58: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Part 2)

I give a more in-depth analysis of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, as opposed to the existential diatribe that last week's episode was. 

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57: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Part 1)

How long can I talk about a movie without actually talking about the movie? In the spirit of Tom Stoppard's 1990 film Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, I ramble on for ten minutes about the nature of plays, what it means to experience something live, and a few things about the meaning of life. Meta, right?

Tomorrow's episode is going to focus much more on the details of the movie like a normal episode. 

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56: Les Miserables

The next stage-to-screen adaptation this week is 2012's Les Miserables, which has an interesting philosophy towards its theatrical roots. It constrains a massive operatic production into a series of muttered songs and extreme close-ups.

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55: Glengarry Glen Ross

Today, Glengarry Glen Ross kicks off a week full of movies based on plays. The 1992 movie takes an incredible cast and a legendary screenplay and manages to put it onscreen in a way that can never be done again.

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54: Found Footage

It's a long one today! I talk about the best and worst examples of found footage horror movies. Topics include studio hype machines, luck versus dedication, and whether or not people really buy into these movies. 

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