Scene and Heard

Camp counselors Jackie and Greg dig into six short films from avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren. The films discussed include: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943); At Land (1944); A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945); Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946); Meditation on Violence (1949); and The Very Eye of Night (1958).

The monthly "S'mores" series is an offshoot from our main series, where Jackie and Greg explore films from the fringes of cinema, encompassing underground, experimental, cult, camp, genre, horror, and B-movies. "S'mores" episodes are unlocked by becoming either a Patron or Friend of the Show (see below). These episodes are released on the last Tuesday of each month.

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Jackie and Greg discuss Claude Lanzmann's nine-hour-plus eyewitness account of the Holocaust, SHOAH from 1985. Topics of discussion include Lanzmann's approach as a filmmaker, the 11 years it took to make the film, the portrayal of Nazis in subsequent media, and why it's the most essential piece of nonfiction cinema ever made.

#29 on Sight & Sound's 2012 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/greatest-films-all-time-2012

#27 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.  https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

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Jackie and Greg chat on the current state of American cinema and the films of 2023.

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Camp counselors Jackie and Greg explore the nine short films that make up Kenneth Anger's "Magick Lantern Cycle". The films discussed include: Fireworks (1947); Puce Moment (1949); Rabbit's Moon (1950/71); Eaux d'Artifice (1953); Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954); Scorpio Rising (1964); Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965); Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969); and Lucifer Rising (1981).

The monthly "S'mores" series is an offshoot from our main series, where Jackie and Greg explore films from the fringes of cinema, encompassing underground, experimental, cult, camp, genre, horror, and B-movies. "S'mores" episodes are unlocked by becoming either a Patron or Friend of the Show (see below). These episodes are released on the last Tuesday of each month.

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Kenneth Anger
1927 - 2023

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Jackie and Greg get locked up with Robert Bresson's minimalist prison-escape classic, A MAN ESCAPED from 1956. Topics of discussion include Bresson's cinema of hands, how it compares to other jailbreak films, where it falls within his filmography, and why it's a magical pairing of filmmaker and subject matter.

#69 on Sight & Sound's 2012 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/greatest-films-all-time-2012

#95 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.  https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

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Jackie and Greg enter the Zone in search of the deeper meaning behind Andrei Tarkovsky's STALKER from 1979. Topics of discussion include the film's texture, its roots as a sci-fi novel, Tarkovsky as a conjurer, and its (literal) toxic production history.

#29 on Sight & Sound's 2012 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/greatest-films-all-time-2012

#43 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.  https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

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Jackie and Greg take chase in the sewers of post-war Vienna for Carol Reed's THE THIRD MAN from 1949. Topics of discussion include the famous zither score by Anton Karas, the allure of post-WWII cinema, the effect of unknowable characters, and the influence Orson Welles had on the finished film.

#73 on Sight & Sound's 2012 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/greatest-films-all-time-2012

#63 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.  https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

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Jackie and Greg are joined by Chelsea Pope and Victoria Harley of the A Breath of Fresh Movie podcast on the winding hills of David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE from 2001. Topics of discussion include LA diner culture, an assessment of the many different interpretations of the film, its beginnings as a TV pilot, where it fits in Lynch's filmography, and why it remains one of his most captivating cinematic hallucinations.

#28 on Sight & Sound's 2012 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/greatest-films-all-time-2012

#8 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.  https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

A Breath of Fresh Movie Podcast: https://a-breath-of-fresh-movie.simplecast.com

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Special Thanks: Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

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Camp counselors Jackie and Greg enter the mythical land of Oz for a sequel responsible for terrifying generations of children: it's Walter Murch's RETURN TO OZ from 1985. Topics of discussion include the nightmarish imagery in the film, how it establishes an entirely different tone from the Judy Garland classic, why it was a bomb with critics and audiences, and a chat on the earthy fantasy films of the 1970s-80s.

The monthly "S'mores" series is an offshoot from our main series, where Jackie and Greg explore less "prestigious" films, which typically fall under the banner of underground, cult, camp, genre, and B-movies. "S'mores" episodes are unlocked by becoming either a Patron or Friend of the Show (see below). These episodes are released on the last Tuesday of each month.

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Jackie and Greg return to Michelangelo Antonioni's “trilogy on modernity and its discontents” with the final film in the cycle, 1962's L'ECLISSE. Topics of discussion include the film's fascination with architecture, its radical ending, Antonioni's mastery of mood and atmosphere, and how it compares to the other two films in the trilogy: L'AVVENTURA and LA NOTTE.

#73 on Sight & Sound's 2012 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.
bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/greatest-films-all-time-2012

#196 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time" list.  bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

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