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This week on the InSession Film Podcast, we talk about our favorite ambitious, yet flawed movies and why we deeply admire them over mundane mediocrity! We also talk about the current state of cinema discourse and offer up a few thoughts on the late-great Dame Maggie Smith.
– Box Office / Recent Actor Deaths (4:3)
We open the show this week with our weekly segment “Is the Parade On or Off?” talking about the box office. The Wild Robot opens huge for a non-IP animated film and Megalopolis may go down as one of the biggest flops of all-time (expected, but still funny). We then talk about the great Maggie Smith, Kris Kristofferson and John Ashton, who all sadly passed away this last week.
– Cinema Discourse (37:41)
Over the weekend, the great film critic Sean Fennessey had a thread on Twitter talking about the current landscape of cinema discourse, and how it’s reflective of an “overinduldged electorate.” It was a fascinating perspective that we felt inspired to talk about further, and how hopeless the conversation around movies feels most of the time.
– Ambitious “Failure” Movies (1:03:20)
Using Megalopolis as inspiration, we wanted to talk about our favorite movies that are ambitious in its filmmaking and craft, even if that comes at the cost of logic and coherency. There’s something about these bold movies that are still fascinating despite their messy qualities. Meaning, there’s still a lot to love with them most of the time.
– Music
Cloud Atlas Opening Title – Tom Tykwer
Voodoo Mama – Justin Hurwitz
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InSession Film Podcast – Episode 604
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Joker: Folie à Deux
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