Spaghetti Westerns | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Part 1

We’re back to a more conventional Western film… and boy, have we got opinions on “The Power of the Dog”. Listen in on our conversation about Jane Campion, our overall thoughts on the film and why we chose “The Power of the Dog” for the podcast.

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Joined once again by Laura and Kyle, this episode is all about the Oscars. Listen in on some hot takes and predictions for this year’s Academy Awards!

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In our final episode, we chat about what makes this franchise special and why it continues to be popular. We also postulate about whether there would be a remake and how that could work.

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How has visual effects and CGI developed over the years? We also chat about whether good visual effects matters, especially when watching older films.

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How have we not talked about time travel until now? In this episode, we chat about what constitutes as a time travel film and what genres are often paired with time travel plot lines.

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Hold up - why are we watching Back to the Future? To our surprise, the third installation of the Back to the Future franchise was a western, because Mcfly and Doc end up travelling back in time to the 1850’s. We talk about how we liked the film and how it compares to the first iconic film.

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What is a revisionist western? In this episode, we chat about how Django Unchained falls under the subgenre revisionist western, and how it differs from other westerns. We also chat about films and their contexts both during production and upon release - and how that influences what we think about it.

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Even though westerns are set around the same time as the civil war, slavery isn’t often portrayed in the genres. Why is that? In this episode, we chat about how changing contemporary audience interests and attention spans may have something to do with the complexity of storytelling in the modern day western genre.

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Why are some directors, like Quentin Tarantino, considered auteurs? We chat all about auteurs in this episode - from notable filmmakers to our favourite auteurs. 

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We’re starting 2024 by challenging ourselves to watch a film by a director that we don’t usually watch - Quentin Tarantino! What do we think of him and did we like Django Unchained?

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