The Christophers Makes the Case for Human-Created Art

About this episode

The episode discusses Steven Soderbergh's film The Christophers, exploring themes of art and authenticity.

Steven Soderbergh is back! The Filmographers' OG director has returned to the scene with The Christophers, a movie about art and authenticity starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel. Is his latest effort a forgery, or is it the real deal? Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social mediaInstagram @thefilmographersBluesky @thefilmographers.bsky.socialLetterboxd @filmographersYouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast Websitehttps://filmographerspodcast.com/ CreditsKeir Graff & Michael Moreci, hostsKevin Lau, producerGompson, theme musicCosmo Graff, graphic design

People in this episode

Hosts: Keir Graff, Michael Moreci

Topics covered

• art
• authenticity
• film
• forgery
• creativity

Keywords

• Steven Soderbergh
• The Christophers
• art
• authenticity
• Ian McKellen
• Michaela Coel
• film

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Christophers

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