott Vander Werf look at movies like Bonnie and Clyde, Gun Crazy, Badlands, and They Live By Night. A discussion on character driven, emotionally charged thrillers
  • David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about ‘The Handmaiden,’ a South Korean film from 2016 directed by Park Chan-Wook, who is most famous for the 2003 action movie ‘Old Boy.’ ‘The Handmaiden’ takes place in Korea during the Japanese occupation in the 1930’s
  • The Red Shoes is a 1948 film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The British drama is based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and is considered the greatest of dance films and one of the best movies of the 20th century. David Hast and WGVU's Scott Vander Werf talk about The Red Shoes on this episode of Have You Seen...?
  • David Lean is a British film director known for big epics like Lawrence Of Arabia and The Bridge Over River Kwai but as David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about in this episode, his two Charles Dickens movies, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist are two of his greatest
  • Randy Bricker has been editing film in Hollywood for over 30 years; in movies and television. Have You Seen's David Hast has known him since their time together in film school at Northwestern University. David and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk to Randy in this feature interview about the art and history of editing in film and TV.
  • The South Korean film Parasite won multiple Oscars including Best Picture in 2020. Director Bong Joon-ho has made several critically acclaimed movies. On this episode David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about Bong Joon-ho's 2003 film Memories of Murder
  • On this installment of Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf look at movies about lovers on the run: Bonnie and Clyde, Gun Crazy, Badlands, and They Live By Night. A discussion on character driven, emotionally charged thrillers
  • David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about the film Wildlife, directed by actor Paul Dano, and about other actors who became directors