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5.8 - YUNIOL (2007) & Tone 31:04

3 years ago31:04

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Our Latin American journey leaves the South American mainland behind this week, and dips into Caribbean cinema with a 2007 film from the Dominican Republic, YUNIOL. After some reviews, we talk about class differences, telling multiple stories, and how this is not an ‘uneven’ film. Recent Media ALL OR NOTHING: TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (2021): Rob Worsoff, Kyle Dubas, Will Arnett STRANGER THINGS S4 (2022): Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Winona Ryder Recommendations HEROES (2007–09): Tim Kring, Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere SHARKTOPUS VS. PTERACUDA (2014): Kevin O’Neill, Robert Carradine, Katie Savoy SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (2017): Jon Watts, Tom Holland, Michael Keaton BLINDSPOTTING (2018): Carlos López Estrada, Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal Footnotes This week’s links: [where this film comes from, Part 1] www.barcelo.com/pinandtravel/en/from-the-godfather-to-jurassic-park-the-best-dominican-cinema [where this film comes from, Part 2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dominican_Republic_films [what this film could have been] www.tasteofcinema.com/2016/15-poetic-films-about-mundane-subjects [our episode about the film to which we compared this one] www.kaiju.fm/prestige/5-04-city-of-god-2002-corrupt-space [finally: yes this is about the UK, but it’s still a good article!] aaronguthrie.medium.com/the-representation-of-class-in-contemporary-british-film-and-tv-afc5882dd7d3 Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast…

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5.7 - MY STRAIGHT SON (2012) & Acceptance 33:16

3 years ago33:16

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The most recent film on our Latin American odyssey is the Venezuelan MY STRAIGHT SON (2012). After reviews — some more fervent than others — we talk about drama, found families, and whether or not we might have a Eurocentric view of this film’s politics. Recent Media GOLDENEYE (1995): Martin Campbell, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean REACHER (2022–): Lee Child, Nick Santora, Alan Ritchson Recommendations THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (2012): Stephen Chbosky, Logan Lernan, Emma Watson BEAUTIFUL THING (1996): Jonathan Harvey, Hettie MacDonald, Linda Henry [Sam’s last-minute, unexpected recommendation] THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (2004): Walter Salles, Ernesto Guevara, Gael Garcia Bernal THE LARAMIE PROJECT (2000): Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Stephen Belber Footnotes This week’s links: www.jstor.org/stable/26384822 (JSTOR subscription needed) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telenovela www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-catharsis-definition en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_as_Folk_(British_TV_series) www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/g9621178/best-gay-lgbt-films Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast…

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5.6 - EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (2015) & Madness 31:13

3 years ago31:13

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After something of a hiatus: we’re back! With the award-winning 2015 Colombian film EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT. After some reviews, we dive in with a reference to Rob’s favourite theatrical director, as well as exploring why it’s good that this film was made and how it might be important that some people don’t get on board with it. Recent Media THE HARDER THEY FALL (2021): Jeymes Samuel, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz ENCANTO (2021): Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Stephanie Beatriz THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS (2021): Lana Wachowski, Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss TITANE (2021): Julia Ducorneau, Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle TICK, TICK…BOOM! (2021): Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (2021): Jon Watts, Tom Holland, Zendaya THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE (2021): Richard Osman The Jack Reacher Book Series (1997—): Lee Child, Andrew Child Recommendations THE MOTORCYCLES DIARIES (2004): Walter Salles, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, Gael García Bernal NARCOS: MEXICO (2018–21): Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Michael Peña A FIELD IN ENGLAND (2013): Ben Wheatley, Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando SORCERER (1977): William Friedkin, Georges Arnaud, Roy Scheider Footnotes Firstly, this is what we seem to be talking about a fair bit this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_revisionism . As Rob mentions at the start, this film is two different versions of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey . Here’s the obligatory Brecht link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertolt-Brecht . It’s interesting that IMDB actually have this as a tag: https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=in-medias-res . This reviewer seems to have similar thoughts to Sam about the film: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/embrace-of-the-serpent-2016 . Finally, here’s a link to our FIELD IN ENGLAND episode, for more on a film like this one in several ways: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454/episodes/a-field-in-england-and-psyched-29626170 .…

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Small Batch - Titane (2021) 6:20

3 years ago6:20

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Another Small Batch episode, looking at the the 2021 horror film, Titane Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - https://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/…

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5.2 - THE ACCUSED (2018) & Intensity 35:19

