Posted on May 6, 2011
By Sound On Sight Podcast
Sound On Sight Podcast
A couple of weeks ago, we lost one of the longest-revered American directors around, Sidney Lumet, whose directorial career opened with a bang with 1957′s beloved 12 Angry Men, and ended fifty years later with the acclaimed crime drama Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. With the help of regular SoS columnist and all-around authority Bill Mesce, we take on three of Lumet’s better-known films, having already discussed Network and Dog Day Afternoon on previous episodes: 1964′s The Pawnbroker, with Rod Steiger as a distraught Holocaust survivor; 1973′s Serpico, starring Al Pacino as the real-life NYC cop; and 1982′s The Verdict, with Paul Newman in an unusually grimy capacity as an alcoholic lawyer with a belated shot at redemption.
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New York State of Mind (instrumental) – Nas
Believer – John Maus
Serpico Theme – Mikis Theodoarkis
Lay Down in the Tall Grass – Timber Timbre
12 Angry Men:, Before The Devil Knows You Are Dead, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, Pawnbroker, Serpico, Sidney Lumet, The Verdict, The Wiz
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The Sound On Sight podcast was launched in late 2008 from the ashes of a radio show titled, The Naked Lunch, a show which aired on CJLO, 1690 AM in Montreal. Our podcast is marketed principally towards students and genre enthusiasts, and typically features in-depth discussion and debate on contemporary film. Throughout the years, the podcast has been nominated one of the best film shows world wide by several outlets including, MovieMaker Magazine. 
