Story Brigade: Matinee

"The Santa Ana Winds" by John Ford

Why do we keep doing this to ourselves? Why does the spin wheel hate us so? Sure let's mesh the sadness of Italian Neo-Realism and the cowboy-ness of John Ford. That'll be easy. Right? Right? Connor and I get into some great conversations on this one about what these two genres mean and how we might be able to mesh them together.

Oh and I'm eating ice cream and it's sooooooo good.

RECOMMENDED VIEWING:

The Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Vagabond (1985)

MENTIONS IN THE MOVIE:

Story Brigade Episode 14 Dystopian + German Expressionism

John Ford Interview HERE

Monument Valley Photos HERE

Once Upon a Time... The West (western book Connor got me) HERE

John Ford Posters HERE

The Bicycle Thief Posters HERE

THE PERFECT The Bicycle Thief Poster HERE

"Detective De La Rue and the Order of the Silent Mask"

This is the perfect episode to sit down with a cup of tea on a rainy day and listen to. Back when the world was simpler (but not at all).

Notes from episode:

Old Sherlock Holmes Posters HERE

Mondo Posters HERE

Perry Mason Poster HERE

French Superstar Actors HERE

Brigadier General Gerard HERE

"The 1st Interdimensional Superhero Space Peace Conference".

Seriously though, what are the odds that out of 96 different possible spins on the spin wheel that we would end up with the MCU and DCU?! It's insane! What's more insane is that we actually took a stab at solving it!

Links from the episode:

Alex Ross artwork HERE

The Two Popes poster HERE

"The Last Space Doctor"

This one's funny. That's all I'm saying. And there's a lot of George Clooney. Okay THAT'S all I'm saying. And Medical Drama isn't really a film genre. OKAY THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING!

Check out The Last Starfighter (1984) and The Fifth Element (1997). They're awesome.

Study on Diversity in Top 100 Grossing Films HERE

The Last Starfighter Poster HERE

The Fifth Element Poster HERE

Grey's Anatomy Posters HERE

"The Coen Brother's One for Ozy"

Yes, yes we know the Coen Brother's already made "Hail, Caesar!" but this is our elseworlds, multiverse, switcheroo of what movie they could have made if it was about classic Golden Age Hollywood! And what an awesome movie it is!

This is Coen Brothers + Golden Age Hollywood and it's a ton of fun (the second quickest we've crack one of these story puzzles). How great!

"Something A-Boat Jack"

Okay this is THE FUNNIEST EPISODE OF STORY BRIGADE YET! How you like them apples?

On this episode we're joined by Phil Oxnard, who you might remember from episode 9 - We Moose Go To Stalingrad (which if you haven't heard, we recommend it!) And the spin wheel gives us "Classical Hollywood Musical" meets "Against All Odds Action Hero"! And we give it back "Something A-Boat Jack!"

Things mentioned in the episode:

Die Hard Poster HERE

Titanic Poster HERE

Old Musical Posters HERE

And actually professional dodgeball match HERE

And we couldn't find a link to Connor's musical short film, but if we do, we'll add it here.

"Redline Blue"

REDLINE BLUE (cue synth music) is the masterpiece brainchild between anime legend Satoshi Kon and hilarious New Zealander Taika Waititi!

We don't normally get double directors when spinning the wheel, so this is a special treat! And it pushes Connor and I to our limit of film understanding! And turns out really, really, really RAD.

Check out Satoshi Kon's films: Perfect Blue (1997), Millennium Actress (2001), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Paprika (2006)

Check out Taika Waititi's films: Eagle vs. Shark (2007), Boy (2010), What We Do In The Shadows (2014), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Thor: Ragnorak (2017), Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Other things mentioned:

Satoshi Kon Posters HERE

Taika Waititi Posters HERE

Paprika Opening HERE

Taika Waititi's Short Film HERE  

"Fiends Next Door"

NOTE: We apologize for the audio quality, we ran into technical difficulties connecting the three of us.

On this episode, our filmmaking friend Gus Pewe joins us to create a MAGICAL REALISM meets REVENGE film! And things get weird! It's awesome because Carson is out of his element with Magical Realism, so Gus and Connor take the helm!

And if you want to check out some new movies, these were the ones mentioned in the episode:

Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-in-Law (1977) Trailer HERE.

Ratcatcher (1999) Trailer HERE.

Gus' Work can be found HERE.

"A Maze of New York"

Yawn. There's no famous director in the title or some iconic studio brand. Who cares. Not interesting.

WRONG!

Critics are calling A MAZE OF NEW YORK "a revelation" (The New Yorker) and "one of the most brilliant pieces of cinema I've ever seen" (Siskel and Ebert). So run, don't walk, to your nearest cinema to see A MAZE OF NEW YORK!

This is Ancient Myth meets Cop Procedural. And the scariest turn of events? Connor and I instantly agreed on this one.

Check it out.

"The Fa-La-La-Lal of Troy"

'Tis the Season! Welcome to the Story Brigade's holiday special, where, along with our good friend Momo Burke, we're digging into a genre none of us know that much about... HALLMARK MOVIES!

This has been a very trying year for all of us, but during this time of thanks and remembrance we wanted to express our appreciation for all of the support you have all shown to this podcast. We love doing it and we hope you enjoy listening. We wish everyone a great holiday season and a Happy New Year. So buckle up, get out some eggnog and enjoy this Hallmark movie meets historical film, the Fa-La-La-Lal of Troy.

Hallmark Posters we mention HERE.