Are we all Materialists? Dialectical Materialists? Or are we souls caught in samsara, with many Past Lives? In this episode about Celine Song's two films, we do not ask those questions. Not really. We ask these ones: Is it possible that being too smart can actually be a problem when it comes to writing films? Why is conflict so important, and why do films fail when you don't have enough conflict? What is the state of the drama and the rom-com today? And why are Celine Song's films both about women caught between 2 perfect men with total patience who are 100% in love and dedicated to her even though she sucks???Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodWe are on youtube, spotify, and apple podcasts!Josh's links:▶️Find me on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@josh_from_xboxlive🌐Request story notes: https://www.jgscammell.com/ᯤ Spotify feed for my videos: https://open.spotify.com/show/24AHrJ6b1yA0V2WIfXt8KK?si=kKoEms1nQBKpRM7o9yP6JQ✍️Check out my writing: https://yeshua.substack.com/📹Bonus videos here: https://www.patreon.com/Josh_from_xbolive📸 My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josh_from_xboxlive/🟠🟢🔵 My Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jeshuam/
Where all the voyeurs at? Are we all voyeurs in the digital era? Or are we all exhibitionists? Or is there a third term, somewhere in between the two? How does our new digital, late-capitalist ideology influence this regime of "the gaze"? Is there such thing as a "female gaze"? And who the hell is Laura Mulvey? All this and more in this week's episode.
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What are the Sins of modern cinema? How many of these Sins does Sinners commit? Is Ryan Coogler a cinema Sinner? Are we all cinema Sinners, or just USC grads? When will the cinema Messiah return to save our souls?
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In this very special episode, we are joined by legendary youtuber and screenwriter Hartwell (Local (previously known as LocalScriptMan). We discuss Superman (2025), the future of the superhero film, the future of film in general, and the great animated film The Prince of Egypt (1998), among many (many) other things. Allow us to wax poetic in your ear.Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodWe are also on spotify and apple podcasts!#filmpodcast #film #podcastshows
What is the unique power of the B film? What makes it so special? Why can it get away with more than the A film? Why are we not seeing as many B films these days? Why must everything take itself so damn seriously? Have you ever heard of Angel (1984)? Me neither.Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodWe are also on spotify and apple podcasts!#filmpodcast #film #podcastshows
What is the secret to a good adaptation? Is it all about fidelity to the source material, or is there more to it? Should artists NOT express their own ideas when doing an adaptation? Is the real problem with contemporary adaptations merely their lack of respect for the source material, or are there deeper problems? And why is Raymond Chandler the best writer ever?Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodWe are also on youtube!#filmpodcast #film #podcastshows
Michael Bay. We all know him. We have all hated him. But is it time for us all to love him? What can Michael Bay do that no other filmmaker can? What are his politics (if any)? What can he teach us? What is his signature apart from flashy visuals? What innovations has he contributed to the medium and the artform? Find out here.Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpod#filmpodcast #film #podcastshows
Where is the experimental cinema of the 21st century? Why does Paul Schrader love I Saw the TV Glow so much? Is the classical screenplay dying? Is it cool to have blank slate protagonists? What is happening to mise-en-scene in the current era of filmmaking?Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpod#filmpodcast #film #podcastshows
Is love inherently violent? Does romance require an act of violence? Are humans inherently violent? Are they inherently romantic? Do we always glamorous violence? Are there different kinds of violence? When will MK Ultra leave us alone? Is Adolescence state propaganda advocating for further surveillance? Do we need more surveillance? Can you smell what the Rock is cooking?Please send us hate mail:EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.comINSTA: haventseenpodLETTERBOXD: haventseenpod#podcast #film #philosophy
Does Yorgos Lanthimos hate cinema? Does he hate this medium? And why? Is his shtick surface level antics, or is there more going on besides a vulgar self-reflexivity? How do his early films compare to his later ones? How do people feel about his work back home in Greece? Why is it important to be true to where you're from? Will Josh ever do the slightest bit of research, or will he insist on getting simple facts wrong? We're joined by the legendary (at least 20 feet tall) filmmaker Paolo Antypas to discuss what the hell is up with Yorgos Lanthimos' first film, Kinetta from 2005. Warning: very high IQ takes. [Sorry for the hiatus! More episodes on the way.]
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In this episode, we get to the bottom of WHAT MAKES DAVID'S FILMS SO SPECIAL. We advance a vaguely Jungian reading of his work, while also advancing a vaguely Shamanistic reading of his work, while also grappling with Mark Frost's claim that David is "anti-psychological." What did he mean by this? Join us in celebrating one of America's greatest artists in any medium. Rest in peace, David Keith Lynch#davidlynch #podcast #filmpodcast
In this rapid-fire episode, we tackle every film that listeners have suggested we cover, INCLUDING:
Quills (2000) dir Philip KaufmanMr. Klein (1976) dir Joseph LoseyA Matter of Life and Death (1946) dir Emeric Pressburger, Michael PowellIt's Always Fair Weather (1951) dir Gene Kelly, Stanley DonenShanghai Express (1932) dir Josef von SternbergMephisto (1981) dir István SzabóFearless (1993) dir Robert F. HillSleuth (1972) dir Joseph L. MankiewiczThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) dir Ronald NeameMikey and Nicky (1976) dir Elaine MayBlonde (2022) dir Andrew DominikCity of God (2002) dir Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund12 Angry Men (1957) dir Sidney LumetM (1931) dir Fritz LangAnatomy of a Murder (1959) dir Otto PremingerTokyo Story dir (1953) dir Yasujirō OzuThe Wages of Fear dir (1953) dir Henri-Georges ClouzotAll About Eve (1950) dir Joseph L. MankiewiczThe Third Man dir (1949) dir Carol ReedSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) dir Jeff FowlerUnder the Skin (2013) dir Jonathan GlazerNocturnal Animals (2016) dir Tom FordEx Machina (2014) dir Alex GarlandThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) dir Justin LinDumb and Dumber (1994) dir Peter FarrellyDune ???? WHICH ONE? What Did Jack Do (2017) dir David LynchThe Social Network (2010) dir David Fincher
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Does Nosferatu 2024 have a unique perspective compared to the 1922 and the 1979 versions? Is Eggers' the best young auteur of the 21st century? Are his films too reliant on art direction vs theme? Are they just more "elevated horror" or is there something deeper going on here? And who the hell is Van Helsing!??! Some might see the stylized but stilted approach of Nosferatu (2024) and call it "mannered." I think that's fair, but in defence of the film it is something of a treatise on what it means to be "mannered," that is: to be a rationalized, uprooted, civilized westerner...
