POP ART

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.

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POP ART: Episode 3, Monty Python and the Holy Grail/The Seventh Seal

What better time to discuss two films that take place during a plague? For this episode of Pop Art, my guest Jay Cluitt chose the brilliant comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail and I, in turn, chose the great Ingmar Bergman’s art house hit The Seventh Seal. And in this episode we answer such questions as: Who is the best Monty Pythoner; which movie has the best insult scenes; how does an acting troupe survive in a plague; where have all the existentialists gone; and what is the connection betw...

Apr 27, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 3

POP ART: Episode 2, Goldfinger/The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

For this episode of Pop Art, my guest Richard Kirkham chose the James Bond blockbuster Goldfinger and I, in turn, chose the brooding, dark adaptation of John Le Carre's spy novel The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. John Le Carre called Bond an "international gangster" and in this episode we answer such questions as: how did the screenwriter resolve a major hole in the original Ian Fleming story; what line from Goldfinger was removed for censorship purposes; can someone actually die from being pai...

Apr 27, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2

POP ART: Episode 1, Raiders of the Lost Ark/Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The concept of Pop Art is for my guest to chose a movie from pop culture and I will chose a film from the art/classic side that has a connection to it. This time, my guest Donald McKinney chose the blockbuster epic Raiders of the Lost Art and I chose the John Huston/Humphrey Bogart classic The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Join us as we talk about both films and discuss such issues as: Does Indian Jones effect the outcome of the story at all? Who or what is a Denholm Elliott? How did Fred Dobbs ...

Apr 27, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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