#095: Election with Ryan Estrada
About this episode
Ryan Estrada joins Ryan Luis Rodriguez to discuss the director's commentary of the film 'Election' and its cultural implications.
For our ninety-fifth episode, we’re joined by author Ryan Estrada (“Banned Book Club”) for a discussion of Alexander Payne’s director’s commentary for his 1999 satirical masterpiece “Election”. Among the things discussed: casting actors for their braces, obsessions with circles and trash cans, the benefits of shooting a film in a functioning high school, connections to “Navajo Joe”, Payne ironically still not having seen “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, how the film may have predicted the 2000 election, and so much more. Ryan’s Recommendations: “Do the Right Thing” (1989), “Malcolm X” (1992), and “BlackKklansman” (2018) For 500 hours of exclusive bonus content and early releases of every episode, join our Patreon and become an Official Minder: http://www.patreon.com/onetrackmindpodcast Our network: https://www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com/network Theme Music by: Bildschirm (bildschirm.bandcamp.com). Artwork by: Lacie Barker.
People in this episode
Host: Ryan Luis Rodriguez
Guest: Ryan Estrada
Topics covered
- film analysis
- director's commentary
- satire
- election prediction
- movie recommendations
Keywords
- Election
- Ryan Estrada
- Alexander Payne
- film commentary
- satirical film
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Banned Book Club, Election, Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, BlackKklansman, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Navajo Joe
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