podcast 11 (right click, save as)
In this first of our proper long form podcasts with segments we start off with Zack’s review of David Fincher‘s Zodiac. We talk about how the film was shot digitally with a camera called The Thompson Viper. We next talk about the new action sub genre in films like Crank, Running Scared (not the one with Billy Crystal) and Shoot ’em Up.
In our new weird movies segment Zack talks about the Brando version of The Island of Dr. Moreau. Sticking with the island theme he next talks about No Escape. I talk about my love of ensemble cast multi-storyline narratives as expressed in Spielberg’s 1941. Then I defend Overboard as a good family comedy.
We close with a segment where we each do a movie pitch within a given genre and you, this is the interactive part, the listeners can email me ian.strope@gmail.com to vote on which pitch you like best. This week it’s period action movies. I pitch a CG kid’s movie about time travelling with matches and Zack pitches a biopic about Isaac Newton’s life after the calculus thing busting counterfeiters. The key is Gary Busey in a big powdered wig.
bump music: Boards of Canada – Olson
Cities of Foam – Barry Can’t do Flat Tops
Massive Attack – Better Things
Mogwai – Travel is Dangerous
The infamous drink fridge: