EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! WikiLeaks Movie Podcast host John Krysko, The “Literate, Humorous & Opinionated” Founder of The Silver Halide Show

Wikileaks-Movie.com Exlusive Interview - John Krysko of The Silver Halide Show

Wikileaks-Movie.com is pleased to introduce you to John Krysko, founder of The Silver Halide Show whose “Podcast Number Three” addresses the topic of the WikiLeaks Movie. John has produced the most substantial and in-depth podcast to-date addressing the topic of Wikileaks movies and films from the perspective of a film aficionado, screenwriter, trained filmmaker and all around “film geek.” At nearly an hour long, John Krysko’s Silver Halide Show podcast on the Wikileaks Movie topic is a timely and important contribution. We urge all who are interested in WikiLeaks films and movies to take the time to listen to this podcast in its entirety.

I was adamant to create a film show, with no advertising, produced with no budget and amateur techniques which would find an audience by synchronicity.

- John Krysko, Founder of The Silver Halide Show

We find John Krysko’s uncompromising vision for The Silver Halide Show blog to be very admirable and refreshing. He has an uncommon level of intensity, inquisitiveness and expertise to bring audiences. If the quality of his WikiLeaks Movie podcast is any indication, there will be great things to come from The Silver Halide Show. Therefore we urge you to support John’s vision by listening and spreading the word about The Silver Halide Show.

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Blogger Maria Technosux — Perspective on John Krysko

What I like best about John Krysko and his The Silver Halide Show Podcast is his encyclopedic knowledge of film-related trivia and not-so-trivia. Despite having worked as a professional in the field of film-making, he has not lost the enthusiasm and creative imagination that for me characterizes a film geek as opposed to a person who merely makes films for a living. I also think Krysko has a great podcast voice, Canadian accent and all (unlike myself, I have the weirdest voice and European accent you’ve ever heard).

The Wikileaks podcast that Krysko did is special in that this podcast is him brainstorming about a movie that doesn’t exist yet. Film geeks fantasize and blog about yet-to-be movies all the time, why not do so about the Wikileaks movie(s) in a podcast? Krysko took this established practice further and beyond simply assembling a “dream team”, by addressing not just the practical but also the political issues that a movie about a subject like Wikileaks is bound to raise even and well before it is made.

Krysko is an enthusiast who thinks like a film-maker, as opposed to film-maker who desperately tries to sound enthusiastic about whatever film he is doing.

- blogger Maria Technosux

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We thank John Krysko of the Silver Halide Show for agreeing to this exclusive interview with Wikileaks-Movie.com. As always, we strive to bring you first-hand perspective that sheds light on modern affairs, Wikileaks and the many movies, art projects and creative endeavors emerging to influence understanding and debate. We hope you enjoy!

1) Tell us about the Silver Halide Show. What do you strive to bring to your listeners?

John Krysko With Cat Named Ben

I began The Silver Halide Show in October 2010. I enjoy loading my mp3 player with podcasts, shows, lectures and interviews and listening while I walk, commute, work out, do dishes, etc. Having scoured the net for film shows I was disappointed to only find 3 which I liked. I found most shows did not have enough substance, merely opinion. I wanted to do a film show which would celebrate and analyze films which are my favorites, or classics or mis-understood or under-appreciated films. I wanted to have a show with unique guests, lots of info and details, some laughs, some passion, a few musical breaks and incite viewers to watch, re-watch or talk about films.

I was passionate to learn more about podcasting and to learn new audio producing techniques. I found I have knack for finding unique items, be they text, video or audio that inject the show with surprises and fascinating insight. In doing all I can to inform the podcasts, I believe they can be enjoyed and understood by film scholars and film novices alike. I was adamant to create a film show, with no advertising, produced with no budget and amateur techniques which would find an audience by synchronicity. One of the most difficult things was coming up with the name!

I’m just one man in a suburb of Vancouver, who created a film show that is now heard around the world. My show and I are humble.

I feel if I tried to grind out a show each week it would not have enough substance or be special. So I release my shows as I finish them with no set deadlines.

The joy of creating a show was of course in the producing, however I have been so fortunate to meet Jamey DuVall of Movie Geeks United and Maria Technosux as well as you at Wikileaks-Movie.

I’m just one man in a suburb of Vancouver, who created a film show that is now heard around the world. My show and I are humble.

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2) Where did you get your passion for film making and film review?

In high school I was preparing for a career as a writer. My father suggested I consider screen writing, he suggested I watch a few “classic” films (Easy Rider, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blow Up, Straw Dogs, Zorba the Greek and Lawrence of Arabia). After seeing those I was hooked, but I was now also wanting to direct films.

I spent years in university studying and making films and yet was never very successful. So I wrote a few screenplays and sold one and wrote some poetry. All through film school I got to meet and engage in fantastic discussions with, numerous film students as well as veteran filmmakers. We all seem to have a common passion for the power, potential and purpose of film and with the myriad of interpretations viewers have combined with their diverse backgrounds, film is an amazing unifying art form for diversity and discussion.

