About this episode

The episode discusses the film 1941, exploring its reception and the creative choices made by Steven Spielberg.

June's Your Movie Rocks welcomes back Zev Burrows, who has used his guest power to achieve two very important tasks at once: first, he has made himself a true Steven Spielberg completist by assigning both himself and Mandy the storied director's 1941 , also known as The Spielberg Joint Almost No One Likes. He has also given Mandy the dubious privilege of perhaps being the only person alive who has seen 1941 , but not Raiders of the Lost Ark . Tune in to hear various theories on what the hell Steven thought he was doing with this film, how much of it actually works, a highly educational digression on John Williams, and why Zev is already gearing up for a second viewing.

People in this episode

Guest: Zev Burrows

Topics covered

• Steven Spielberg
• film analysis
• movie reviews
• John Williams
• 1941

Keywords

• 1941
• Steven Spielberg
• movie review
• John Williams
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1941, Raiders of the Lost Ark

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