The Final Picture Show Podcast: Where the End times are Alive!

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 112 12 Monkeys (1995/1996)

This monkeys gone to heaven, well it was supposed to be maybe we were off a bit and it ended up in WW1, or maybe it ended up in 1996 to talk about one of the big surprise hits of the 90s. Tonight we dive into the world of 12 Monkeys. We get into the background of how the film was made, the director's journey to final cut, the documentary made to go along with the film, and our feelings on watching it for the first time in a really long time.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 111 La Jetee (1962)

Don't bet your future On one roll of the dice you gotta go back in time, back in time, back in time, time in back. Fixate on the image. The image. Tonight we dive into the world of french new wave films via the famous 1960s short film: La Jetee. Tonight We do a poor job of pronouncing basic words and phrases, struggle to make sense of the past, wonder if even matters at all, deal with the pains of time travel, discuss the meaning of lucha icon El Santo, and disagree with people on the internet. It is a fun time.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 110 Fail-Safe (1964)

I get around, we get around, around we get to the mid 60s for the 2nd week in a row! This week we talk Fail- Safe. We get into the amazing cast and director, the twists and turns this political drama takes, the controversial creation of the film, and why LBJ hated it. It is a fun time.This week we have another episode out covering 60s french new wave short: La Jetee.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 109 Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

You know we shake it to the left Shake it to the right You do the hippy shake-shake, you do the nuclear apocalypse shake until you die. Tonight on the show we shake on down to the mid 60s and find surf rock on the charts, communists fears in the streets, and Dr. Strangelove on the screen. This week We dive into one of the most important movies ever made. And to fit the occasion we have a special guest tonight: My Dad. Yep, my dad comes along tonight as we talk about one of his favorite movies, being a kid in the 60s, the career of Stanley Kubrick, introducing me to this movie as a kid, and the background of the cast and crew and history of this formative film. Happy fathers day. It is a fun time.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 108 On The Beach (1959)

I will buy you a new life where you flowers can bloom and the world will slowly die as we drink ourselves to death before making the final choice. Tonight we kick the bucket as we visit austrialla, once again, visit the 1950s, once again, and suffer the stings and arrows of the choices of the powerful, once again. Tonight we sit down and watch On the Beach. This 50s epic is, perhaps, the first big budget hollywood post-apocayptic film and boy howdy does it have a mesage for the world. We get into the background of this film, the starkness of the message, how sad it made us, the legacy that it created, and much more.