Cinematic Breadcrumbs

This week your host Elise Hernke and special guest Phillip Yancey of @coyotemustache talk the 1975 summer blockbuster of all summer blockbusters "Jaws" and do a draft pick of their top Steven Spielberg and John Williams (composer) collaborations.

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This week we dive into the movie "A Bigger Splash" (2015) a remake, and the film its based on on, the 1969 French film "La Piscine" AKA "The Swimming Pool" (which was also filmed entirely in English as well). "A Bigger Splash" was made by CMBYN's Luca Guadagnino and stars Tilda Swinton,  Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson and Ralph Fiennes. The 1969 original stars Romy Schneider, Alain Dolan, Maurice Ronet and freaking baby JANE BIRKIN.

These movies are amazing and actually were the inspiration behind this entire aspirational summer series, but they also leave a lot of room for discussion. SO MANY QUESTIONS. I attempt to deep-dive into all the different aspects of the films side by side to try to understand each character in their varied forms - Marianne, Jean-Paul (or Paul), Harry and Penelope.

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Venturing further into the sunkissed, sundrenched sweltering sizzling summer series with one of my personal favorites, "Overboard" - the original 1987 cult classic directed by Garry Marshall led by long time Hollywood couple Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.

This film is a fun watch, but also I wanted to highlight the career and life of Wayne A. Finkelman - the incredibly brilliant costume designer behind this film and several others, who passed away far too young in 1994. The Hollywood Heritage Museum curated an exhibit in honor of him and his work in this film in partnership with the Western Costume Co. who dedicated their research library to him. Follow Heath Daniels curation of Finkelman's work and support the exhibits expansion here.

DIVE IN with me!

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This episode kicks off the Sizzling Summer series which is all movies that *feel* like summer to me. Due to current events, I wanted to start with a fun & sexy, but also very important film, the 1987 iconic hit "Dirty Dancing."

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Informative Resource for Roe vs. Wade

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This episode we highlight Queer Opera Company's First Feature "Orfeo" with Special Guest Liz Kiger, dive into the various on-screen adaptations of the Greek story about Orpheus and Eurydice & celebrate pride on film through some recent highlights.

For more pride on Cinematic Breadcrumbs, peep the Drag on screen episode ft. Katy Cardin.

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This week we dive into "Under The Silver Lake" (2018) directed by David Robert Mitchell  that takes place in your host Elise Hernke's new neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. This film, starring Andrew Garfield and Riley Keough, is heavy on the references and symbolism - a labyrinth of clues, but where do they lead? We analyze several of the films conspiracy theories, the idolization of Hollywood, the disillusionment and who was THE DOG KILLER??

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In this special episode of Cinematic Breadcrumbs podcast, we take a look at the new feature "My Dead Dad" (2021), co-written, produced by and starring Pedro Correa, about a young burnout who inherits an apartment complex when his estranged father passes away.  We get the pleasure of talking to Pedro Correa himself, as well as set photographer and friend of the pod, Aaron Grimes, who also worked on the film.

The film will be released in HBO MAX on June 1st, so be sure to check it out!!!

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This week we breakdown the life and times of the enigmatic legend Nicolas Cage and take a look at his new movie "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" (2022) - a very meta comedy with a somewhat undefinable genre where Cage plays himself. I also talk about the Met Gala & the terrible ABBA dance party I attended. 

Now seemed as good a time as any for your host to finally go down the Internet rabbit hole of Nicolas Cage's life that can only be described as baffling. From his most extreme method acting moments ("Nouveau Shamanic") to his most ostentatious (bizarre) purchases, we look at what makes Nicolas Cage, well, Nicolas Cage, and why this movie would not work with anyone else.

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On this week, I brought on my long-time friend Aaron Jacobi to break down the new Batman film, directed by Matt Reeves. We discuss the characters and directors storytelling choices in grave detail and also try to convince you that Cinematic Breadcrumbs should have a recurring series where Aaron joins and we just keep talking about Batman.

Specifically we take a look at The Riddler, The Penguin, Batman & Catwoman in all their various on-screen adaptations, the Batman universe origin stories, the tonal change from the 1980s Batman to now, and why this Batman is the most relevant for audiences right now.

You can support Aaron by supporting Stereoscope Coffee wherever you see it or follow his photography and life at @asjacobi on Instagram (he also says you can DM him to talk more about Batman).

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In this episode, I revisit one of my favorite indie darlings, "The Place Beyond The Pines" (2012), which lead me on a journey of finding crazy connections between this movie, my favorite artist (Justin Vernon/Bon Iver) and one of my favorite beloved actors, Heath Ledger.

The film directed by Derek Cianfrance, starring Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes, came out 10 years ago this year! Since then, the lead couple became a couple in real life and had children of their own, a documentary about Heath Ledger came out ("I Am Heath Ledger" released in 2017) and Justin Vernon celebrated the 10 year anniversary of his Grammy winning album, self-titled Bon Iver. So this episode is basically dedicated to celebrating those things. 

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