A defunct podcast about trading films with friends. Each month I chose a film for a friend to watch and they chose one for me. Then we discussed. There were two episodes a month, first my choice and then theirs. Subscribe via iTunes or Overcast.
Welcome to the first episode! My guest for this month is Clarko Clark, and he's joined me to discuss the film I chose for him, the 1949 British black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly.
Show notes:
- My original review of Kind Hearts and Coronets
- A definition of black comedy
- Koyaanisqatsi and my review of it
- Charles I of England, who is mentioned early in the film
- This film takes place in the Edwardian era
- It stars Alec Guinness, who also played Obi-Wan Kenobi, and who was apparently similar to Eddie Murphy
- It was released in 1949
- Alice in Wonderland
- Clarko likes How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, and Grey's Anatomy
- Some of which feature an unreliable narrator, as perhaps does this
- Yes, a British general really did choose to go down with his ship after making a mistake in directions
- American Pyscho, a really apt and interesting comparison
- Ealing Studios is actually still around, and releasing films
- The fancier studio down the road was the Rank Studio
- The Hays Code, which was eventually overthrown, in part by Howard Hughes
- Making out on a fainting couch is less common these days
- Black and white films should not be colorized, under any circumstances
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