Documenteers: The Documentary Podcast

Documenteers: The Documentary Podcast

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  • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
    We’re wrapping up our first full week of THE LEFT HAND ENDEAVOR and you can call it a FEMME FATALE FRIDAY FEAST with a cold side of murder. The original platinum blonde, Lana Turner, is in deep with a wily drifter and they set in motion a plot of murder so that her sad sap husband can be out of the picture while they move on with their happy lives. We’re talking about Tay Garnett’s 1946 adaptation of the steamy James M. Cain novel “THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE”. It stars Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway & Hume Cronyn. Will these tragic lovers find a way to be together or will their desperation be their undoing? Shout out to that cat, by the way. It really stole the show. Absolutely wild how it just climbed the step ladder like that. I love cats. They’re always up to something.
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    Our OG podcast “Documenteers”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249
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    32 min
  • Il Bidone (1955)
    It’s classic noir month, a theme we call THE LEFT HAND ENDEAVOR, and every Thursday in March we go overseas and away from the Hayes code for some Noir classics beyond the English language. Some greatly influenced by classic American noir and one that helped influence it. Today we break the seal on Frederico Fellini for the show and discuss a whimsical crime tale involving some swindlers that may be amongst the worst scumbags we see all month. They dress like clergy and con peasants out of their money and it seems as much a playful hobby as it is a moneymaking endeavor. It’s a “Left Handed Endeavor” you might say. It’s all a party until wives, estranged daughters and children stricken with polio come into the picture. We’re discussing Fellini’s 1955 Italian crime tragedy “IL BIDONE” starring Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina & Richard Basehart. That New Year’s party seemed to be popping. Probably would have been more fun if you didn’t have to keep checking your pockets. Of course we got a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8cdmtZiMUM
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    Our OG podcast “Documenteers”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249
    Soundcloud feed: https://soundcloud.com/documenteers
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    32 min
  • They Live By Night (1948)
    THE LEFT HAND ENDEAVOR is this month’s theme and that means classic noir 5 days a week. Bob loves this shit so we’re all gonna overdose on it. No drug use under the Hays Code, though. We got ourselves a lovely little “noirmance” from “Rebel Without a Cause” director Nicholas Ray. This is actually Ray’s debut film and it’s a very worthy noir gem that most folks may not have heard about. We’re talking about “THEY LIVE BY NIGHT” from 1948. It stars Farley Granger and Cathy O’Donnell in an incredibly sincere and believable romance that is cornered by the dark realities of the kind of world that all of our characters this month are forced to live in. A beautifully shot love story that connects until it inevitably rips you apart. This world is too hard on true love.
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    30 min
  • Gilda (1946)
    Alright, you scoundrels. March’s theme of THE LEFT HAND ENDEAVOR is in full effect. That means all classic film noir, see? That means dangerous dames and Switchblade Sammies out the wazoo, see? We’re going a little bit beyond the typical top 10 noir suggestions but we definitely got some heavy hitters out the gate and today is no exception because we’re talking about Charles Vidor’s iconic and influential film from 1946, “GILDA” starring the bright and shiny Rita Hayworth alongside Glenn Ford. Your grandpa or great grandpa might have busted to this movie back in the day. Perhaps they watched it and then went home to contribute to your lineage while thinking of that hair whip. Them boys up in Shawshank sure got their sheets sticky over it. This influential film has pretty bizarre plot points and plenty of hair whipping going on but it looks sharp as hell and establishes what initially feels like the ultimate femme fatale. It becomes a bit more of a romance than other noir selections this month. You might call it a “Noirmance”. We also talk a little bit about the Hays Code and how that may have effected some classic noir choices. All in glorious black and white. Oh hey, look at what I found: https://archive.org/details/gilda-1946_202106
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    31 min
  • Double Indemnity (1944)
    Hot damn! It’s March! That means it’s time for a whole new MOVIEHUMPERS theme and all month long we will discussing a whole “orgy” of underworld endeavors that we’re calling “THE LEFT HAND ENDEAVOR”. Maybe not too much “orgy” though because most of our talks fall under the Hollywood Hayes code which needlessly censored subject US movies but sometimes presented parameters that lent films to some creative techniques. It’s classic film noir all damn month. Every weekday we discuss a classic film noir in the same vein as our “HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST” month. Let’s get this started right with a Billy Wilder standard setter co-written by the great influencer of the genre, Raymond Chandler. This one pushed the boundaries of the code in a sordid tale of lust, fraud and murder and enthusiasts already know we’re discussing the 1944 film noir classic “DOUBLE INDEMNITY” starring Fred MacMurray in a fairly uncommon role for him, Barbera Stanwick as the lethal bombshell and Edward G. Robinson in a clever and unique role himself. See for yourself why this movie gets near universal acclaim by clicking on this link: https://archive.org/details/1944-double-indemnity-billy-wilder-vose and make sure you hang out with us all month long for a plethora of classic noir discussions.
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    Our OG podcast “Documenteers”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249
    Soundcloud feed: https://soundcloud.com/documenteers
    Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/culturewrought
    43 min
  • Epidemic (1987)
    This year really seems like it’s gonna be a von Trier kinda year. Sad and cruel with a warped sense of humor. That’s why we’re gonna be discussing Lars von Trier movies about once a month all year long. Twelve of these movies with the last one being about a serial killer. That will be perfect for Christmastime but it is the end of February right now and we’re halfway through the Europe Trilogy with 1987’s “EPIDEMIC” It does have an epidemic occurring within it but it’s also an epidemic movie that is being written within the movie and it stars von Trier and his co-writer Niels Vørsel. They can’t remember that they wrote the previous movie we discussed so they write and pandemic movie and the lead character in “Epidemic” is also the carrier of the epidemic but you know that ahead of time. Also, there is an epidemic. There are moments of tedious horror but this is very much more of a comedy. And that song. You’ll hear it if you hit this up. These will get drearier as we go further.
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    Our OG podcast “Documenteers”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249
    Soundcloud feed: https://soundcloud.com/documenteers
    Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/culturewrought
    27 min
  • Past Lives (2023)
    We wrap up what is left of the 2024 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees that we hadn’t gotten to yet with a nice little romantic drama about love, destiny and the nature of relationships. Nora left her childhood love, Hae Sung, in Korea when her family emigrated to Canada. They reconnect in their twenties online for a friendship with overwhelming emotion. Years later Nora has married a man she met on a writing retreat while Hae Sung served in the military and traveled to China. Now Hae Sung comes to New York to finally meet, in person, the woman he has been emotionally tethered to for the first time since their childhood. We’re talking about Celine Song’s “PAST LIVES” starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo & John Magaro. It probably won’t get all the awards. It’s only nominated for two Oscars and one of them is fuckin’ best picture. Damn I woulda probably nominated Greta Lee & Teo Yoo. They did some good stuff here. Ah well. Ain’t our ceremony. We’re predicting that they will pick Oppenheimer. The funniest Best Picture winner would be Maestro, hands down. Anyway, you can watch “PAST LIVES” on Paramount Plus as of this drop so trade your Netflix password for your cousin’s Paramount password and check this one out. Fucking feel it.
    Past Lives Oscar Nominations
    Best Picture
    Best Writing / Original Screenplay
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    21 min

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Bob Sham and Angela (former Documenteers hosts)have expanded their film discussion into broader waters with MOVIEHUMPERS. This feed is the one stop shop for our classic and current shows.