A Chat with Irvin Kershner : Part 1 

Thanks for sharing this. I've always admired the man. The Empire Strikes Back is my favourite film of all time. So sad to hear of his death. He was such an inspiration as a film maker and artist.

Listening to Kershner, I feel dumb and humbled.

A big thank you to this man for directing the BEST Star Wars movie and my biggest childhood movie!

Kershner speaks about Jackson Pollock as if he knew him, but I'm failing to find any reference to them meeting each other besides this interview. Clicking through some Wikipedia articles suggests that they ran in the same art circles in New York. In fact, it's possible that they directly met through Hans Hofmann or Pollock's wife Lee Krasner. Kersh and Krasner both studied with Hofmann. There are no references to Pollock studying under Hofmann, but he did study under Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League, which Hofmann also taught at for a time. If Pollock's Drip Period started after he and Krasner began living in Springs on Long Island, then I can easily imagine Kersh and other students joining Hofmann on a trip to Springs only to find Pollock dripping house paint on canvas laid out on the floor of his living room wondering what in the living hell he was doing.

669 views? This guys soul is in Empire Strike Back, he's the real star of the film.

Irvin Kershner directed the 1978 suspense thriller Eyes of Laura Mars. John Carpenter wrote the script years earlier.

Sound like Yoda RIP man your movie will live forever

This is a man with vision. great filmmaker. & yes Iove Robocop 2. my childhood movies Empire /Robo

Alexander Nevsky is an awesome film.

Didn't have a tripod? Haha for real tho great job on the interview.

The Kersh Man cometh.

what is the name of the book with the storyboards in it?

he was a great man, but u shoulda got a tripod for the camera, this shacking and zooming ruins this interview.

I plan to. I threw this video up after he died to just get it out there.

@DaBossk He was very fulfilled in his life. He would not want you feeling sorry for him. He would be more concerned with you creating the next great thing with your time on this Earth.

I wish irv was my gpop

Run raw footage through deshaker filter for virtualdub

@BWGgy He was very very particular about voice. He was bothered that many actors moved to LA and got lazy with their speech. He was very strict with me on my voice.

Another great soul has gone. : (

it's very weird how you're constantly showing the back of some random blondes head who says nothing...

holy fuck buy a tripod