This podcast was recorded a couple months ago in preparation for Mark being out of the country. As we mention in the beginning, we just ended up having a meandering conversation about film generally because we were off our usual schedule. If you're not a fan, well, all the jokes can't be good. You have to expect that once in a while.
00:10 Intro (in which Mark calls Bob obscene and it is revealed that the topic was chosen at the last minute)
2:56 Introspective interlude about the nature of this and other podcasts
8:50 Mark's early experiences with film
13:16 Bob's early experiences with film
16:15 Books versus Movies
18:47 Hollywood cannot live up to the power of imagination!
21:05 Bob misremembers a bit combining two of Pascal's Pensees: 11 and 183
27:15 Tokyo Story mentioned, but not spoiled
29:06 Mark hates the MCU
30:33 Is the MCU a retread of the Bond series in a significant way?
38:29 Why LOTR gets a pass from Mark when the MCU doesn't
39:00 Avengers: Endgame spoiler!
43:13 Movies that contain truth
44:04 Hail, Caesar!
47:11 The Nicholas Brothers
48:10 Sonja Henjie
51:17 Everything Everywhere All At Once
53:09 Bob on going to the theater
54:18 Mark on his favorite genre of film
55:27 Falling Down
57:21 Other films coming out soon
58:55 Bob recommends Hell or High Water to Mark
59:43 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and then it devolves into Bob and Mark arguing about actors and films
1:03:43 We fail our first attempt to wrap things up and conclude and instead begin talking about soundtracks
1:04:44 Finally wrap this up and outro
Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
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Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode