In Part 6 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid find our first realistic depiction of working-class people in an unexpected place and a wave of films critiquing the establishment, but lacking depth.
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In Part 5 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid see the beginnings of systemic criticism start to appear in film against the backdrop of the Occupy movement and global civil unrest.
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In Part 4 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid explore the initial takes that attempted to explain the cause of the crisis through film.
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In Part 3 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid explore what layoffs, bailouts, and defaults meant for movies in the year immediately after the crisis.
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In Part 2 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid pick up in the midst of the Crisis of 2008 to examine the films that hit it big that year and discover why those films thrived in the chaos.
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In Part 1 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid establish a baseline for comparison by examining movies embraced by the masses just before The Financial Crisis.
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Hell or High Water, 2016, directed by David Mackenzie
The Big Short, 2015, directed by Adam McKay
The Deer Hunter, 1978, directed by Michael Cimino
Kelly's Heroes, 1970, directed by Brian G. Hutton
M*A*S*H, 1970, directed by Robert Altman
The Devil Wears Prada, 2006, directed by David Frankel
The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006, directed by Gabriele Muccino
The Guardian: Peter Bradshaw review of The Pursuit of Happyness
The New York Times: Manohla Dargis review of The Pursuit of Happyness
Crash, 2004, directed by Paul Haggis
The Aviator, 2004, directed by Martin Scorsese
V for Vendetta, 2005, directed by James McTeigue
Flight Club, 1999, directed by David Fincher
Office Space, 1999, directed by Mike Judge
Clockwatchers, 1997, directed by Jill Sprecher
In this final part of this season on "Patter", Tori quizzes Dávid on the way that gangsters, film noir, and hardboiled detectives speak in movies. They also cover how "screwball" and other types of comedy of the 30s and 40s influenced this style of speaking and how it evolved through the 60s and beyond.
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In Part 1 (of 2) of this season on "Patter", Tori and Dávid discuss the way that gangsters, hardboiled detectives, and tough guys talk in the movies of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, and how it changed over time.
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In Part 4, the last part of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid discuss unusual Act 1 structures that don't follow the standard Hero's Journey.
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In Part 3 of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid dunk on bad Act 1s and talk about why they fail so hard.
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In Part 2 of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid discuss how a voiceover can help or hurt Act 1 of a movie.
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In Part 1 of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid discuss the basics of Act 1 structure and begin to identify what makes a good or bad Act 1 of a movie.
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