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
“Oppenheimer” (2023), a conversation about a Blockbuster
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa discuss the blockbuster and Academy Award-winning Best Picture of 2023.
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Referenced media:
- “American Fiction” (Cord Jefferson, 2023)
- “Anatomy of a Fall” (Justine Triet, 2023)
- “Barbie” (Greta Gerwig, 2023)
- “The Holdovers” (Alexander Payne, 2023)
- “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Martin Scorsese, 2023)
- “Maestro” (Bradley Cooper, 2023)
- “Past Lives” (Celine Song, 2023)
- “Poor Things” (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023)
- “The Zone of Interest” (Jonathan Glazer, 2023)
- “Following” (Christopher Nolan, 1998)
- “He-Man and the Masters of Universe” (Lou Scheimer, 1983-1984)
- “Mr. Belvedere” (Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein, 1985-1990)
- “Batman Begins” (Christopher Nolan, 2005)
- “The Dark Knight” (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
- “The Dark Knight Returns” (Christopher Nolan, 2012)
- “Inception” (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
- “Tenet” (Christopher Nolan, 2020)
- “Dunkirk” (Christopher Nolan, 2017)
- “The Prestige” (Christopher Nolan, 2006)
- “Memento” (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
- “The Conqueror” (Dick Powell, 1956)
- “The Day After” (Nicholas Meyer, 1983)
- “Threads” (Mick Jackson, 1984)
- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 “ (James Gunn, 2023)
- “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Christopher McQuarrie, 2023)
- “Rain Man” (Barry Levinson, 1988)
- “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)
Audio quotation:
- “Oppenheimer” (Christopher Nolan, 2023), including the songs “Can You Hear the Music”, “Kitty Comes to Testify”, “Gravity Swallows Light”, and “Fission” by Ludwig Göransson, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDisKgcnAC4QJDGcv7BafiO3tqpRYrTXe
- “He-Man and the Masters of Universe” (Lou Scheimer, 1983-1984), including “Masters of the Universe” by Shuki Levy and Haim Saban, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeA7a0uS3A
- “Mr. Belvedere” (Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein, 1985-1990), including “According to Our New Arrival” by Judy Hart-Angelo and Gary Portnoy and performed by Leon Redbone, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-GML1pWkww
- “The Conqueror (1956) original theatrical trailer”, posted by Ham Nauseam, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHt0Pb8rkXU
- “Threads (1984) - BBC4 intro”, posted by Shadow TV Network, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhBC2Jb-2rc
- “Fireplace Sound Effect | Royalty free Sound Effects”, posted by BurghRecords, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG64aIasFiw
- “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991), including “‘Main Title (Terminator 2 Theme)’” by Brad Fiedel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQm2_cAZvo&list=RDCnQm2_cAZvo&start_radio=1