Loren and Scott discuss their favorite foreign films.
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This Week’s Podcast: Our Favorite Foreign Films
- 0:00-2:56: Intro! Scott sings! (those responsible for letting Scott sing have been sacked)
- This is all Geoff McRae’s fault.
- 2:57-6:20: What, exactly, is a “foreign film?”
- 6:21-8:50: Scott confesses to something egregious.
- 8:51-13:19: The wrap-up of what makes a foreign film a foreign film looks into what films inspire and influence filmmakers.
- The Perfect Blue episode.
- 13:20-15:05: My Neighbor Totoro
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCJrCpBLoc&w=450]
- 15:06-18:21: John Ford, Akira Kurosawa, and Spaghetti Westerns.
- 18:22-20:10: District 9
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6PDlMggROA&w=450]
- 20:11-24:21: Brotherhood of the Wolf
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7DTv2uBA7I&w=450]
- 24:22-26:05: Amelie
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIYrpyt6rbk&w=450]
- 26:06-29:10: Malena
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4C0szpgokQ&w=450]
- 29:11-30:49: Life is Beautiful
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16RZHqCIy9M&w=450]
- 30:50-32:31: Downfall
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp1RXmM1-60&w=450]
- 32:32-35:22: Mad Max
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIDlDO3eoo8&w=450]
- 35:23-39:00: The movies of Danny Boyle
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmQqhuKmECc&w=450]
- 39:01-41:03: The movies of Luc Besson
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcsirofJrlM&w=450]
- 41:03-42:12: The movies of Guy Ritchie
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiHc2HzO_TA&w=450]
- 42:15-45:25: Loren wraps up his European film list with Monty Python and The Holy Grail and the films of Krzysztof Kieślowski.
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVaqLZmMf-k&w=450]
- 45:26-46:44: Scott shocks the world with his love of Ireland, starting off with The Secret of Kells.
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMPhHTtKZ8Q&w=450]
- 46:45-47:07: Angela’s Ashes
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zLpf1XDNko&w=450]
- 47:10-48:09: The Commitments
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3paf2TLrgsg&w=450]
- 48:09-49:10: Billy Elliot
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoiVEyCosEE&w=450]
- 49:11-50:21: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv_ed5VmoD8&w=450]
- 50:22-50:56: The Raid: Redemption
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f6f_kfp1Z8&w=450]
- 50:57-59:23: Loren and Scott discuss the entire rest of the world and the importance of film communities and of course it ends in a discussion about Doctor Who and Whovians.
- 59:24-1:01:03: Outro!