About this episode

The hosts discuss the Summer movie season, highlighting low-budget hits and the impact of YouTube on filmmaking, while also critiquing Steven Spielberg's latest film.

HOLLYWOOD HANGOVER!!! Returning from their May hiatus, the boys are back to chat all things Summer movie season! This episode, they discuss Joe's trip to Spain as a script writing mentor and the valuable lessons he both taught and learned. They highlight the low-budget mega hits like 'Obsession' and 'Backrooms', which seemed to come out of no where. Will Hollywood look to YouTube for more directing talent in the near future? ALSO: Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' leaves both critics and audiences divided - is it actually great or is Spielberg getting too old for this movie-making stuff? All this and MUCH more!

People in this episode

Hosts: Christopher Price, Joe Russo

Topics covered

• Summer movie season
• YouTube directing talent
• low-budget films
• film criticism
• script writing

Keywords

• Summer movies
• Obsession
• Backrooms
• Disclosure Day
• Steven Spielberg
• YouTube
• film criticism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Obsession, Backrooms, Disclosure Day

Places: Spain

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