Deep Cut: A Film Podcast

Fresh off the opening weekend of Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster, the Deep Cut trio welcome friend of the pod Koh Zhi Hao to talk about The Odyssey. Listen to us break down the differences in Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s poem, discuss who gave a bad performance in this, and finally answer the question; Does Chris Nolan make movies for stupid people? 
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:40 Introducing film and Zhi Hao
00:09:59 Formats we saw and general reactions
00:40:35 Context and favorite moments
00:55:12 Favorite technical aspects
01:08:46 Phaeacia, Helen, and other details
01:19:54 The gods' influence on characters
01:30:37 Nolan's influence
01:34:48 Odyssey viewing formats
01:44:10 Closing

Deep Cut welcomes back dear friend and frequent guest Thanmye Lagudu to share his love for Indian filmmaker Christopher Nolan (iykyk) and his twisty Tenet. Listen as we all get a headache trying to make sense of Nolan’s (overly?) complicated plot: protagonists, time travel, character archetypes, race, temporal sphincters, and Nolan’s new collaborators in Jennifer Lame and Ludwig Göransson, and Robert Pattinson abound. And listen to the very end for an easter egg…
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:56 Introducing Thanmye
00:09:59 Introducing Tenet
00:11:21 General reactions
00:19:46 Guesteral pincer movement
00:22:34 The bromance
00:25:03 The Protagonist / Determinism
00:30:00 Bond / le Carre comparisons
00:33:45 Climactic / action scenes
00:38:52 Emotional truth, vs Interstellar
00:42:07 Ludwig Göransson score
00:43:04 Editing with Jennifer Lame
00:48:16 Thanmye's favorite things about Tenet
00:54:25 "Indie" solutions / Tactile filmmaking
00:59:45 Nolan as auteur 
01:01:53 Nolan male archetype
01:08:21 Hopes for The Odyssey
01:11:43 Nolan as "Indian" filmmaker
01:14:06 More from Thanmye

“MURPH! MUUUURPH!” Join us on a journey through the wormhole along with filmmaker Isadora Neves Marques as we discuss Christopher Nolan’s intergalactic adventure, Interstellar. Is love calculable? How does this compare to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: a Space Odyssey? When does Nolan intercut TOO much? And is Matt Damon’s performance good? All will be revealed… if you listen, that is.
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You can find selections of Dora’s writing on their website.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:08 Introducing Isadora
00:09:59 Our background with Nolan
00:17:50 Christopher Nolan director background
00:21:02 Interstellar intro
00:24:24 Nolan vs Hong Sang-soo, as indie filmmaker
00:27:57 Interstellar general reactions
00:36:01 Editing
00:39:58 Eli's theory
00:42:10 Scriptwriting and plotting
00:46:48 "Filmmaker for stupid people"
00:51:34 A limited worldview
00:56:38 Masculinity / Mann is bad
01:00:33 Screenwriting lessons from Nolan
01:03:44 Black hole / ocean planet
01:06:25 Ending and masculinity
01:10:19 Nolan film bros
01:15:05 Lack of awe
01:20:15 Craft
01:24:31 More from Isadora

The seventh and final director interview Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the legendary Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang. Wilson asks one of his cinematic heroes about the state of filmmaking today, his methods for working with actors, and his decades-long collaboration with Lee Kang-sheng.
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Timestamps:
00:00 intro
03:42 What do you hope new audiences will take from your films?
04:43 Rebels of the Neon god
06:20 Tsai and realism
07:35 The Hole
09:30 Tsai’s childhood
11:13 Theaters, streamers, and art museums
13:24 Video art versus narrative cinema
16:15 Fruits and vegetables (props and crops)
17:40 Abandoned buildings
19:27 Pacing and directing actors
21:22 Working with Lee Kang-sheng
22:35 Tsai’s Deep Cut picks

The sixth of seven (6-7!!!) director interviews Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the British, experimental director Ben Rivers, creator of the child-focused, post-apocalyptic exploration Mare’s Nest. Rivers speaks about giving child actors the freedom to be themselves onscreen, receiving Don Delillo’s blessing to stage his play The Word for Snow in the film, and the intention behind his depiction of an adultless world.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:03 Interview begins
03:32 Origins of Mare's Nest
06:07 Don Delillo
09:52 Children performing adult routines
13:14 Documentary versus fiction
19:09 Film-within-film
22:06 Moon walks into the past
25:02 Location filming
28:48 SEA filmmakers
31:25 Outro