This week our fearful hosts take us through the dangers of the life of Charles Foster Kane in the Classic Film Marathon and then move on to review the French film The Class for you the listener.
Show Notes:
Discussion:
What we watched this Week
- Douglas [00:02:50]:
- Damion [00:08:12] :
- NBA Playoffs
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- High Noon
- Sergio Leone Trilogy [A Fistful of Dollars/A Few Dollars More/The Good, The Bad and The Ugly]
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Before Sunset vs. Before Sunrise [00:14:54]
- Andrew [00:20:31]:
Classic Film Marathon:
Citizen Kane [1941] [00:30:20]
News:
- John Lithgow added to S4 of Dexter [01:04:54]
- Avatar Images [01:08:05]
- Lemony Snicket’s Sequel possible [01:10:49]
Trailers:
- Dow Jones [01:12:35]
- Mr. Nobody [01:19:03]
- The Surrogates [01:25:40]
Feature Review:
The Class [01:34:00]
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Way late on commenting here but on the classic-choices, one thing to remember is the context of why people talk about the and the influence of the film.
I watched High Noon a while back and had a similar reaction (read: Wha?) but it turns out it was actually not so much about just being a western but commentary on inaction of the time (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/trivia).
With Citizen Kane, it's really not the plot or story that is what people talk about, but the innovations in filmmaking techniques (deep focus, shooting from extremely low angles) which now is old news, but it was new then (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_kane).
I see a lot of classics sight unseen and without research, but sometimes after then fact have to dig a bit to see what the fuss is about.