Oeuvre Busters presents...

On this jokers-are-wild episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Mark Pagan and Randy Wilkins to discuss Joker (2019), directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Frances Conroy. Topics discussed: Sopranos avatars; cathartic dancing; Thomas Wayne: major asshole; anticomedy. Also, Logan!

Topics not discussed: Edward Said’s controversial lecture, Freud and the non-European, a talk actually banned by the Freud institute in Vienna. Those Freudians sure are sensitive.     

For more info on our amazing guests, please follow the links below:

Dear Spike Lee

Other Men Need Help

Randy on Twitter

Mark Pagan on Twitter

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Terrible! Unreal! No passion!

Husbands is back, baby! Recently released by Criterion, available TODAY on The Criterion Channel, and selected as Indiewire's streamer of the day, what better time to release our episode on the movie that inspired this entire podcast!

Cassavetes' film on toxic men features one of the all-time great performances from Ben Gazzara. This movie is painful, long, incredible, and an essential film. We hope you enjoy this early episode from the show!

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On this legotastic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George invite good friend Matthew Krol, from The Only Podcast About Movies, to discuss Lego Batman, starring Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson and Ralph Fiennes, and is directed by Chris McKay.

Topics discussed: kissing cousins; Batman: angry dude and tax dodger; Platonic friends; the politics of vigilantism; and fuck Clayface. Also, Dunkirk! Where are the fascists?!?

Topics not discussed: Allen Ginsberg’s attempt in 1967 to levitate the Pentagon into space using Tibetan prayer. 

Matt and Shahir's excellent podcast can be found here: http://www.onlymoviepodcast.com/

Places that need your support during these trying times:

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On this justifiably awesome episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss 2017’s Justice League, directed by Zack Snyder and starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, and Jason Momoa. Topics discussed: mother boxes; Armond White: to troll or not to troll?; brown cinematic sludge; manly men. And the worse people in the world got what they wanted! Topics not discussed? C.L.R James’s revolutionary reappraisal of the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins. A must read, especially now! Read him!

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Black Lives Matter.

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On this very antagonistic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Michael Carroll to discuss Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), directed by Zach Snyder and starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, and Gal Gadot. Topics discussed: corporate art vs. non-corporate art; Ben Affleck’s body vs. Henry Cavill’s body vs. Gal Gadot's body; visionary style vs. style style; studio product vs. Cassavetes product; Schumacher vs. Snyder. Also, crisis mismanagement!

Topics not discussed: The canzoni of Arnaut Daniel, 12th century troubadour.

Michael Carroll is the host of the forthcoming podcast "Judgement Day: T2 Vs Cinema." Follow him on Instagram at @judgementdaypod and if you're interested in pitting your favorite films against Terminator 2 email him at [email protected]

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This week, based on a question from a listener, we sat down with filmmaker pal Shaun Seneviratne to talk about Manny Farber's influential theory of White Elephant Art and Termite Art. We talk about what the theory means, whether one type is good or bad, and whether Batman films are an elephant or termite. Finally, we discuss Liam's solo record, Neon Elephant.

Shaun Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan-American filmmaker and educator in Brooklyn, NY. His past work has screened at festivals such as Nantucket, Montclair, CAAM, and San Diego Asian Film Festival. Currently, Shaun is developing his first feature film and teaches film production at the Brooklyn STEAM Center, as well as film history and visual storytelling at Pace University.

Follow Shaun on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrownshaun/?hl=en

Check out Shaun's work: https://www.shaunseneviratne.com/

Read more about Manny Farber here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Farber

Here's a link to Farber's essay: http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/mannyfarber-termiteart-annotated.html

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On this raisable episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome friends Nicole and Shawn to discuss the final instalment of the Nolan trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises," starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, and Gary Oldman. Topics discussed: Marcel Proust, secret fascist; blood transfusions; Bruce Wayne in rehab; the political imaginary. Also, by the grace of god, more show trials and executions! And so many Bane impressions!

Topics not discussed? Engels's contributions to theories of evolution in his monumental "The Dialectics of Nature."

Nicole Solomon is a filmmaker, educator and Co-Founder of media services company 4MileCircus. Her short film “Small Talk” screened at festivals around the world winning numerous honors including the Golden Kleene Award from the Arse Electronika Festival on Sex and Tech, the first film to do so. Her antifascist vampire allegory “It’s Normal” recently wrapped up its festival run and is now available exclusively through Patreon -- visit patreon.com/4milecircus for information and to see more of her stuff. Please support Nicole's work here:https://www.patreon.com/4milecircus

Shawn Setaro is an Associate Editor at Complex and the writer and reporter of Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story, a Complex and Spotify podcast about the controversial rapper. He is also the former editor-in-chief of Rap Genius and the creator and host of The Cipher, a critically acclaimed hip-hop podcast. He has written about music and culture for Forbes, The Atlantic, Vibe, The Source, GQ, Esquire, The Sondheim Review, and more. Shaw's work can be found here: https://www.complex.com/author/shawn-setaro. Infamous can be heard here: https://open.spotify.com/user/1261155488

You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail, at [email protected]. We are always looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners for the show, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast. Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support.

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WHAT? ANOTHER EPISODE! YOU GUYS ARE SO PROLIFIC - you, talking to us.

Liam and George grace your feeds with a new podcast within a podcast called Message to a Buster! The premise is simple. One of us records a message. The other responds.

This week, we've decided to talk about the inaugural issue of the new series, Batman The Adventure Continues. This new series, written by Paul Dini and Alan Burnett, dropped in early April. You can learn more here: https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batman-the-adventures-continue-2020/batman-the-adventures-continue-1

If you'd like to be included in a future edition of Message to a Buster, find us on twitter (@OeuvreBusters), Instagram (@OeuvreBusters), or email us at [email protected]. We'd like to hear from someone who knows a bit about the state of the comic industry (George will say more in the episode!).

Enjoy!

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On this knightish episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam invite Blake Howard from the One Heat Minute podcast to discuss 2008’s The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Topics discussed: David Fincher’s movies for children; the three Batmen; 24-hour Zodiac; Jim Gordon is Brutus; Bane tattoos.

Plus, who is the better villain: the Joker or Bruce, the shark from Jaws?

Topics not discussed: Ezra Pound’s stay at St. Elizabeths hospital directly after World War II and how his time there prevented him from being found guilty for treason.

The article Blake mentions regarding Dark Horizons can be found here:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/what-re-the-most-acclaimed-comic-book-films/ 

And Blake’s amazing podcast work can be found here: https://oneheatminute.com/podcast

You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail, at [email protected]. We are always looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners for the show, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast. Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support.

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On this beginning-ish (oof, that's terrible, we know) episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss 2005’s Batman Begins, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, and Gary Oldman. (What a cast!)

Topics discussed: Tax exemptions; orientalism; flirting with fascism; psychological depth, Batman's slightly-pudgy face. Also, military hardware is bad! Topics not discussed? John Keats’ notion of negative capability and how essential the concept is in understanding Keats’ late odes. 

Today we have a voicemail from Nicole Solomon and Shawn Setaro.

Nicole Solomon is a filmmaker, podcaster, and educator. Her work can be found at www.4milecircus.com. Watch her short film, Small Talk, on Amazon Prime. Fun fact: it features a vocal performance by one the hosts of this podcast!

Shawn Setaro is an associate editor at Complex and a podcaster. He recently produced Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story now on Spotify.

You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail, at [email protected]. We are always looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners for the show, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast. Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support.

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