Dan Halsted's guest appearances

Dan Halsted

Notebook on Cities and Culture

The Portland Podcast

Trylove

Postcards from a Dying World

Camas Davis

Chris Guillebeau

Alain De Botton

Tom McCarthy

Daniel Levin

Felipe Esparza

Nick Drake

Tom Papa

Coyote Peterson

Malcolm Gladwell

David Shields

Joe Kenda

Bernie Sanders

Seth Godin

Seth Meyers

OwlTail

Dan Halsted is one of the premier film programmers in the United States. In addition to his role as head programmer for the historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR, Dan has amassed a collection of some of the most vital kung fu and exploitation films in existence. He’s salvaged the only known prints of several classics, he holds one of a small handful of many more, and he’s attracted the company of figures like Quentin Tarantino and RZA along the way.We talked to Dan just before AN EXPLOITATION EXTRAVAGANZA, an exhibition of several such prints in February 2023, including one film (Joseph Kuo’s 1977 kung fu classic 7 GRANDMASTERS) and a bunch of old trailers on film. In this conversation, we chat about the program, how Dan came to know and love the Trylon, the shifting demographics for film screening, and what it’s like to look back on a career of rescuing films firsthand before they’re lost forever.Get tickets to AN EXPLOITATION EXTRAVAGANZA (Feb 3-5, 2023 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/an-exploitation-extravaganza/Get tickets to GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, presented by film programmer Chantell Halsted (Feb 5 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/film/gold-diggers-of-1933/Visit the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR: https://hollywoodtheatre.org/Support the Hollywood Theatre’s goal of purchasing two Norelco AAIIs to ensure they can keep showing film well into the future: https://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?doninfo=742~5f969332-ec94-41af-822d-5c7ec8f2ca2b&amp;epguid=78f97749-fa19-4772-a914-f346d99cc5f3&amp;Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/.Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "Magic Fly" by Space from the SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW (1978) soundtrack.Timestamps0:00 - Episode 211: Salvaging Film History with Dan Halsted of the Hollywood Theater [Interview]1:53 - Bringing one-of-a-kind film prints to the Trylon6:06 - Why’s 7 GRANDMASTERS (1977) so special?9:01 - Showing grindhouse trailers at the Trylon17:20 - Dan’s connection to the Trylon19:28 - What it’s like to program at the Hollywood Theatre23:56 - What makes Portland a “movie-watching town”30:09 - Showing 70mm at the Hollywood35:16 - Why Gen Z audiences are drawn to film37:55 - The growth of interest in film during the pandemic43:06 - Outreach &amp; getting people to come out for film46:12 - Dan’s film programming white whales50:17 - How it feels to be one of the most notable film programmers in the US57:30 - What’s next for Dan

Dan Halsted is one of the premier film programmers in the United States. In addition to his role as head programmer for the historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR, Dan has amassed a collection of some of the most vital kung fu and exploitation films in existence. He’s salvaged the only known prints of several classics, he holds one of a small handful of many more, and he’s attracted the company of figures like Quentin Tarantino and RZA along the way. We talked to Dan just before AN EXPLOITATION EXTRAVAGANZA, an exhibition of several such prints in February 2023, including one film (Joseph Kuo’s 1977 kung fu classic 7 GRANDMASTERS) and a bunch of old trailers on film. In this conversation, we chat about the program, how Dan came to know and love the Trylon, the shifting demographics for film screening, and what it’s like to look back on a career of rescuing films firsthand before they’re lost forever. Get tickets to AN EXPLOITATION EXTRAVAGANZA (Feb 3-5, 2023 at the Trylon): <a href="https://www.trylon.org/films/category/an-exploitation-extravaganza/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.trylon.org/films/category/an-exploitation-extravaganza/</a> Get tickets to GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, presented by film programmer Chantell Halsted (Feb 5 at the Trylon): <a href="https://www.trylon.org/film/gold-diggers-of-1933/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.trylon.org/film/gold-diggers-of-1933/</a> Visit the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR: <a href="https://hollywoodtheatre.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hollywoodtheatre.org/</a> Support the Hollywood Theatre’s goal of purchasing two Norelco AAIIs to ensure they can keep showing film well into the future: <a href="https://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?doninfo=742~5f969332-ec94-41af-822d-5c7ec8f2ca2b&amp;epguid=78f97749-fa19-4772-a914-f346d99cc5f3&amp;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?doninfo=742~5f969332-ec94-41af-822d-5c7ec8f2ca2b&amp;epguid=78f97749-fa19-4772-a914-f346d99cc5f3&amp;</a> Follow us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast</a> and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at <a href="https://www.trylon.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.trylon.org/</a>. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "Magic Fly" by Space from the SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW (1978) soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 211: Salvaging Film History with Dan Halsted of the Hollywood Theater [Interview] 1:53 - Bringing one-of-a-kind film prints to the Trylon 6:06 - Why’s 7 GRANDMASTERS (1977) so special? 9:01 - Showing grindhouse trailers at the Trylon 17:20 - Dan’s connection to the Trylon 19:28 - What it’s like to program at the Hollywood Theatre 23:56 - What makes Portland a “movie-watching town” 30:09 - Showing 70mm at the Hollywood 35:16 - Why Gen Z audiences are drawn to film 37:55 - The growth of interest in film during the pandemic 43:06 - Outreach &amp; getting people to come out for film 46:12 - Dan’s film programming white whales 50:17 - How it feels to be one of the most notable film programmers in the US 57:30 - What’s next for Dan

