POP ART

POP ART

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  • POP ART: Episode 103, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World/The Enemy Below

    POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

     

    TOM AND JERRIES: Join me and editor, filmmaker and blogger David Brook (Blueprint Review), as we talk Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Enemy Below, both films about naval vessels playing cat and mouse with each other.

     

    “To wives and sweethearts, may they never meet.” I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 103 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture.

    It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of cinema with a connection to it.

    For this episode, I am happy to welcome as my guest, editor, filmmaker and blogger David Brook, who has chosen as his film the 18th century sea epic Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, while I have chosen the WWII drama, The Enemy Below, both films about naval vessels playing cat and mouse with each other.   

     

    And in this episode, we answer such questions as: What is the attraction of cat and mouse films? Why did Peter Weir retire from filmmaking? Why did Dick Powell only make four movies? What do the context of the times when both films were made tell us about the films? Why did Curd Jurgens flee Germany? Where does Star Trek come in? How do both movies differ from the books? Why did Russel Crowe sell the violin he purchased to play in the movie?  

     

    Check out David’s blog at https://blueprintreview.co.uk/author/david-brook/ 


    And his IMDB page at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1986914/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_9_tt_0_nm_8_q_david%2520brook

     

    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

     

    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay Reader, The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and One True Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

     

    Be sure to like, follow or comment on my

    podcast. I’d love to know what you think. And check out the other episodes.

    1 hr 5 min
  • POP ART: Episode 102, Chinatown/The Third Man

    POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

     

    DEVILICIOUS: Join me and producer, writer and Chairman of Here Media, Inc., Stephen Jarchow, as

    we talk Chinatown and The Third Man, two noirs with two of the most memorable
    villains of all time.

     

    “Forget it, Jake. It’s

    Chinatown” Simon Wiesenthal once said, For evil to flourish, it only requires
    that good men do nothing. Is that true? Perhaps…Sounds like it’s time for
    Episode 102 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop
    culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture,
    and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of cinema with a
    connection to it. For this episode, I am happy to welcome as my guest, producer and writer and Chairman of Here Media Inc., Stephen
    Jarchow, who has chosen as his film the new Hollywood neo noir, Chinatown,
    while I have chosen the classic British noir, The Third Man, both films about people
    investigating a murder only to find out just how deep evil and corruption can
    run.

     

    And in this episode, we answer such questions as: What

    is the attraction of evil and villains like this? Is Chinatown the perfect
    screenplay? Who is more influential on The Third Man, Hitchcock or Welles? What
    is odd about the depiction of Chinatown in Chinatown? How did Austria feel
    about The Third Man when it opened? Whose famous fathers appear in Chinatown? How
    did the Dutch angle get its name? What were the original endings to both movies
    and why were they changed? What happened to Polanski’s career?

     

    Check out Here Media and their streaming services at https://www.heremedia.com/

     

    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

     

    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay

    Reader, The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and
    One True Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

     

    Meanwhile, like,

    follow or comment on my podcast. I’d love to know what you think. And check out
    the other episodes.

    1 hr 15 min
  • POP ART: Episode 101, Stripes/No Time for Sergeants

    POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

     

    ARMYGEDDON: Join me and podcasters and film lovers Anna Keiser and Derek

    Dehanke (The 80s Movie Montage) as we talk Stripes and No Time for Sergeants,
    two comedies about basic training.

     

    "Do wah diddy diddy

    dum diddy do" “You’re in the army now, you’re not behind a plow, you’ll
    never get rich, a diggin’ a ditch, you’re in the army now.” Sounds like it’s
    time for Episode 101 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the
    art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from
    popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of
    cinema with a connection to it.

     

    For this episode, I am

    happy to welcome back as my guests for the third time, Anna
    Keiser and Derek Dehanke, who have chosen as their film, the new
    Hollywood army comedy, Stripes, while I have chosen what may be many a
    listener’s grandfather’s version of Stripes, No Time For Sergeants, both comedies
    about basic training.

     

    And in this episode, we answer such questions as: Who

    was cast before Harold Ramis? Where was the n-word used in connection to No
    Time for Sergeants? What is it about war comedies anyway? What is the connection
    of …Sergeants to Invasion of the Body Snatchers? How does Bill Murray feel
    about making Stripes today? Who is Joseph X. Flaherty? What was the Country
    Broadcasting Network? What is it about toilets? Why did Andy Griffith get nominated
    as supporting actor at the Tonys rather than lead for the stage version of …Sergeants?

