Season 1

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Museums on Film

Spam-Ku

A story of processed meat and phenomenization...

Episode Notes

An incredible short comedy that happens to be an exceptionally smart fantasy in the mold of Kafka and Mike Judge.

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Fantastical Acting

What makes a genre actor a great genre actor?

Episode Notes

There is an art to acting in the world of Fantastic film. What makes a great genre actor, and who are some of the great fantasy actors.

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Field of Dreams

The Fantasy that helps define the American Dream

Episode Notes

Kevin Costner pretty much made his entire career on this film!

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Make Mine Music

One of the less-known Disney films!

Episode Notes

Much like Fantasia, Make Mine Music takes musical vignettes and gives them some beautiful animation!

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Willow by Ron Howard

Really, it's a Warwick Davies film stolen by the over-the-toppedness of Val Kilmer and th ebeauty of Joanna Whaley

Episode Notes

A super-fun film that broke ground visually, allowed for awesome fun over-acting, and was one of the better Fantasy films of the 1980s and 90s!

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Vincent by Tim Burton

An early vision of a modern master

Episode Notes

Vincent is an early Tim Burton film dedicated to one of those people who influenced him (and later worked with him!) It also might show where things were headed for him!

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Toy Story and the Dangerous Habit of Noticing

Why sometimes, it's better to not pay attention...

Episode Notes

Toy Story was a HUGE step forward, and a large reason that Pixar led the charge to kill off profitable traditional animation, but it also took an important conceptual step into the world of questioning nothing we see.

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The Tesla World Light

One of those Cinequest films I adore!

Episode Notes

A phenomenal short film that uses incredible visuals! I love it even though it gives WAY undue attention to that loser Tesla...

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The Fall of the House of Usher

Avant Garde Masterpiece and Fantastical Experiment

Episode Notes

The Fall of the House of Usher was the American path into the Avant Garde for film. The concept of American Cinematic Storytelling was still cooling on the window-sill, but here we see how it all came together and why a fantastical film is the only one that can move forward the state of the visual art.

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S1E1 - The Life & Death of 9413 - A Hollywood Extra

Saved from the Depths of a Hard Drive, a look at the Avant Garde masterpiece!

Episode Notes

One of the original episodes, we're re-launching the first two years of the podcast!

You can view the film here

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