3 years ago35:19

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After something of a hiatus from the main feed, this week the band is back together with our look at (the most recent, Rob) THE ACCUSED. We talk about how this film undercuts expectations, what it has to say about the experiences of children as opposed to adults, and the in some ways chilling ending of the movie. Next Up The next film on our Latin American road trip is 2001’s 25 WATTS from Uruguay. Recent Media EMPIRE RECORDS (1995): Allan Moyle, Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021): James Gunn, Margot Robbie, Idris Elba Recommendations THE ACCUSED (1988): Jonathan Kaplan, Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster THE ACCUSED (1949): William Dieterle, June Truesdell, Loretta Young THE REVENANT (2015): Alejandro Iñárritu, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy STAGED (2020–21): Simon Evans, Michael Sheen, David Tennant Footnotes Normal footnote service will resume next time: I hurt my hand this morning, and typing’s painful; I could leave it to Rob, but who knows what this section would look like then... Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - https://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/…

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Small Batch - Free Guy (2021) 10:43

4 years ago10:43

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Another Small Batch, this week talking about FREE GUY and the return to the cinema! Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - https://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/…

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Small Batch - White House Down (2013) & Olympus Has Fallen (2013) 15:52

4 years ago15:52

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Another Small Batch episode, looking at the cinematic twins of White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - http://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/…

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200! - 300 (2007) & Fourteen Years 50:13

4 years ago50:13

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Some six years (not five, Rob! we’ve been doing this aaaaages) after our first episode — and fourteen years after the…’discussion’ that prompted us to start doing this podcast (eventually), we’re revisiting Zach Snyder’s 2007 epic 300. After we read through that fourteen-year-old transcript, we talk about how our views of the film have changed, its roots in Spartan propaganda, and the aesthetics of a piece that were very much of its time. Next Up Next, we begin Season 5 — watch this space! Recent Media A QUIET PLACE (2018): John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds BO BURNHAM: INSIDE (2021): Bo Burnham, Josh Senior Recommendations WONDER WOMAN (2017): Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine STEVE JOBS (2015): Danny Boyle, Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet AUSTRALIA (2008): Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman KONG: SKULL ISLAND (2017): Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson Footnotes If you’re not familiar with the battle on which this is based, then probably read up on that first, as this isn’t an incredibly historically accurate film: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae . (Although, as Sam mentions, the history in the film is actually better than you might think, as explained here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07n8p9m .) For more on the sometimes unsavoury career of Frank Miller, author of the original, see here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_(comics) . A few links for our 2007 selves: www.britannica.com/biography/Bertolt-Brecht , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism_(book) , www.jstor.org/stable/20455133 (on 300 and the ‘war on terror’; subscription needed). Finally, here’s that list of 2007 films, to highlight the point that 300 was unique (visually speaking, that’s quite an underwhelming top 10): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_in_film . Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - http://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/…

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4.49 - MULAN (1998) & Gender 34:44

4 years ago34:44

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Our final Disney film is 1998’s MULAN. After some reviews, we talk about the ways in which this film starts from a position of naivety, but grows into a much more adult movie: which leaves us both intrigued as to what the reboot will be like. Next Up Next time, for the last time, we turn to the live-action version of a Disney animation, with the 2020 MULAN. Recent Media SAFE (2012): Boaz Yakin, Jason Statham, Catherine Chan NOMADLAND (2020): Chloé Zhao, Jessica Bruder, Frances McDormand Recommendations JURASSIC PARK (1993): Stephen Spielberg, Sam Neill, Laura Dern MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018): P.L. Travers, Rob Marshall, Emily Blunt STREET FIGHTER (1994): Steven E. de Souza, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (2011): Sarah Smith, Barry Cook, James McAvoy MR ROBOT (2015–19): Sam Esmail, Rami Malek, Christian Slater Footnotes We start off (and end, actually) by talking about Disney sidekicks; this is a fun article, if only for nostalgic reasons, remembering all the films: www.buzzfeed.com/jamiespain/times-disney-sidekicks-were-terrible (While we’re on the subject of Disney sidekicks, I also quite enjoyed this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J46XJImeQbc ). Rob goes all academic (oooh, get him) and talks about the Greek chorus, of which more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_chorus . Here’s the promised link to Orientalism (from which this film is, refreshingly, remarkably free): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism_(book) . If like Sam — not Rob — you were a nerdy kid in the late 90s, you might remember this, around the time of MULAN: www.imdb.com/title/tt0188478 — not actually Shakespeare, but something even more academic……Here’s another reminder of one of the concepts Rob mentions towards the end of this episode: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey#:~:text=Summary%20%20%20%20Act%20%20%20,road%20back%20The%20resurrection%20Return%20wi%20...%20 . Finally, as Rob says, neither of us are best placed to be authorities on the subject of Gender Studies; if you’re interested, here’s a short reading list to get you started: www.lse.ac.uk/gender/Studying-Gender-at-LSE/recommended-literature .…

