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
GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 15: Special Effects: “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”
GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.
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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 15:
- “Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde” (Rouben Mamoulian, 1931)
- “The Wolfman” (George Waggner, 1941)
- “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” (Terry Gilliam, 1988)
- “Barry Lyndon” (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
- “A Trip to the Moon” (Georges Méliès, 1902)
- “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, 1969-1974)
- “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” (Paul Reubens, 1986-1990)
- “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
- “Pinocchio” (Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, 1940)
- “South Park” (Trey Parker and Matt Stone, 1997-present)
- “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (David Hand, 1937)
- “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)
- “The Lord of the Rings” (Ralph Bakshi, 1978)
Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 15:
- “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen” (Karel Zeman, 1962)