{"podcast":{"title":"The Dangerous Art of the Documentary","slug":"the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616","podcast_index_feed_id":5662616,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DEP4279522969","website_url":"https://the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f583c1bc-eb46-11ed-a0fd-9b7373469835/image/de-tillerrussell-option-1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Matthew Beaudoin","episode_count":95,"summary":"Filmmaker Tiller Russell (Waco: American Apocalypse, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, Operation Odessa, The Last Narc, The Seven Five) exchanges the camera for a microphone, sitting down with other documentary filmmakers for riveting, in-depth conversations about their most successful, iconic or recent films.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T02:18:39.351678+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616"},"episode":{"title":"Gianfranco Rosi (Pompei: Below the Clouds)","slug":"gianfranco-rosi-pompei-below-the-clouds","published_at":"2026-03-13T21:49:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616/gianfranco-rosi-pompei-below-the-clouds","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DEP4148310777.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DEP4148310777.mp3","summary":"Italian master Gianfranco Rosi makes some of the most ravishing big-screen nonfiction films you will find. His latest, “Pompei: Below the Clouds”, a black-and-white masterpiece shot with a fixed camera, explores the complex lives of the people living in a region that seems to always be teetering on the edge of a haunting archival status. In his conversation with Tiller, they discuss the love they hold for their shared mentor Chuck Bowden (3:30), how Naples is a reflection of a suspended time (16:00), the importance of selecting the frame (26:00), why it’s impossible to describe his process (34:00), his preferred shooting specs (42:00), and how he knew when the film was “finished” (51:00). Produced by: Jacob Miller Executive Producer: Tiller Russell Music by: James Carroll, Graham Tracey & Zydepunk Distributed by: Jake Brennan & Brady Sadler, Double Elvis Productions","meta_description":"Italian master Gianfranco Rosi makes some of the most ravishing big-screen nonfiction films you will find. His latest, “Pompei: Below the Clouds”, a black…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3481,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616/episodes/gianfranco-rosi-pompei-below-the-clouds/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616/gianfranco-rosi-pompei-below-the-clouds.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}