As a Film Student

By As a Film Student

Meet Mon and Nicholas, two film students dedicated to ruining films for themselves by thinking about everything too hard and bringing you their analysis, thoughts and feelings. Don't worry though, thi... more

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The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.

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February 28, 2021 Ep 13 - Cats (2019): A Catastophe (ft. Ashok)
Can you analyse Cats (2019)? Is it possible? Is it even legal? We don't know and we don't care, we're going in anyway. Join Mon, Ash and Nick as they talk about the production and analytical outcome of Cats (2019) and talk about why they will never do a Queens Corgi episode.
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Sources
‘Cats’ Bound To Lose At Least $71M After All Ancillaries: Here’s How
Does The 'Cats' Film Use 'Digital Fur Technology' — Or Animation?
'Cats' director Tom Hooper defends polarizing CGI in musical
Editing the Buttholes Out of ‘Cats’ Was a Total Nightmare
Nick's three blu-ray copies of Cats (2019)
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1h 2min
February 14, 2021 Ep 12 - Cats: The Horrific Backstory
Many scholars have asked the question: “Why is Cats?” and we are no different. Join Mon and Nick as they discover some unfortunate facts about TS Eliot, find a shared past in the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber and shit on a movie that neither of them has seen.
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Other brave souls whomst we cite and stan:
Why is Cats?
Why the Music in Cats (2019) is Worse than you Thought
Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought
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1h 3min
December 26, 2020 Ep 11- A Hallmark Christmas, brought to you by Netflix
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! For the final 2020 episode Mon and Nick dive into three (or four) Christmas films: The Spirit of Christmas, The Princess Switch, The Knight Before Christmas and a cheeky little side of Happiest Season.
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1h 1min
December 07, 2020 Ep 10 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Is it the ultimate Halloween/Christmas film or just what Nick experiences the night before his family comes over for the holidays? It’s both! Join Mon and Nick as they discuss Elliot Page, racism, spicy racism and the inaccuracy of calling it Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas!
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39min
November 27, 2020 Ep 9 - Ratatouille: The art of being cooked (ft. Ash)
Ratatouille: the only good thing that came from France! Join us as we introduce good friend Ash’s sexy voice, Mon ponders how cars in the Cars universe have sex and Nick reveals his hidden past as a cook!
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50min
November 13, 2020 Ep 8 - The Wheel (ft. good friend Eliot)
We're joined by special guest and good friend Eliot to talk about The Wheel (or 2099: The Soldier Protocol, depending on which title you wanna believe). So join us as Mon says "hmm" a few times, Eliot talks about the intricacies of playing a dead body and Nick correctly pronounces Synecdoche!
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59min
October 31, 2020 Ep 7 - The Thing
Who doesn’t love a horror movie? Well, Mon. And a tonne of other people. But not Nick! So join both Mon and Nick as they discuss John Carpenter’s The Thing, horror movies and the horror we find in real life.
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1h 2min
September 29, 2020 Ep 6 - Bee Movie: Meme Machine
Ya like jazz? Join the film students as they shit on Friends (both the show and their own actual friends), Mon dishes out fun facts about bees and Nick fails to not bee a furry!
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Works Cited
A decade on, Bee Movie's creators reflect on its many memes
From monarchists to communists: Bees in the socio-political imagination.
A Complete History of Bee Movie's Many, Many Memes
How Bee Movie Won 2016
DreamWorks and Human and Nonhuman Ecology Escape or Interdependence in Over the Hedge and Bee Movie - Murray Heurrman
Memes in Digital Culture - LIMOR SHIFMAN
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1h 6min
September 21, 2020 Ep 5 - The Avengers: American Gods
You know what it is, they’re the Avengers! Join Mon and Nick as they go to horny jail, talk about a country that neither of them have been to and vow to not discuss masculinity again for at least a week.
CW: Discussion of mental health problems. Lifeline: 13 11 14
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Works Cited
Joss Whedon, A Creative Portrait: From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to The Avenger - David Lavery.
Examining genre conventions in the promotion of Marvel Avengers assemble - Katrina McCorry
'Avengers: Age of Ultron's' Black Widow Disgrace - Marlow Stern.
Black Widow and the Burden of Being the Female Avenge - Shaun Huston
#RepresentationMatters: A Study of Masculinity in the Avengers Movies - Lauren F. Cooke
Avenging American Arrogance: Joss Whedon’s Filmic Post 9/11 Superheroes in The Avengers - Wendy Sterba
Avengers Assemble!: Critical Perspectives on the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Terence McSweeny
Fighting the Battles We Never Could: "The Avengers" and Post-September 11 American Political Identities - Annika Hagley and Michael Harrison
Is It Possible to Make a Hollywood Blockbuster Without Evoking 9/11?
Marvel Movies Are Bringing 9/11 Back to Pop Culture, And It’s Still Too Soon
The Avengers: why Hollywood is no longer afraid to tackle 9/11
Firefly: The Complete Series
Marvel-lous idea? Etihad Stadium renamed after Walt Disney deal
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1h 15min
September 13, 2020 Ep 4 - Happy Feet: Fury Road
Tap-dancing, anti-authoritarian, religious penguins? Join Mon and Nick as they descend down the rabbit hole of George Miller’s best film series, connecting it to the highly inferior* Mad Max series, penguin boobs and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
*Please don't kill me Billy, I was being sarcastic
Warning: References to suicide, but this time they're not jokes. If you're in Australia, the number to Lifeline is 13 11 14.
Tell us if you remember Mumble losing his baby feathers!
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Works Cited
George Miller Interview on Mad Max: Fury Road
“On the politiques des auteurs” – André Bazin, 1957 | Precious Bodily Fluids
How Generation Gaps Work | HowStuffWorks
Our society is obsessed with masculinity, and it’s making me tired | Dejan Jotanovic
Masculine traditions still rule in study of Australian men
Televangelists: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Anti-Religious Symbolism in Happy Feet
Institutions of the Offensive: Domestic Sources of Dispute Initiation in Authoritarian Regimes - Brain Lai and Dan Slater
NRSV Catholic Edition Bible
Happy Feet: The Movie Storybook
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1h 7min

FAQs about As a Film Student:

How many episodes does As a Film Student have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.