Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
"Beau Travail" (1999), a conversation
October 11, 2023
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa consider how Herman Melville’s novella, “Billy Budd”, was translated into a movie that the 2022 “Sight and Sound” poll of the greatest films of all time maintains is the seventh greatest ever.
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Referenced media:
- “Dune: Part One” (Denis Villeneuve, 2021)
- “Blade Runner 2049” (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)
- “Chocolat” (Claire Denis, 1988)
- “High Fidelity” (Stephen Frears, 2000)
- “American Psycho” (Mary Harron, 2000)
- “Gladiator” (Ridley Scott, 2000)
- “Trouble Every Day” (Claire Denis, 2001)
- “Blood for Dracula” (Paul Morrissey, 1974)
- “Olympia 1: Festival of Nations” (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)
- “Olympia 2: Festival of Beauty” (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)
- “Reflections on a Golden Eye” (John Huston, 1967)
- “Blue Lagoon” (Randal Kleiser, 1980)
- “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Cal Bunker, 2023)
Audio quotation:
- “Dune: Part One” (Denis Villeneuve, 2021), “Paul’s Dream” composed by Hans Zimmer
- “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Cal Bunker, 2023), “PAW Patrol: The Might Movie” composed by Pinar Toprak