     

    Check

    out Anna and Derek’s podcast, ‘80s Movie Montage, at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/80s-movie-montage/id1498851364 and other streaming platforms.

     

    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

     

    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay

    Reader, The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and
    One True Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

    59 min
  • POP ART: Episode 100, The Flight of Dragons/Dragonslayer

    POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

     

    That’s right, it’s episode 100. I’ve reached a milestone.

     

    WHAT A DRAG: Join me and filmmaker and podcaster Donald McKinney, III (The Real Short Box, The Blue Beetle) as we talk The Flight of Dragons and Dragonslayer,two films about young people fighting dragons.  

     

    “All hail Casiodorus Rex, dragonslayer!” Look. Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s super…No, it’s a…dragon?…

     

    Sounds like it’s time for Episode 100 of Pop Art. Yes, you heard that right. This is the 100th episode of my podcast. Huzzah, huzzah. I can’t believe I got here, but here I am. It’s the podcast where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture,

    and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie/foreign side of cinema with a connection to it.

     

    Today, I am happy to welcome as my guest, filmmaker and podcaster Donald McKinney, III, who was my very first guest on Pop Art and who showed me the ropes. Donald has chosen as his film the animated The Flight of Dragons, while I have chosen the more SFX spectacular Dragonslayer, both films about young people who have to battle a dragon.

     

    And in this episode, we answer such questions as: What is it about dragons anyway? What are our favorite dragons? Nudity in a Disney film? What was it about the sexualization of teens in the 70s and 80s? Why was Flight of Dragons banned on Israeli TV? What does "Vermithrax Pejorative" translate as? What are the differences between the book The Dragon and the George and the film Flight of Dragons? What is the connection of Dragonslayer to the Star War series? What is a George? How did Peter MacNicol get this role?

     

    Meanwhile, check out The Real Short Box on most streaming platforms like Apple, as well as on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+real+short+box

     

    Donald’s website Rumblespoon Productions as http://www.rumblespoon.com/wp/index/

     

    The web series The Blue Beetle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6a-L7kUfdE

     

    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

     

    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay Reader, The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and One True Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

    54 min
  • POP ART: Episode 99, North by Northwest/Tell No One

    THE WRONG MANS: Join me and filmmaker, podcaster, author and film scholar, Steven Jay Rubin (The James Bond Encyclopedia) as we talk

    North by Northwest and Tell No One, two films about men accused of a murder
    they didn’t commit and have to go on the run to prove their innocence.

     

    “You gentlemen aren't REALLY trying to kill my

    son, are you?” It happens to the best of us. We’re just going our merry way
    when someone gets murdered. We get blamed for it when we’re totally innocent.
    So do we work with the authorities and hire a good lawyer and private investigator?
    Of course not. We do what any normal person would. We go on the run and find
    the murderer ourselves. Ah, fun times, fun times…

     

    Sounds like it’s time for Episode 99 of Pop Art,

    where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the
    podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll select a
    film from the more art/classic/indie/foreign side of cinema with a connection
    to it. For this episode, I am happy to welcome as my guest, filmmaker, podcaster,
    author and film scholar, Steven Jay Rubin, who has
    chosen as his film the Alfred Hitchcock classic North By Northwest, while I
    have chosen Guillaume
    Canet’s Tell No One, both films about someone who has been accused of a
    murder they didn’t commit and have to go on the run to prove their innocence.

     

    And in this episode, we answer such questions as: What is the appeal of

    wrong man films? Who is the murderer in the book as opposed to the film of Tell
    No One? What about that crop duster scene? What about that chase over the freeway
    and through the market scene? Whose idea was it to make Marin Landau’s
    character gay? What actor in Tell No One plays the lead in the French version
    of The Office? Why do the French adapt so many American and British authors of
    thrillers and mysteries? Where does the title North by Northwest come from? Is
    Hercule Poriot French? What is the age difference between Cary Grant and Jessie
    Royce Landis?

     

    Check out Rubin’s IMDB profile at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748169/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_1_q_steven%2520jay%2520rubin

     

    His podcast Saturday Night at the Movies can be found at https://www.stevenjayrubin.com/podcast

     

    And his books are available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=steven+jay+rubin&i=stripbooks&crid=3Q0CWCUZ3OQF1&sprefix=steven+jay+rubin%2Cstripbooks%2C186&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

     

    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

     

    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay Reader,

    The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and One True
    Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

     

    Meanwhile, like, follow or comment on

    my podcast. I’d love to know what you think. And check out the other episodes.
    On ITUNES https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-art/id1511098925,
    Anchor: https://anchor.fm/howard-casner, and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5jX4noVGArDJdmcFtmrQcG,
    Sticher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/pop-art, Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/..., Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/pop-art, Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/vfjqj6j6, Radiopublic: https://radiopublic.com/pop-art-GExxNb and other streaming sites

    1 hr 5 min
  • POP ART: Episode 98, Hair/No Regrets for Our Youth

    POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

     

    REBELS WITH AND WITHOUT A CAUSE: Join me and filmmaker Derek Nguyen (The

    Housemaid, now available on Amazon) as we talk Hair and No Regrets for Our
    Youth, two films about young people protesting a war.

