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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1930 film With Byrd at the South Pole. I'm joined by Kevin Pettit who writes the See You At the Movies newsletter, and we talk about how the film is essentially a silent film in a world that has fully transitioned to talkies, how the editing of the film made a huge difference on the feel of what we see on screen, and the spectacular images that the cinematographers brought back that led to the film winning Best Cinematography.

You can watch With Byrd at the South Pole on YouTube or grab a copy of the film on DVD for yourself, and be sure to check out Kevin's newsletter.

Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• The Notebook directed by Nick Cassavetes
• A Woman Under the Influence directed by John Cassavetes
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off directed by John Hughes
• The Thing directed by John Carpenter
• The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irvin Kershner
• The Lighthouse directed by Robert Eggers
• There Will Be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
• King Kong (1933) directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
• Wings directed by William A. Wellman
• Marty Supreme directed by Josh Safdie
• King Kong (1976) directed by John Guillermin
• Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles
• Bowling for Columbine directed by Michael Moore
• The Broadway Melody directed by Harry Beaumont
• All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone

Other referenced topics:

• The Terror (series)
• Movie scrapbook at the oDartmouth College archives

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