Jan 23 2025 66 mins
Our Special Subject this month is the start of a series on the cinematic collaboration of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen. In this first episode we look at A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), Zelig (1983), and Broadway Danny Rose (1984), paying particular attention to the relationship between the Allen and Farrow characters and to the question of what each partner in the collaboration brings to the other's career. Both of these areas of inquiry yielded some surprises for us; plus, Dave gets to wax lyrical about Broadway Danny Rose, one of his favourite Allen movies. We also have a revival of Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto thanks to the TIFF Lightbox Cinematheque's Marco Bellocchio retrospective, briefly discussing Good Morning, Night (2003), Dormant Beauty (2012), and My Mother's Smile (2002). Discussion of the latter occasioned many mentions of David Lynch, as often happens on the pod, although we did not know at the time that he would be taking leave of this plane of existence.
Time Codes:
0h 00m 25s: Intro: Farrow v. Allen
0h 06m 53s: A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982) [dir. Woody Allen]
0h 23m 09s: Zelig (1983) [dir. Woody Allen]
0h 31m 58s: Broadway Danny Rose (1984) [dir. Woody Allen]
0h 48m 29s: Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto – Another Year (2010) by Mike Leigh; part 1 of TIFF Cinémathèque’s Marco Bellocchio retrospective: Good Morning, Night (2003), Marx Can Wait (2021), Dormant Beauty (2012) and My Mother’s Smile (2002)
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* Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring
* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s
* Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive)
* Read Elise’s piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again”
* Check out Dave’s Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist’s 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!
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