March 21, 1991

Director Mario Van Peebles on the Authenticity of "New Jack City"

Peebles is the son of the legendary director Melvin Van Peebles. His film New Jack City is set in Harlem, and features a grim, gritty, and violent world of crack dealers and users.

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Mario Van Peebles

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Terry Gross

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 21, 1991: Interview with Ray Mendez; Interview with Mario VanPeebles; Review of the film "Defending Your Life."

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March 21, 1991

21:41

Entomologist and Special Effects Many Ray Mendez

The biologist, special effects expert, and bug wrangler was responsible for the moths in the movie, "Silence of the Lambs" and the cockroaches in "Creepshow."

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Ray Mendez

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March 21, 1991

04:31

Albert Brooks' Latest Comedy Has a Brilliant Cosmology

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the new comedy "Defending Your Life," starring director Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep as a recently deceased couple who fall in love while living in a squeaky-clean purgatory.

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Stephen Schiff

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Director Mario Van Peebles on the Authenticity of "New Jack City"

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Entomologist and Special Effects Many Ray Mendez

Albert Brooks' Latest Comedy Has a Brilliant Cosmology

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