Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode features panel conversations and 1:1 interviews offering insights on movies that premiered in a particular season of a year in the past, which were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Jon Laubinger, Jordan Essoe and William Remmers to discuss four titles from the Summer of 1969: Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool, Alberto Isaac’s The Olympics in Mexico, Federico Fellini’s Fellini Satyricon, and Agnes Varda’s Lions Love (…and Lies).

Episode Time Markers

Introduction: 0:00:00 – 0:06:31

Medium Cool: 0:06:32 – 0:53:26

The Olympics in Mexico: 0:53:27 – 1:28:29

Fellini Satyricon: 1:28:30 – 2:20:24

Lions Love (and Lies…): 2:20:25 –  3:19:15

Medium Cool (8/27/69)

Guest: Jon Laubinger

Criterion

Harvard Crimson (1969)

New York Times (1969)

Roger Ebert (1969)

Cole Smithey

Collingswood Patch

Criterion Confessions

Scopophilia

Through the Shattered Lens

The Olympics in Mexico (8/29/69)

Guest: Jordan Essoe

Criterion

YouTube (full movie)

Official IOC site

Wikipedia

Fellini Satyricon (9/3/69)

Guest: Jordan Essoe

Criterion

New York Times (1970)

The Guardian (1970)

Blueprint

Cagey Films

Parallax View

Roger Ebert

Slant

Project Gutenberg (public domain text of Petronius)

LibriVox (free audiobook of Petronius)

Lions Love (…and Lies) (9/20/69)

Guest: William Remmers

Criterion

FilmStruck

The Eclipse Viewer

New York Times (1969)

Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Oscilloscope Laboratories

Ozu’s World

Rupert Pupkin Speaks

Brandon’s Movie Memory

Dennis Grunes

James Rado, Gerome Ragni and “Hair”

Viva’s account of the shooting of Andy Warhol in 1968

Shirley Clarke’s website

More!

Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)

Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)

The Eclipse Viewer

A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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Criterion Reflections logo designed by Brandon Blakeslee

Opening theme music: “Going to the Supermarket” by The Maroons (1980)