The Goods: A Film Podcast

Mulholland Dr. (2001) - Gotta have a goblin

This is the movie. In the penultimate episode of Movies About Making Movies Month, Dan and Brian discuss David Lynch and his mind-bending opus from 2001. Join as they discuss Lynch's career, his visual style and tics and recurring themes, the obtuse narrative threads of Mulholland Dr., and theories about its ending.
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Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) / Ed Wood (1994) - Plan 139 from The Goods

Dan and Brian continue the seemingly-eternal Movies About Making Movies Month by looking at one of the most famously-bad movies of all time and the biopic of its unusual creator.
Join as they discuss their "so-bad-it's-good" philosophy, the hilarious incompetence of Plan 9, the compelling look Tim Burton uses to honor Wood, and the infectious enthusiasm of the troubled director.
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) / Asteroid City (2023) - Schrödinger’s Glock

Dan and Brian continue Movies About Making Movies Month to look at two Wes Anderson films. (One of them is, admittedly, about making a play.) They talk through the whole Wes Anderson experience, some of his stylistic features and tics, and where he ranks among directors of the recent past.
Then they talk through two of his films: First The Life Aquatic and its troubled father-son story, then the deeply strange hall of mirrors from earlier this year, Asteroid City.
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8 1/2 (1963) & Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) - The beautiful confusion

Movies About Making Movies Month marches onward with a look at two films that might (or might not) be parallel portraits of weirdos undergoing episodic crises and flitting in and out of dream sequences.
Join as Dan and Brian share their thoughts on Federico Fellini, try to make sense of the meta-narrative and weird sexual politics of 8 1/2, and ponder strange Italian film-dubbing practices.
Next, they talk through the Tim Burton joint starring the recently-parted Paul Reubens in Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Join as they relive the wacky highs and lows of Pee-wee's adventure, call out a wide variety of allusions, and celebrate Reubens' distinct and memorable comic voice.
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A Star is Born (1937/1954/1976/2018) - Gonna shout it from the mountaintops

Dan and Brian are back with Movies About Making Movies Month(s). This time, they discuss four movies: all the iterations of the showbiz melodrama A Star is Born. (Technically, two of them are Movies about Making Music.) Join as they break down the similarities and differences between the four iterations, what each says about filmmaking and American culture of their respective eras, and their ranking of the Seven Dwarfs.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (1989) - Digging deep

Dan and Brian continue Movies About Making Movies Month with a discussion of the fan-made, shot-for-shot recreation of Raiders of the Lost Ark as well as the 2015 documentary about its making.
They start with a rapid-fire recap of the Indiana Jones franchise and their feelings towards the series. Then they spend some time pondering the ingenuity and dedication of three teenagers, and how it makes them feel about their own time spent creating things. The discussion veers philosophical.
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Sullivan’s Travels (1941) / Party Down (2010) - Preston Sturges’ birthday party

Dan and Brian resume Movies About Making Movies Month after a brief hiatus by discussing the classic comedy Sullivan's Travels. Then, Dan takes another look at struggling Hollywood creatives in the Party Down episode "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday." Join as Dan and Brian celebrate Veronica Lake's incredible charisma, consider the film's prescient tone of realism, and rehash the production history and cult status of Party Down.
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Super 8 (2011) - Train-ger things

Dan and Brian kick off Movies About Making Movie Month (MAMMM... or something) by discussing the JJ Abrams-Steven Spielberg collaboration that bears strong fingerprints of both. Join as they discuss Cloverfield, the Spielberg nostalgia factor, the mishandled nostalgia vibes, the surprisingly charming cast of kid actors, zombie makeup sexual tension, and many other topics on the pilot of this new theme month.
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