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The 1976 Academy Award ceremony might have one of the best slate of Best Picture nominees of all time.  We talk about the winner of that ceremony with ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.  Please send any and all feedback to anotherlookpod@gmail.com.  Please follow us on Instagram @anotherlookpod, and check us out on Facebook.  Rate/review/subscribe where ever you get your podcasts.

In the first of three episodes looking at Christ Figures in film, Kenny and Mike look at the multiple Academy Award winning film based on Ken Kesey's 1962 novel. 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was the second film (It Happened One Night 1934) to sweep the major Academy Awards by winning Best Picture, Best Director for Milos Forman, Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher winning Best Acting Oscars and Best Adapted Screenplay for Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. 

Christ Figure Elements: 

Long a literary and film technique, Christ Figures are characters that exhibit several attributes and or teaching of Jesus and have impact on other character and narrative arcs. While the attributes of Christ are seen in the Christ Figure characters, their attributes and characteristics are not to be projected onto Jesus. 

In both the novel and film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, presents the main character, Randall P. McMurphy as a Christ Figure. As Jesus was an outsider to the Temple establishment and leaders, McMurphy is an outsider to the hospital and the ward he is assigned to. The incarnational aspect of McMurphy is lifted up in the comparison between his dwelling among the ward, with the men, and nurse Rachet who is typically separated from the men, either through the glass window to the nurse's station, her gazing down on the men when they are in the yard, and her coming and going to and from the hospital.

Nurse Rachet is threatened by McMurphy's arrival and impact in the ward. and serves as a Pharisaic character in her opposition to the unconventional yet productive therapeutic relationship McMurphy establishes with the men in the ward. When forced to choose between her power or the health and welfare of the patients, she chooses to maintain the status quo and her position.

McMurphy sees the other patients as persons who have the potential to be greater than they are seen, judged, treated in the hospital. Most of the men in the therapy group serve as disciple figures and are transformed and given a new voice through their encounter with McMurphy.

McMurphy's attack of Nurse Rachet at the end of the film is obviously not of Christ, but his decision to remain when he could have escaped reflects the decision Christ made to remain in the Garden of Gethsemane and be arrested on Thursday night of Holy Week. 

As Jesus was buried in a tomb following his death, McMurphy provides new life to Chief who reflects the resurrection when he breaks free the tomb that was the hospital and the death that was his anxiety and fear of life.

There is nod to Judas' betrayal of Jesus by Billy who names McMurphy as the one who made him sleep with one of the women they snuck into the dorm.  

The depiction of Nurse Rachet following the attack offers a hint that she experienced a transformation in her care for the patients. 

Aujourd'hui je reçois le réalisateur Julien Rambaldi, après des études d’histoire de l’art à l’université de Paris X Nanterre, il bifurque vers l’audiovisuel. Il débute comme assistant à la mise en scène puis à partir de 1997, réalise de nombreux spots publicitaires (MAAF, Epeda, Ibis, Norauto…)✅

 En 2007,  Julien  réalise son premier long-métrage, La Voltige, qui relate la reconversion d’un rugbyman en patineur artistique. En 2010, son deuxième film, la comédie Les Meilleurs amis du monde, avec Marc Lavoine et Léa Drucker, sort sur les écrans✅Après une pause, il poursuit sa carrière et réalise Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont, avec Aïssa Maïga et Marc Zinga✅

Demain,  28 juillet sort sur nos  écrans son nouveau long métrage "C'est la vie" avec Léa Drucker, Josiane Balasko, Youssef Hadji, une comédie pleine d’humanité et de vie, à voir (et à revoir) sans modération✅

Un film chorale qui permet de mettre en valeur le travail et l’accompagnement des sages-femmes, pour que chaque accouchement se passe dans les meilleures conditions, dans le respect de chacun et chacune✅

Une vraie belle surprise pour ma part, un film qui vous fera rire, mais qui vous touchera également sans aucun doute✅

J'ai eu le privilège  de discuter avec Julien de différents sujets autour du cinéma , encore une rencontre passionnante pour Manéci mais toujours aussi frustrante tant les questions se bousculaient dans ma tête✅

Tout comme Léa Drucker, mais  tout aussi valable pour chacun de mes invités, vous êtes le bienvenu  pour prolonger cette conversation dans notre podcast cher Julien✅

Un épisode monté et mixé par Les Productions du 26✅

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Dans cette bande-annonce, je me présente à vous, futurs auditeurs. Je vous raconte la naissance de ma passion du cinéma,  ainsi que mon envie de braquer les projecteurs sur les hommes et les femmes qui font le cinéma. 

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I denne episode står den på pure cinema i form af Milos Formans udødelige biopic-klassiker "Amadeus" fra 1984. Filmen som kompromisløst lader os forstå, at de fleste er så middelmådige og ubegavede, at de aldrig forstår at sætte pris på (det nærmest guddommelige) geni - ikke før lang tid efter, at det er gået til grunde pga. af vores ignorance og jalousi. Hård kost serveret i form af alt andet end middelmådighed, men derimod pragtpræstationer af F. Murray Abraham (Salieri) og Tom Hulce (Mozart), fabelagtig skrevet af Peter Shaffer, gennemført og stilsikker fotografering af Miroslav Ondricek - og selvfølgelig sublim instruktion af den tjekkiske mesterinstruktør Milos Forman. I denne episode kommer vi også med vores bud på misforståede genier i filmverdenen - altså, kunstnere som vi først for alvor vil forstå dybden af om mange år.

Front Row Classics tackles one of the most popular and in influential films of the 1970s. Erin McCabe and Jay Hoffman join Brandon and Eric to pay tribute to Milos Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The discussion includes Jack Nicholson’s career defining performance as McMurphy. We also praise Louise Fletcher’s terrifying performance as Nurse Ratched, one of cinema’s greatest villains. This 1975 film also features memorable early performances by some of the most enduring character actors in the business. We discuss favorite scenes, connections to Ken Kesey’s original book, the evolution of mental health care and even give our own opinions of the upcoming Ratched series on Netflix. This is definitely a discussion you won’t want to miss as we praise a film that has stood the test of time and remains an enduring example of the power of the human spirit.

Featuring: Brandon Davis, Eric Flick, Jayson Hoffman, Erin McCabe

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This week, we watch the fictional story about the real musical genius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This film is remembered for its performances and its period piece elements, with real locations throughout the majority of the movie, and ridiculous costumes at every turn. If you can get past his laugh, this one is a classic. Amadeus (1984), directed by Milos Forman.