The Film List

Rear Window (1954)

This is Alfred Hitchcock’s fiftieth film. As Hitchcock preferred, this film was shot entirely on a sound stage and is set wholly within Jefferies’, the protagonist’s apartment. The story plays with voyeurism. The more intently Jefferies spies on his neighbors, the closer the cameras come to the action going on inside his neighbors’ apartments. The audience is brought in on the spying. Hitchcock used this as a metaphor for the whole movie-going experience. In essence, that’s what we do every time we go to the theatre. We are eavesdropping on the people on screen.

In the Mood for Love

Using syrupy-smooth slow motion, deep, reassuring colors and a gentle hypnotic soundtrack, the ever nostalgic, undyingly romantic Wong Kar Wai blessed the world with In the Mood For Love.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Today we discuss the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. On the surface, this film is a 50’s sci-fi flick about invading aliens. As with many science fiction films, especially at the time, it can also be interpreted as a metaphor for something else. Although most of the creators of the film claim no political intentions, many saw it as having an anti-Communist or anti-mccarthyist message. In any case, the film serves as an allegory for the loss of individual thought and identity in any system.

Mad Max: Fury Road

In this episode, we discuss what many critics have deemed one of the best action movies of the last decade, Mad Max: Fury Road. Mad Max creator George Miller, successfully revived the old action franchise of the ’80s. Shot in sequence in Australia and Africa, Miller did over 80% of the film's stunts and effects practically. CGI was mainly used to enhance landscapes and remove stunt rigging.

The Film List: Trailer

This is “The Film List”. In this podcast we will be discussing, analyzing, and debating a list of 96 films that our team has compiled and edited over the course of fifteen years. Each film on this list we have deemed as essential to enriching our understanding & expression of the art.