Warped Celluloid

Jack and Chandler cap off January with a discussion of John Carpenter's seminal horror classic as well as the equally seminal commentary track. They also talk about practical effects, good location filming and the finer details of physical media.

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Happy new year, everyone! To kick off 2021, Jack and Chandler talk about Gore Verbinksi's Gothic horror opus A CURE FOR WELLNESS! Fun times abound...and eels. SO MANY EELS!

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Joined by friend of the show Will Fritz, Jack and Chandler venture out into the futuristic cosmos to discuss one of the most notorious sci-fi epics of all time. Topics of discussion include troubled productions, how adventurous modern audiences are in some respects and the long arduous process of how movies like this develop cult followings. Saddle up your sandworms and shoot up some spice! Things are about to get strange!

In this week's episode, Jack and Chandler discuss not one, but two moviefilms in one go! Can't go wrong with a deal like that. Both the Andrei Tarkovsky and Steven Soderbergh versions of the sci-fi classic SOLARIS. Topics of discussion include the way themes are expressed in genre, space, DVD commentaries and how the same material can yield different results in the hands of different artists.

This week, Jack & Chandler find themselves at a loss for words with with the breathtaking MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS. Topics include the career of Paul Schrader, how notable filmmakers use their clout, and the strange history of biopics.

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Jack and Chandler get transported back to the early-70s with Rene Laloux's FANTASTIC PLANET. Topics of discussion include alternative animation, allegorical storytelling, prog rock and the music of The Flaming Lips.

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Happy Halloween everyone! Chandler and Jack talk go all the way back to '83 to talk about David Cronenberg's seminal sci-fi horror parable VIDEODROME. Topics of discussion include the pervasiveness of media within culture, analog tech, practical effects work, social commentary, and horror as speculative fiction. Also, Jack goes on many a detour about how cool John Carpenter is and the symbolism in post-punk music. Stay tuned! This is a good one, folks.

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The Wisecrack video Chandler mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUscjOnW97U

The 80s All Over episode Jack kept referring to (skip to 1:02:00): https://www.80sallover.com/podcast/2018/3/18/february-1983

Our Halloween spate continues with the psychotropic horror revenge odyssey MANDY. This time Jack and Chandler, discuss storytelling through technical acumen, defying genre categorization, nostalgia as aesthetic and the unfairly maligned acting merits of Nicolas Cage.

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Mandy film grain video: https://youtu.be/4PcpGxihPac

October has come around once again which means it's time for Warped Celluloid's first annual batch of Halloween episodes. Jack and Chandler kick things off in an appropriately moody fashion with the 1968 arthouse horror classic HOUR OF THE WOLF. Topics of discussion include Ingmar Bergman, intimacy/maturity in technical filmmaking terms, and other things. Hang tight! Things are about to get spooky!

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This week, Jack and Chandler go out for a most unusual night on the town with Martin Scorsese's AFTER HOURS. Topics of discussion include dark comedy, Griffin Dunne, the art of editing, NYC history (on screen and in real life) and the underpraised range offered by one of cinema's great masters. 

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