Episode 290: Drive-Away Dolls + Extreme Days

About this episode

The episode discusses the films 'Drive-Away Dolls' and 'Extreme Days', exploring the narrative nature of road movies.

Send us Fan Mail Episode Two-Hundred and Ninety: Drive-Away Dolls (2024) Extreme Days (2001) "The joy of a road movie is its very simple narrative nature, which is that you know you're going to go through different places and you're going to meet new people. At the same time, you have to not make it feel too obvious and too crudely episodic.'' -- Sam Mendes Logo design by: https://www.fiverr.com/ideahits Intro voiceover by: https://www.youtube.com/kevincrocker heyjameswatchthis@gmail.com

People in this episode

Host: Hey James Watch This

Topics covered

• road movies
• film reviews
• narrative structure
• character development
• cinema analysis

Keywords

• Drive-Away Dolls
• Extreme Days
• road movie
• film review
• Sam Mendes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Drive-Away Dolls, Extreme Days

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