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 – “Munich”
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005.
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Referenced media:
- “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
- “The Color Purple” (Steven Spielberg, 1985)
- “The Brutalist” (Brady Corbet, 2024)
- “Havoc” (Gareth Evans, 2025)
- “The Raid” (Gareth Evans, 2011)
- “The RaId 2” (Gareth Evans, 2014)
- “The West Wing” (Aaron Sorkin, 1999-2006)
- “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanely Kubrick, 1968)
- “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)
Audio quotation:
- “Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005), including “End Credits” and “Avner’s Theme” (2005) by John Williams
- “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)