     

    “It’s the age of Aquarius.”

    War. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing, except maybe munitions manufacturers,
    politicians, war contractors, oh, and of course movies, can’t forget movies…Sounds
    like it’s time for Episode 98 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art
    and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie
    from popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie
    side of cinema with a connection to it. For this episode, I am happy to welcome
    as my guest, writer, director, producer Derek Nguyen,
    who has chosen as his film the Milos Foreman musical Hair, while I have chosen an
    early Akira Kurosawa film, No Regrets for Our Youth, both films about young
    people protesting war.

     

    And in this episode we answer such questions: Why is there such a dearth of

    war protest films? What great songs did they leave out of Hair? What is the
    real history behind the events in No Regrets…? What did the authors of the
    original Broadway version of Hair think of the movie? Is Henry David Thoreau
    full of it? What musical pieces are played on piano in No Regrets…? Where is
    the lyric The Rest is Silence from? What doesn’t quite compute about the ending
    of Hair? Where does Nicholas Ray appear in Hair?

     

    Check out Nguyen’s IMDB profile at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1532529/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_dereke%2520nguyen.

    The Housemaid can be seen on Amazon Prime.

     

    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

     

    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay Reader,

    The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and One True
    Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

     

    Meanwhile, like, follow or comment on my podcast. I’d love to know what you think. And

    check out the other episodes.

    1 hr 6 min
  • POP ART: Episode 97, To Die For/Ossessione

    POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

     

    FATALE ATTRACTION: Join me and film enthusiast The Vern of Cinema Recall as we discuss two movies about film fatales, To Die For and Ossessione.

     

    “You're not really anybody in America unless you're on TV.” You meet someone. You fall in love. She’s

    married. She manipulates you into killing her husband so you can be with her forever. She betrays you. Hey, it’s happened to the best of us…Sounds like it’s
    time for Episode 97 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from
    popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of cinema with a connection to it. For this episode, I am happy to welcome back as
    my guest, film enthusiast and podcaster The Vern, who has chosen as his film the dark comedy, Gus Van Sant’s To Die For, while I have chosen Luchino Visconti’s feature film debut, Ossessione, both films about woman manipulating men to commit murder for them. Fun times. Fun times.

     

    And in this episode we answer the following questions: What did the writers get wrong about driving in New Hampshire? Why was Ossessione banned in Italy and then prohibited in the US after the war? What happened in real life that was different in To Die For? Who ran screaming from the film festival premier of Ossessione screaming—This is not Italy? What is the appeal of femme fatales? What is a homme fatale? Who is G. Clifford Prout? Why didn’t Anna Magani play the lead in Ossessione? Where does the author of the book To Die For appear in the movie? Is there a coded gay character in Ossessione? Why does Illeana Douglas have a cast on in the second half of the movie?

     

    Meanwhile look up The Vern’s podcast CinemaRecall at Cinemarecall.net.

     

    The Vern has been a previous guest on my podcast. For episode 6, we discussed two films revolving around roboticized police forces,

    Robocop and THX1138.

     

    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

     

    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay Reader,

    The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and One True
    Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

     

    Meanwhile, like, follow or comment on my podcast. I’d love to know what you think.

    53 min
  • POP ART: Episode 96, Bullet Train/TransSiberian

    POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

     

    TRAINSUBSTANTIATION: Join me and screenwriter Jordan Trippeer as we discuss

    two movies that take place on trains, Bullet Train and TransSiberian.

     

    “You’re a diesel.” Oh,

    for the days when people traveled by train. The scenery, the comfort, the
    luxury, the smuggling, the murders, the crashes.…Sounds like it’s time for
    Episode 96 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop
    culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture,
    and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of cinema with a
    connection to it. For this episode, I am happy to welcome back as my guest, screenwriter Jordan Trippeer, who has chosen as her film the
    action packed Brad Pitt led comedy Bullet Train, while I have chosen the more indie
    Woody Harrelson/Emily Mortimer crime drama, TransSiberian, both films about criminal
    goings on a train.

