{"podcast":{"title":"Films Not Made","slug":"films-not-made-7685317","podcast_index_feed_id":7685317,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/76FtDTAe.rss","website_url":"https://filmsnotmade.com/","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/f81aa5c8-0f9e-404b-aedc-bd903d778fee/logos/6190ee73-c897-490e-ae5a-f51eae62a7a5.png","author":"Films Not Made","episode_count":10,"summary":"From analog rejection to digital resurrection. Films Not Made unearths both Hollywood and indie film projects too wild, weird, or ambitious to ever hit the big screen. Hosts Avi Zev Weider and Amy Hobby invite writers, directors, and producers to join them in ripping open old wounds by pulling out abandoned scripts, impossible casting lists, and brutal rejection letters. Honest conversations with creators and AI resurrections of the movies that got away.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/films-not-made-7685317"},"episode":{"title":"The Amateur Pornographer with Chris Monger and Ted Hope","slug":"the-amateur-pornographer-with-chris-monger-and-ted-hope","published_at":"2026-04-28T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/films-not-made-7685317/the-amateur-pornographer-with-chris-monger-and-ted-hope","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/films-not-made-7685317","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/2b625f6371b77eb31047ae11b6366c2a8b7a2253f2b70f34faa54276c98a7b78/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIzNGZjZGM4Zi0yM2UwLTQ3OTYtODA1MS0yNmQ3NDNjMTA2MWEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmODFhYTVjOC0wZjllLTQwNGItYWVkYy1iZDkwM2Q3NzhmZWUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NjllNzc0NzViOTljZTdjMTUwMTU4ZjIiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllYzA5MTcwMzI1M2I2NDAyODU0ZTRhL2F2aS13ZWlkZXJzLXN0dWRpby1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTQtMjVfXzItMjEtNDMubXAzIn0=.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/2b625f6371b77eb31047ae11b6366c2a8b7a2253f2b70f34faa54276c98a7b78/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIzNGZjZGM4Zi0yM2UwLTQ3OTYtODA1MS0yNmQ3NDNjMTA2MWEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmODFhYTVjOC0wZjllLTQwNGItYWVkYy1iZDkwM2Q3NzhmZWUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NjllNzc0NzViOTljZTdjMTUwMTU4ZjIiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllYzA5MTcwMzI1M2I2NDAyODU0ZTRhL2F2aS13ZWlkZXJzLXN0dWRpby1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTQtMjVfXzItMjEtNDMubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"Christopher Monger, a Welsh native, was fresh off the Miramax release of his film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain starring Hugh Grant. His next project was to shoot in a small town in Wales, and producer Ted Hope felt it was a sure thing. The Amateur Pornographer was nearly made with a young Matthew Rhys and later got traction at HBO, with one note: Could the film be set in the United States instead of Wales? Christopher Monger IMDB Ted Hope’s Substack “ Hope for Film ” Check out our curated Letterboxd List for some New York mid 90s indie classics to go with our Ted Hope-Good Machine vibe. We have merch! Buy our awesome Films Not Made signature mug or 100% cotton t-shirt . Go to FilmsNotMade for the all transcripts and more. Follow the show on YouTube@filmsnotemade Subscribe to our Substack@filmsnotmade","meta_description":"Christopher Monger, a Welsh native, was fresh off the Miramax release of his film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain starring Hugh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3942,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/films-not-made-7685317/episodes/the-amateur-pornographer-with-chris-monger-and-ted-hope/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/films-not-made-7685317/the-amateur-pornographer-with-chris-monger-and-ted-hope.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}