Curtis Smith loves 70s Hollywood

Curtis Smith, author of Deaf Heaven (available May 2025) and The Lost and The Blind, is a professor who loves 70s Hollywood. Leah and Curt talk about his new book, favorite movies and directors. Build your own 70s To Watch list from this episode.

Leah is still collecting voice memos for the best of 2024 episode slated for January 12th. There's still time to send in a 1-5 minute clip highlighting some of the things you found and loved in 2024.

Follow Curtis online

• Short stories collections: https://www.press53.com/curtis-smith
• Curtis on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/contributors/curtis-smith-4ddf66b4-7838-4c5b-a813-010b2772f1a7
• Deaf Heaven: https://bookshop.org/p/books/deaf-heaven-curtis-smith/22029558?ean=9781960018786
• The Magpie's Return: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-magpie-s-return-curtis-smith/17051877?ean=9781947041615
• The Lost and the Blind: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lost-and-the-blind-curtis-smith/19735398?ean=9781955062619

Show Notes

• Jen Michalski: https://bookshop.org/contributors/jen-michalski
• JMWW: https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/
• Ben Tanzer: https://www.tanzerben.com/
• This Podcast Will Change Your Life: https://tbwcylinc.libsyn.com/
• Flannery O'Conner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannery_O%27Connor
• The Graduate: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/
• The Twilight Zone: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052520/
• Vivian Maier: https://www.vivianmaier.com/
• Mary Ellen Mark: https://www.maryellenmark.com/
• The Center for Creative Leadership: https://www.ccl.org/
• Running Wild Press: https://runningwildpublishing.com/
• To Sir, with Love: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062376/
• The Godfather: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/
• The Conversation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/
• Dog Day Afternoon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072890/
• Nashville: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073440/
• Robert Altman: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000265/
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067411/
• The Long Goodbye: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070334/
• Francis Ford Coppola: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000338/
• Apocalypse Now: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/
• Martin Scorsese: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217/
• Mean Streets: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070379/
• Taxi Driver: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/
• Raging Bull: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398/
• Brian De Palma: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000361/
• Blow Out: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082085/
• Sisters: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070698/
• Terrence Malick: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517/
• Days of Heaven: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077405/
• Badlands: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069762/
• The Candidate: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068334/
• Robert Redford: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000602/
• The Parallax View: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/
• Warren Beatty: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000886/
• John Cassavetes: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001023/
• A Woman Under the Influence: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072417/
• Regal Unlimited: https://www.regmovies.com/unlimited
• The Substance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/
• Demi Moore: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000193/
• The Exorcist: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/
• Gene Hackman: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/
• Dustin Hoffman: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000163/
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/
• Three Days of the Condor: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073802/
• Shampoo: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073692/
• Reds: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/
• Faye Dunaway: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001159/
• Robert De Niro: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/
• Al Pacino: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/
• Woody Allen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000095/
• John Travolta: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000237/
• Urban Cowboy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081696/
• Tree of Life: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478304/
• Gosford Park: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280707/
• The Player: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105151/
• Megalopolis: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10128846/
• 2001: A Space Odyssey: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/
• Lawrence of Arabia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/
• RRR: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8178634/
• The Jungle Book: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061852/
• Bonnie and Clyde: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/
• Bette Midler: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000541/
• Ruthless People: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091877/ 
• Poltergeist: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/
• The Wizard of Oz: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/
• "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)
• Goodfellas: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/

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