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
2005, a conversation – “Paradise Now”
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005.
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Referenced media:
- “The Kingdom” (Peter Berg, 2007)
- “Lebanon” (Samuel Maoz, 2009)
- “Thank You for Smoking” (Jason Reitman, 2005)
- “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (Gene Roddenberry, 1987-1994)
- “Lord of War” (Andrew Niccol, 2005)
- “Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)
Audio quotation:
- “Paradise Now” (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005)