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
Romance, a conversation – “Fire Island”
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
This is part of a series about romance in movies.
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Referenced media:
- “Bros” (Nicholas Stoller, 2022)
- “Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)
- “Clueless” (Amy Heckerling, 1995)
- “Pride & Prejudice” (Joe Wright, 2005)
Audio quotation:
- “Fire Island” (Andrew Ahn, 2022), including the song “Pure Imagination” performed by Kathleen, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_OPWtgi2GFGVXixDBXQl1dz8DQQaoMgt