About this episode
The hosts begin their exploration of 1950s films, discussing various classic movies and their themes.
New decade! We begin our journey through the films of the 1950s with a classic Disney animated fairytale, a tale of Hollywood darkness, Broadway rivalry, Kurosawa multi-perspective mystery, an invisible rabbit, and French existential dreams of the afterlife! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZpdDX1v_OQshSldA4Sy78A] You can check out our other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1950 Films Discussed playlist right here! [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbjWmIpd1Wtr7ygz4E7dQ28Bj49LeC2Sf&si=MKJVew18pFb09a-B] 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:18 - News of the Year 00:06:58 - Cinderella 00:23:02 - Sunset Blvd 00:50:51 - All About Eve 01:12:54 - Rashomon 01:35:15 - Harvey 01:56:19 - Orpheus 02:33:28 - Outro See you next year!
People in this episode
Hosts: Cris Elie, Glen Covell
Topics covered
- 1950s films
- Disney animation
- Hollywood
- Broadway
- Kurosawa
- existentialism
- film discussion
Keywords
- 1950
- Cinderella
- Sunset Blvd
- All About Eve
- Rashomon
- Harvey
- Orpheus
- Disney
- film analysis
- Broadway rivalry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Disney, Youtube, linktr.ee
Books & works: Cinderella, Sunset Blvd, All About Eve, Rashomon, Harvey, Orpheus
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