Episode 153: Episode 153 - Independence Day (1996).
About this episode
The episode discusses the film Independence Day in the context of its 30th anniversary and its impact on cinema.
Episode 153 of The Film ’89 Podcast lands just in time for this year’s July 4th celebrations, and there’s no more fitting a film that the guys could be covering than one that honours that great American holiday. Joining Neil and Skye (who definitely aren’t American) is returning co-host, filmmaker, producer and master cinephile (and importantly, an American), Mr Adam Rackoff. And the film they’re discussing is an epic alien invasion film that takes its cues from ‘50s science-fiction, ‘70s disaster movies, and also one of the Film ’89 Team’s favourite pieces of event television, the early ‘80s miniseries, V . That film is Independence Day , which celebrates its 30th anniversary the day this episode drops. With a superb ensemble cast and featuring jaw-dropping special effects that still impress three decades on, Independence Day , on a relatively meagre budget considering its scope and scale, would go on to utterly dominate the global box office in 1996, becoming far and away the most financially successful film that year. It would also set a new benchmark for special effects in an era where CGI was yet to dominate, and still puts many modern-day, big-budget effects-heavy movies to…
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