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David Hast and Scott Vander Werf discuss director Alfred Hitchcock, primarily his film, 'The 39 Steps'

David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about the most iconic of Hollywood genres, Westerns. They explore classic westerns from The Great Train Robbery through The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and touch on modern and contemporary westerns

David Hast and Scott Vander Werf discuss the Pre-Code era of film between the introduction of sound in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines

David Hast and Scott Vander Werf discuss Film Noir with one of the greatest from the genre: Out of the Past

On this episode David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about the film His Girl Friday and other screwball comedies and classic romantic comedies

Scott Vander Werf and former educator and film maker David Hast talk about Footlight Parade and other classic films on this first episode of Have You Seen...?Have You Seen is a series featuring WGVU Public Radio’s Scott Vander Werf in conversation with former educator and film maker David Hast about classic Hollywood movies.They’ll explore the history of cinema and the relevance of older movies within today’s world, of how the origins of cinema continue today. We bring you our first installment today, looking at Footlight Parade and other films.

In this episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about The Conversation written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman. It’s a film that was ahead of its time looking at privacy and surveillance.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love The Bomb is one of the greatest American cold war movies. On today’s episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast talks with WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf about the Stanley Kubrick classic.

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.