About this episode
The episode discusses Steven Spielberg's film The BFG, its box office performance, and various related topics with guest Kyle Amato.
With Steven Spielberg returning to theatres with this week’s Disclosure Day, we’re taking the rare opportunity to discuss one of his films! Kyle Amato returns to talk about Spielberg’s take on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s fable The BFG. The film was a reuniting of Spielberg with his recent Oscar winning actor Mark Rylance in the role, all brought to life through ever-evolving motion capture technology. While Spielberg has found some of his greatest successes in family friendly fare, The BFG was one of his most underwhelming at the box office and went quickly forgotten. This episode, we’re talking about Spielberg’s less well-received films and the many flaws that make this film feel like one of his weakest. We also talk about Rylance’s Tony tally prior to his Oscar win, motion capture discourse, and the dire summer offerings from 2016. Topics also include Penelope Wilton as a Queen Elizabeth stand-in, Dahl adaptations, and Backrooms.
People in this episode
Hosts: Joe, Chris
Guest: Kyle Amato
Topics covered
- Steven Spielberg films
- The BFG
- motion capture technology
- Oscar-winning performances
- Dahl adaptations
- box office performance
- family films
Keywords
- The BFG
- Steven Spielberg
- Mark Rylance
- motion capture
- Roald Dahl
- Oscar
- family films
- box office
- 2016
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The BFG, Roald Dahl
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