About this episode
Jeremy and Paul Morris discuss the 2008 film Speed Racer and its various cultural references.
Jeremy is joined by author and scriptwriter Paul Morris for a dissection of the 2008 sports adventure Speed Racer, written for the screen and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski, starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Matthew Fox and Roger Allam and based on the anime series of the same name. Their discourse on the subject takes in such subjects as varied as Dick Tracy, the lore of Godzilla, a world created by designers and skinning Danny DeVito.
People in this episode
Host: Jeremy
Guest: Paul Morris
Topics covered
- Speed Racer
- anime
- sports adventure
- film analysis
Keywords
- Lana Wachowski
- Lilly Wachowski
- Emile Hirsch
- Christina Ricci
- Godzilla
- Dick Tracy
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Speed Racer
Books & works: Speed Racer
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