3) To-date you have conducted two pod-casts, one on the subject of WikiLeaks and the other on Oliver Stone’s JFK. How do you select your topics?

You’ll notice there is no podcast #001, I wanted to wait to do an introduction show until I got my feet wet and acquired some listeners. I mainly want(ed) to focus on my favorites, or classics or cult films. I didn’t intend to do a show about a film that hasn’t been made (!) or that was so current and topical. Most film shows focus on new releases and hype films. I prefer the films that last or have come back. I feel it is important to stress that I DO NOT focus on political films. It was intended for my first show to be on “JFK” but the show on WikiLeaks came about through timing and good fortune.

I want each show to be different. My show on “JFK” is 4 hours, a 2 hour discussion between myself and Jamie DuVall and then 2 hours of my own comments, audio of Oliver Stone as well as numerous articles and essays. My show on the WikiLeaks movie is a simple question and answer exchange. Some future shows may simply be running audio commentaries. Perhaps there may be a “concept show” in the future. A lot depends on getting others to participate, either to discuss the film or interview me. My next show will be on Jacob’s Ladder.

4) Who are your favorite filmmakers? And why?

Stanley Kubrick is above everyone else. Each one of his films is a different genre and he either re-invents that genre or makes the genre defining film. Each one of his films is a classic.

David Lynch, because of his ability to inject surrealism into unique stories and he has not softened with age.

Ken Russell because I learned from him to be passionate, be bold, be daring and be imaginative.

Sam Peckinpah because I learned from him to be honest about your subject matter and be honest with the audience about the characters. Respect the audience.

Oliver Stone because he also taught me to be passionate and daring but also make personal films or try to inject your own personality into the film or its characters. Also he should be a hero to all film makers for never backing down and never acquiescing to studio or media pressure/backlash.

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5) Have you watched any of the recent WikiLeaks documentaries by PBS or CNN? Please provide us with your analysis of one or both?

Yes. The Panorama one was sensational (by that I don’t mean good, it was smarmy, condescending, etc.) The PBS doc was a little more balanced. The CNN one was simply disgusting.  One is much better served nowadays reading (different sources) on a subject than simply absorbing a television morphine drip of disinfo.

6) What questions and topics do you explore in the WikiLeaks Movie Podcast #3?

The Silver Halide Show Podcast #3 on the upcoming WikiLeaks movie was a fantastic opportunity which came about by answering an email from a listener. She asked me a few conversational questions about how I might approach or film the WikiLeaks movie and I immediately asked her to participate by writing and recording her questions. We were able to cover a wide variety of topics relating to the film one and I loved being able to express my feelings about how I would make the film or what I would suggest to someone making it. I am literate, humorous and opinionated so the show is meant to be at times humorous, at times dead serious, at other times critical and others laudatory.

Some of the questions covered are….

• - Should the Wikileaks movie focus on Assange?
• - Should the Collateral Murder footage be inserted or re-created?
• - What types of film style are conducive to the subject matter?
• - Is there a connection between Julian Assange’s love for “Harold and Maude” and his anti war, anti secrecy beliefs and many more?

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7) Is there anything else you would like to share or comment on? Anything else you would like the wikileaks-movie.com audience to know?

I dare say there are many people who enjoy film all around the world. However, we must always remember that we all have different tastes, we all have different senses of humor and we all different interests and beliefs (and backgrounds). As great as film can be for bringing us together, it can also be as divisive, because some people would like to castigate, imbrue or otherwise label folks simply because of films they’ve seen or enjoyed. There are many who consider Leni Riefenstahl a Nazi collaborator and nothing more, there are others who can admire her filmmaking techniques and condemn her politics. There are numerous other examples, my point being I extremely loathe a lot of the misandric films which are extremely popular with women today like the “Dragon Tattoo” trilogy or “Suckerpunch” but I am not going to dislike people for seeing them or enjoying them.

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A Big “Thank You” to John Krysko of The Silver Halide Show

We extend our thanks to John Krysko of The Silver Halide Show for taking part in this interview. We are very impressed with John’s knowledge of film and the depth to which he and Maria Technosux explored the topic of WikiLeaks-related movies and films. This interview with John Krysko builds on our expanding library of “Edutaining” articles and interviews related to all things Wikileaks including recent pieces on and by @exiledsurfer, James Spione’s “Incident in New Baghdad,”Greg Mitchell, The Ireland Cables, the PBS LulzSec Hack and Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo). It continues our tradition of highlighting relevant Wikileaks and Julian Assange news and events as well as the many movies, films, DVD, televised specials and documentary film projects about this important story. Additionally, make sure to check in with Wikileaks-Movie.com with our massive “Go To” resource archive for online videos, film clips, trailers on Wikileaks as well as Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Lulz Sec & Anonymous.