     

    And in this episode we

    answer such questions as:  What’s so
    great about train movies anyway? What are the different moral universes the two
    movies take place in? Why was Bullet Train accused of whitewashing? Why did a
    sign in TransSiberian read All Abroad? What is the character of Hello Kitty? What
    are the McGuffin in both films? Why was Bullet Train filmed on studio sound
    stages? What are some differences between the book and screenplay of Bullet Train?

     

    Check out Jordan’s IMDB page

    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4930599/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    and check out her films, as well as be on the look out for her upcoming
    projects.

     

    Jordan has been a previous guest on my podcast. For

    episode 20, we discussed two films revolving around demons, Constantine and The
    Wailing. Check it out.

     

    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

     

    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay Reader,

    The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and One True
    Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

     

    Meanwhile, like, follow or comment on my podcast. I’d love to know what you think. And

    check out the other episodes.

    1 hr 2 min
  • POP ART: Episode 95, LOOPER/PREDESTINATION

    POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

    TIMELESS: Join me and podcaster and movie lover Nick Rehak of Rehak Radio as we discuss two time travel movies, Looper and Predestination.

    Nick was previous a guest of Pop Art for Ep 76 where we discussed two horror films revolving around hotels—The Shining and The Innkeepers—The guests check in, but do they check out. Check it out.

    Not happy with the way things are now? Would you like a change of pace? Of place? How about a change of time?…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 95 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of cinema with a connection to it. I am your “This time travel crap, just fries your brain like an egg” host, Howard Casner. For this episode, I am happy to welcome back, podcaster and movie lover Nick Rehak, who has chosen as his film the Rian Johnson time travel movie, Looper, while I have chosen the Spierig brothers time travel movie, Predestination, both films not just about time travel, but movies about people encountering themselves and ironically affecting their own lives.

    And in this episode we answer such questions as: What is it about time travel movies anyway, why are they so popular? Are both movies Greek tragedy? Is Rian Johnson a hipster? What are the basic themes explored by time travel movies and these movies in particular? How was Looper changed for release in China and why? What’s intriguing about the bathroom signs in Predestination? What happened on Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s 30th birthday? How does the Chernobyl Power Plant fit in?

    Be sure to look up Nick Rehak at Rehak Radio https://www.mixcloud.com/TheRehak/rehak-radio-the-first-episode-51121/

    His podcast at French Toast Sunday https://frenchtoastsunday.com/podcasts

    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay Reader, The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and One True Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

    Meanwhile, like, follow or comment on my podcast. I’d love to know what you think.

    55 min
  • POP ART: Episode 94, DEFENDING YOUR LIFE/ORPHEUS
    POP ART SAYS HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY--EP94 - VALENTINE'S DAY
    LOVE AND DEATH: Join podcast, movie lover, and critic Aaron Neuwirth and me as we discuss two love stories that take place, for the most part, in the afterlife, Defending Your Life/Orpheus.
    “Orphée. you can't spend your life in a talking car”. The singer Cher once asked “do you believe in life after love?” Perhaps the more important question is, do you believe in love after death?…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 94 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of cinema with a connection to it. For Pop Art’s Valentine’s Day episode, I am happy to welcome as my guest, podcaster, movie lover, and critic Aaron Neuwirth, who has chosen as his film the Albert Brooks love after death comedy, Defending Your Life, while I have chosen as my film Jean Cocteau’s love after death drama, Orpheus, or Orphee, if you are French, but I’m not, so Orpheus it is, both films about dealing with love after death.
    And in this episode, we deal with such questions as: Why is the afterlife so often dramatized as a huge bureaucracy? What is it about love after death movies? Who is Shirley MacLaine and why is she in the movie? Who gives the better performance in Orpheus—Jean Marais or his hair? Why hasn’t Albert Brooks made a movie lately? What are some problematical aspects of both films? How were the special effects done in Orpheus? What is the connection to Roger Corman’s The Trip? Where does Jean-Pierre Melville appear?
    Check out Aaron’s podcast Out Now with Aaron and Abe at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-now-with-aaron-and-abe/id646631453
    And the blog We Live Entertainment at weliveentertainment.com
    Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/
    My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay Reader, The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and One True Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss
    Meanwhile, like, follow or comment on my podcast. I’d love to know what you think. And check out the other episodes.
    1 hr 1 min

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My guest will chose a movie from pop culture and I will chose a film from the art/classic side of cinema with some sort of connection and we will discuss both movies.