Introducing A New Monthly Podcast: The Movie Club
We’ve been cooking up a little surprise for you guys over the past month or so that we didn’t really announce up until now because we weren’t too sure how it was going to work. Basically, we’ve been talking with Andrew and Kurt from the Movie Patron Cinecast and Marina from Mad About Movies about collaborating on a monthly group podcast that would simply involve watching some particularly noteworthy films and dissecting them. Not so much from an academic or critical point of view, but just from a personal enjoyment point of view, discussing what we got out of each movie and how it fits into the world of cinema at large. The idea is to make it sort of like a “book club” for movies, where we announce what we’re going to watch ahead of time, and you can watch it and then follow along with us afterwards.
So this week we managed to hook up on the internet via Skype and record an episode. It was just supposed to be sort of a test run, but we think it turned out good enough to share with all of you. Unfortunately Marina and Greg couldn’t make it, but hopefully they will be involved in future episodes (and who knows, maybe some other rotating contributors as well). The movies featured in this first episode are: Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Todd Field’s Little Children. Keep in mind that since the intention is for these discussions to dig a little deeper than a review, there can and will be spoilers. Have a listen and let us know what you think; also feel free to send in suggestions for movies to talk about in forthcoming episodes. (Note: We’ll be setting up a separate page and RSS feed in the next week or so.)
Next month: Gimme Shelter and Duck You Sucker (aka A Fistful of Dynamite).
» Related Link: The Movie Club Podcast: Episode 1 (60 MB)
Comments (13)
i havent listened to it yet, but MoviePatron & FilmJunk working together is the greatest podcasting day of my life.
Posted by Goon on October 5th, 2007Fanboy.
I, on the other hand, HAVE listened and I think it’s a good idea. A little heavy on the praising, but I guess the point is to select movies you like? Calling them perfect may be pushing it a bit though. But I guess if you consider ‘perfect’ to be ‘on the same level as Chasing Amy’, I can understand.
What’s with not getting the joke about writing affairs though? Lighten up!
Posted by Henrik on October 5th, 2007Kurt and Andrew on Cinecast already pretty much do this kind of review when they don’t care about mentioning spoilers. I especially loved their Grindhouse review where they talked about it for 90minutes.
Technically, skype worked as well as you can make it I guess. Hopefully you guys occassionally pick movies that are on either film junk or movie patron’s top 100 films. I’d love to hear you guys talk about a Scorsese film such as Taxi Driver. Maybe some contemporary classic french films like La Haine.
Posted by Primal on October 5th, 2007I will definitely look forward to these monthly podcasts. I haven’t checked out the other podcasts you’re grouping with but surely will. All I can say beforhand is: great pick with Ghost Dog!
Posted by Julien on October 5th, 2007Cool. I look forward to the Ghost Dog discussion.
Posted by Ian on October 5th, 2007This was a pleasant surprise. I’m looking forward to the next episode, and plan to bump Duck, You Sucker to the top of my Netflix so I’ll have a better understanding of at least one film you’ll be reviewing (I’ve yet to see either Ghost Dog or Little Children, though they are both on my queue).
My only real complaint is that one of your correspondents kept cutting out in the middle of his sentences. I know this is Skype’s fault and not your own, but it’s really all I can think of to complain about. Good work, fellas.
Posted by Rian on October 5th, 2007Thanks guys.
Rian: Kurt and Andrew apparently do their own podcast using Yahoo Messenger Chat instead of Skype and they find it works a lot better. We may have to try that next time.
Posted by Sean on October 6th, 2007i kinda want to see Gimme Shelter by the next show… would i care about it if i dont like the Stones?
Posted by Goon on October 6th, 2007Yes. You enjoyed Some Kind of Monster, right? It’s as good as that.
Posted by Henrik on October 6th, 2007good. i hope so. i mean, i dont HATE the stones, i just dont want to watch just concert footage, knowhutimean? i want it to be a lot more than that…
Posted by Goon on October 6th, 2007for the record though, i probably am a bigger (though not BIG) metallica fan and know more about their personal history, which im sure helped my enjoyment of SKOM
Sounds like a brilliant idea, I can’t wait to listen in!
Posted by Shannon the Movie Moxie on October 6th, 2007Well Metallica fucking rules and Enter Sandman can kick Gimme Shelter’s ass anyday.
There is a concert in Gimme Shelter and I think you’ll enjoy what they do with that.
Posted by Henrik on October 6th, 2007Hey Guys. Glad you liked the show, and the film selections. I don’t think we will always pick films that we ‘love’ (in fact, when I picked Ghost Dog, I had yet to actually see it!) Little Children on the other hand was well loved by all four of us, so yea, lots of praising going on. That’s good though, the film deserves and needs a boost.
Anyway, I think I’m the only one who has seen the ‘full version’ of Fist Full of Dynamite known as DUCK YOU SUCKER, and I’m expecting some dissent amongst the ‘club’ so it should make for some interesting conversation.
As for GIMME SHELTER, the stones are almost besides the point here, the Doc is much more about the bad hang-over (WRIT LARGE) that remained after the summer of Love and all that. The near-boiling anger and rage by the crowd can only be likened to when you are in a bar and somehow everyone knows that a big fist-fight is imminent. Should be a good discussion, as for a Doc. GIMME SHELTER is quite cinematic!
Cheers.
Posted by Kurt on October 7th, 2007KuRt.
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