Season 1

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

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

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

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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 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 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. …

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 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…

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

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