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4.48 - THE LION KING (2019) & Hyperrealism 30:43

4 years ago30:43

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This week, after some...reviews of Disney’s most recent take on THE LION KING, we talk about how colour and contrast can make or break a film, the importance of myth to the original movie, and what it means to consider style versus substance when the film is as hyperrealistic as this one. Next Up The final film in our Disney mini-season is 1998’s MULAN. Recent Media TED LASSO (2020–): Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudekis, Hannah Waddingham PARKER (2013): Taylor Hackford, Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez Recommendations SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018): Ron Howard, Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson 12 YEARS A SLAVE (2013): Steve McQueen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams SWINGERS (1996): Doug Liman, Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn THE AFRICAN LION (1955): James Algar, Winston Hibler Footnotes Given that one of our opening topics was the use of colour in these films, there was surprisingly little from the former specialist in this area; this article redresses the balance somewhat: whatweknow.tinkertaylor.tv/post/102fg5e/what-is-colour-grading-in-film-and-why-is-it-so-important . Rob discusses the changes wrought on Scar’s ideology by these alterations in colour, and this is an interesting exploration of just what his intentions are: the-take.com/watch/in-the-lion-king-what-is-scars-political-ideology . We say a lot about the (admittedly stunning) VFX on this film, and you can see more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5bTjenLGj0 and read more here: www.animationboss.net/the-lion-king-vfx . Finally, for more reliable lion facts than provided by Sam this week, see here: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/african-lion .…

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4.47 - THE LION KING (1994) & Privilege 33:15

4 years ago33:15

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Our film this week is the 1994 award-winning classic THE LION KING. After the usual reviews, we talk about Sam’s changing ideas about the film, how it may or may not be about the growth of a character, and what it says about the role of royal privilege (not, this week in particular, an entirely irrelevant topic!). Next Up It’s remake time! Next up is the 2019 version of the film. Recent Media LINE OF DUTY (2012–): Jed Mercurio, Martin Compston, Vicky McClure COLD LASAGNE HATE MYSELF 1999 (2020): James Acaster Recommendations DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995): John McTiernan, Jonathan Hensleigh, Bruce Willis SISTER ACT (1992): Emile Ardolino, Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith THE LION KING 1 1/2 (2004): Bradley Raymond, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella GODZILLA (1998): Roland Emmerich, Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno Footnotes Firstly, here’s what Rob was saying about the film’s iconic status: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38312379 . Rob mentions that there’s something of the morality play about what we see on screen; see here for more on this: www.britannica.com/art/morality-play-dramatic-genre . Sam refers to the etymology of the word ‘privilege’: www.etymonline.com/word/privilege . The writer of this piece is at least in agreement with Sam that the film is not based on Hamlet : www.fatherly.com/play/what-is-the-lion-king-based-on-the-answer-isnt-hamlet-shakespeare . The IMDB ‘trivia’ page for the film is a good read: www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv . And finally, it wouldn’t be a 1990s Disney film without some racial controversy…: www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/12/14/676703629/swahili-speakers-horrified-by-disneys-trademark-of-hakuna-matata?t=1618171829034 Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - http://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige /…

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4.46 - ALADDIN (2019) & PRETENCE 30:31

4 years ago30:31

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This week’s offering is the re-make of ALADDIN. After…mixed reviews, we talk about the ‘clean’ visuals, what it feels Disney wants from a re-make, and how watching this involves something of the same pretence shown by the characters themselves. Next Up Our next Disney film is the 1994 original version of THE LION KING. Recent Media THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN (1933): Frank Capra, Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther INTERIOR DESIGN MASTERS WITH ALAN CARR (2021): Diccon Ramsay, Emma Taylor, Alan Carr Recommendations TRON: LEGACY (2010): Joseph Kosinski, Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund TERRA NOVA (2011): Kelly Marcel, Craig Silverstein, Jason O'Mara MEN IN BLACK (1997): Barry Sonnenfeld, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY (2017): Tommy Wirkola, Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close Footnotes Firstly, here’s a little reminder of the environment in which Rob’s ‘recent media’ film was made: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood . Onto our film of the week. Sam mentions a few of the film’s casting controversies, further explored here: deadline.com/2018/01/disney-aladdin-criticized-media-browning-up-1202237376 and here: www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/07/17/disney-aladdin-jasmine-naomi-scott_a_23034316 . And this is a really comprehensive article on the confused/confusing cultural politics of the film: www.vox.com/2019/5/24/18635896/disney-live-action-aladdin-controversy-history (it also has a nod to Edward Said’s Orientalism , the ultimate text explaining many of the racial codings of cultural portrayals like this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism_(book) ). Finally, it wouldn’t be an episode of The Prestige without a regular mention of Brecht! www.britannica.com/biography/Bertolt-Brecht . And when it comes to films-as-stage-plays, although slightly off-topic, this was an interesting list: www.metacritic.com/feature/best-and-worst-movies-based-on-plays-and-musicals?page=1 (I’m strangely intrigued by the SJP film at number 1…) Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - http://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/…