Episode 211: Salvaging 'Accidental Art' with Dan Halsted of the Hollywood Theatre [Interview]

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Dan Halsted of the Hollywood Theatre

Colin Marshall sits down in the basement of Portland's Hollywood Theatre with Dan Halsted, head programmer there and founder of the 35mm Shaolin Archive. They discuss fake Bruce Lee films; his adventure of rescuing classic kung-fu film prints, including gems like The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter and The Boxer's Omen from a shuttered, junkie-surrounded theater in Vancouver; his youth in a distant Oregon town with 600 people, his move to Portland, and his discovery of kung-fu cinema; how much more kung-fu movies offer than the fighting; the advantageous openmindedness of Portland filmgoing culture; exploitation films and Quentin Tarantino's high-profile love thereof; how different cities react to kung-fu movies, like the robust Chinese turnout in San Francisco or the disappointing attendance in St. Louis; kung-fu movies as a gateway to Chinese culture; 36 Chamber of Shaolin as a gateway to kung-fu movies; the evaporation of celluloid film, and the apparently dramatic shift in the way those under age twenty experience cinema; the various meanings of terms like "exploitation" and "grindhouse," and how the attendant concepts cannot be separated from the seventies, a time when Hollywood acted serious and independent film acted frivolous; what Portland's smallness affords a film programmer; why audiences sometimes prefer watching a beaten-up print to a pristine one; how Portland has successfully integrated food and alcohol with filmgoing; his experience getting tased, and how the Portland police force, known for its own aggression, tried to use kung-fu movies against him in court; and his never-ending task of pushing outward the limits of local film taste. Download the interview from Notebook on Cities and Culture’s feed or on iTunes.

Colin Marshall sits down in the basement of Portland's <a href="http://hollywoodtheatre.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hollywood Theatre</a> with Dan Halsted, head programmer there and founder of the <a href="http://35mmshaolinarchive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">35mm Shaolin Archive</a>. They discuss fake Bruce Lee films; his adventure of rescuing classic kung-fu film prints, including gems like The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter and The Boxer's Omen from a shuttered, junkie-surrounded theater in Vancouver; his youth in a distant Oregon town with 600 people, his move to Portland, and his discovery of kung-fu cinema; how much more kung-fu movies offer than the fighting; the advantageous openmindedness of Portland filmgoing culture; exploitation films and Quentin Tarantino's high-profile love thereof; how different cities react to kung-fu movies, like the robust Chinese turnout in San Francisco or the disappointing attendance in St. Louis; kung-fu movies as a gateway to Chinese culture; 36 Chamber of Shaolin as a gateway to kung-fu movies; the evaporation of celluloid film, and the apparently dramatic shift in the way those under age twenty experience cinema; the various meanings of terms like "exploitation" and "grindhouse," and how the attendant concepts cannot be separated from the seventies, a time when Hollywood acted serious and independent film acted frivolous; what Portland's smallness affords a film programmer; why audiences sometimes prefer watching a beaten-up print to a pristine one; how Portland has successfully integrated food and alcohol with filmgoing; his <a href="http://www.katu.com/news/local/City-to-pay-man-250000-after-police-mistake-him-as-a-tagger-149012465.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">experience getting tased</a>, and how the Portland police force, known for its own aggression, tried to use kung-fu movies against him in court; and his never-ending task of pushing outward the limits of local film taste. Download the interview from Notebook on Cities and Culture’s feed or on <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/notebook-on-cities-culture/id266539442" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>.

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