Twin Picks

Big Brother is watching...this week we delve into the concept of ‘twin films’ with ‘The Truman Show’ and ‘EdTV’, two movies with spookily similar stories of surveilling mundane human behaviour that both came out around 1999 (yikes!). But does ‘The Truman Show’ really deserve its status as the victor of the two movies? And, more importantly, is Ellen Degeneres a good actor?

LINKS
This American Life - 677: Seeing Yourself In The Wild https://www.thisamericanlife.org/677/seeing-yourself-in-the-wild

TRIPLET IN THE ATTIC LINKS
Meg's fave sad/whimsical TV drama 'Kidding': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywdShPl5HEw
Noah's DVD extras featurette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frXlYeflkt4
Eliza's pick for best show on Australian TV 'Gogglebox': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOBz0i3zC8E

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ROUGH CUT: https://roughcutfilm.com/

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For the first ever episode of 'Twin Picks', Noah, Eliza, and Meg double down on two movies about people swapping identities - wow, how relevant to the subject matter of this podcast! Which tale of mistaken identity will prosper; Nancy Meyers' family confection/'ad for the Napa valley'; or John Woo's nutty af face-swapping action bonanza?

Shout out to our sound engineer Anthony Carr for the 'I want to take his face...off' club remix, which slaps and bops harder than Nicolas Cage rocking out to Handel's 'Messiah'.

TRIPLET IN THE ATTIC LINKS:
Meg's handshake from 'The Parent Trap': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFifdUv3_BA
Eliza's viral (271 views!!) video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxoeukonPAM
Noah's movie recommendation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Identical_Strangers

EMAIL: [email protected]
INSTAGRAM: twinpicks
FACEBOOK: @twinpickspodcast
ROUGH CUT: https://roughcutfilm.com/

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