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This week on the InSession Film Podcast, we continue our Best Picture Movie Series with the John Ford 1941 film How Green Was My Valley! We also talk about the box office to The Fall Guy and the dumb CODA discourse from last week.
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– Spider-Man 2 / Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (0:40)
It wasn’t the original plan, but we open the show with a segment where we (once again) discuss Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2. There are some things about the film that JD didn’t get a chance to talk about last week in regards to his “religious experience” from last week. With Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes coming out this weekend, we also talk about the first reactions to the film from critics and how surprising they were compared to our expectations.
– The Fall Guy / CODA / Bernard Hill (26:42)
To begin the actual show, we talk about the box office disappointment to The Fall Guy and the polarized discourse that followed. Some see it as the end of Hollywood while others simply see as a victim of rolling the dice. Speaking of disappointment, we also talk about the (really dumb) CODA discourse that sparked over the weekend and how once again “turning art into sports” is rearing its ugly head. We end the segment by briefly talking about Bernard Hill, who sadly passed away over the weekend.
– Best Picture Movie Series: How Green Was My Valley (1:16:00)
We continue our Best Picture Movie Series in the 1940s with John Ford’s Oscar-winning film How Green Was My Valley. There’s some fun irony here given the film’s reputation as a winner who beat the likes of Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon, two films that have a more revered reputation. How Green Was My Valley could easily be looked upon as another CODA, however we do our best to distinguish how they’re not exactly the same. The trap is there, but we actively avoid disparaging How Green Was My Valley because of awards.
– Music
Apes Together Strong – Michael Giacchino
The Family and Bronwen – Alfred Newman
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InSession Film Podcast – Episode 582
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Best Picture Movie Series: Mrs. Miniver
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