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Is Barbie (2023) a feminist film? Is Oppenheimer (2023) a masculinist one? Or is it possible that they both inadequately explore the feminine side of our psyches? Is it possible that Barbie is not feminist *enough*? What would Marie-Louise von Franz think of the corporate feminism of Barbie? Is it cool to be a stereotypical male feminist on a podcast in 2024? Probably not.
FYI the book we called "Wild Woman" by "Mary Pinkola" is actually "Women Who Run With the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Woops.
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Auteur cinema is in shambles. We have few filmmakers out here, creating personal visions and dream projects. We need more art and less content. We need auteur cinema! But we also need honest and brutal criticism. We need to hold ideas accountable; we need to demand better execution. Because... We will get what we tolerate! Damien Chazelle, we believe in you man! Please send us hate mail: EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.com INSTA: haventseenpod LETTERBOXD: haventseenpod https://linktr.ee/haventseenpod
“The death of a social machine has never been heralded by a disharmony or a dysfunction; on the contrary, social machines make a habit of feeding on the contradictions they give rise to, on the crises they provoke, on the anxieties they engender, and on the infernal operations they regenerate. Capitalism has learned this, and has ceased doubting itself, while even socialists have abandoned belief in the possibility of capitalism's natural death by attrition. No one has ever died from contradictions. And the more it breaks down, the more it schizophrenizes, the better it works, the American way.” ― Felix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze, Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia Hey, if you're a fan of this film--no problem, we are still friends, and we love you. Be warned: this episode IS a critique. We're not saying this film is deep state propaganda, but we are saying this is a religious film, whose focus is not storytelling but metaphysics. The "breakdown of the multiverse" seems to be less of a hazard, and more of an integral part to how capitalism sustains itself. As Deleuze (almost) says above, "No one has ever died of a plot hole," but by golly we nearly did! And yet the plot holes seem to be the very point to this movie, launching the characters from one nonsensical detour to the next (curtailing any attempt to bring the fragmented story into a grounded unity), only for everything to end where it began, with a nuclear family running a business and happily paying their taxes. I remember a similar film, where a man named Morpheus smirks while describing "paying your taxes" as the hallmark of a mind that has been colonized by the Matrix.
As Zizek hath said, "It is easier to imagine the collapse of the multiverse than the end of capitalism." This is the Capitalist Realist film par excellance (RIP Mark Fisher). The multiverse concept is the great wet dream of cartesian statistical delusion. It's a vision of infinity without divinity; a sort of Stalinist capitalism of constant revolution but no real change. "The more it breaks down... the better it works." This is a film that reifies the status quo and celebrates a soulless cynicism. "Everything sucks, so you might as well be nice." When CERN takes over the world, the multiverse will be the state religion, and this film will be the bible.
The boys are joined by fellow filmmaker/podcaster Ernesto Sandoval to talk about their repressed Pokémon memories. They answers questions like: Did you cry? How much did you cry? Is the worldbuilding in Pokémon woke or broke? Why did you cry? Why did everyone and their mom get obsessed with Pokémon back in the day? Stop crying. What does the writing get right and wrong in this film? Are you still crying? Why is Ernesto Sandoval so cute? Find Ernesto's podcast Twin Films here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-films/id1725182018 Please send us hate mail: EMAIL: hello@haventseenitpod.com INSTA: haventseenpod LETTERBOXD: haventseenpod https://linktr.ee/haventseenpod
Why? What is going on with Francis Ford Coppola? Why is this the film he's dreamed about for decades? What is the role of the artist in the future? Does the artist create the future? What the hell is going on in this screenplay? What is Megalon? Is "All You Need Is Love" still true? In this follow-up episode (no need to hear the previous Megalopolis episode) the boys delve into these questions.
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Is Joker 2 an inside job? Why are studios committing seppuku? Is this a deliberate attempt to destroy the film industry? Why do you think Todd Phillips is attacking the fans of his film, rather than interrogating his own storytelling? Do we really need another anti-film film? Another anti-superhero superhero? Do we need to deconstruct the deconstruction of the deconstruction? Or should we just grow up and make a good movie?
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Is techno-utopianism the answer? Is the auteur self-insert still cool? Is the future of cinema big budget TikToks? Is THIS the legendary director's magnum opus? Or just a big budget fart? Or something in the middle? It seems like Francis Ford Coppola's newest work is polarizing to say the least. Watch the boys struggle to put to words how they feel about the beautiful mess that is Megalopolis.