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4.45 - ALADDIN (1992) & Worth 33:38

4 years ago33:38

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This time, our focus is on the 1992 Disney film ALADDIN. After some reviews, we discuss how this is a movie about people pretending to be something they’re not; we talk about what ‘diamond in the rough’ means (both to a 10-year-old Rob, and today); and we think about media depictions of class, from country-house dramas to inner-city soap operas. Next Up Next time (sticking to the format!), our focus turns to the 2019 live-action remake of ALADDIN. Recent Media THE DAWN WALL (2017): Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Tommy Caldwell FREE SOLO (2018): Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Alex Honnold THE ROCK (1996): Michael Bay, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018): Bob Persichetti, Stan Lee, Shameik Moore Recommendations MOANA (2016): Ron Clements, Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson AMADEUS (1984): Peter Shaffer, Milos Forman, F. Murray Abraham TREASURE PLANET (2002): Ron Clements, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Gordon-Levittt GALAVANT (2015–16): Dan Fogelman, Joshua Sasse, Timothy Omundson Footnotes Here’s more about the Disney Renaissance, if like Sam (not Rob) you weren’t an aficionado: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Renaissance . When talking about the animation at the start of the film, Sam mentions STEAMBOAT WILLIE; if you don’t know about this Disney milestone, then this Wikipedia is worth reading: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie . As Rob makes the connection between the two films, I Googled ALADDIN + DEADPOOL, and there is actually a nice line in (slightly NSFW) t-shirts: www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/591238257328225429 . While we’re on the subject of ‘I can show you the world’, this is hands down my favourite version of this song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8S1TxCihvk (I challenge you to watch past two minutes). Finally, here’s that famous ‘class’ sketch, illustrating some of the ideas we talk about this week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppv97S3ih14 . Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - https://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/…

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4.44 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017) & Loneliness 37:24

4 years ago37:24

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This week our focus is he 2017 live-action version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. After some…contrasting reviews, we talk about how this film is a lot darker and more serious than the original, how it has a lot more to it (both good and bad), and how it might be a different sort of fairy tale to the 1991 film. Next Time Next in line for our Disney focus is he 1992 version of ALADDIN. Recent Media HORTON HEARS A WHO! (2008): Theodor Seuss Geisel, Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX (2019): Simon Kinberg, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender SNOWPIERCER (2020–): Jacques Lob, Josh Friedman, Jennifer Connelly THE TOWN (2010): Chuck Hogan, Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall Recommendations COLOSSAL (2016): Nacho Vigalondo, Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudekis FAST & FURIOUS 6 (2013): Justin Lin, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (1997): Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz MR HOLMES (2015): Bill Condon, Mitch Cullin, Ian McKellen Footnotes This is an interesting presentation on one of the ideas Rob mentions early on: prezi.com/tovwsqhae1zq/the-art-of-metacommentary . Here’s more about the character of LeFou (including his name): villains.fandom.com/wiki/LeFou . And here’s more on the openly gay take on this character, including a very interesting idea from the director himself about one possible allegorical interpretation of the film: people.com/movies/beauty-and-the-beast-disney-first-openly-gay-character-lefou . And here’s a good response from Josh Gad to some negative criticism of LeFou: edition.cnn.com/2017/03/07/movies/josh-gad-gay-beauty-and-the-beast-character/index.html . And the final line of this short piece is particularly good: www.vulture.com/2017/03/heres-the-exclusively-gay-moment-in-beauty-and-the-beast.html . (Can you tell I went down an ‘internet hole’ reading about LeFou’s modern incarnation??) Finally, Rob may not have especially warmed to the result, but this was a really interesting article about the CGI transformation of Dan Stevens: www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/beauty-and-the-best-movie-dan-stevens-special-effects . Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - http://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/…

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Top 5 of 2020 34:06

4 years ago34:06