TV & Film
On this memory-laden episode, Liam and George welcome Alissa Wilkinson on to discuss Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Machiko Kyo and Masayuki Mori. Topics discussed: faith in humanity; deus ex baby; postmodern theories of narrative; deep fakes; the politics of the 60s. Also, you guys should kill each other!Topics not covered? Robert Frost’s genteel New England poetry.Alissa is Vox.com’s film critic and an associate professor of English and humanities at the King’s College in New York City. She’s also a member of the NY Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics.More about the wonderful Alissa Wilkinson can be found here: http://www.alissawilkinson.com/ And please listen to her amazing podcast, Young Adult Movie Ministry here: https://yammpod.substack.com/They did an episode on The Maltese Falcon that also covers Michael Mann's Miami Vice and Kurosawa's Stray Dog and The Idiot. Perfect episode? Yes.Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dollars a month, you’ll get a bonus episode and a essay from George about the films being discussed on the podcast. (George promises no problematic manifestos about the current state of the world.) Also, we will definitely give you a shout out on the podcast! Your financial support will also help us upgrade our equipment and improve the show in a variety of ways.Please, if you can, rate, review, and subscribe to Oeuvre Busters on Stitcher and iTunes and wherever else you might download your favorite podcasts. Your ratings and reviews help the show reach a wider audience. Please also feel free to send us regular and hate mail at: Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. Again, we appreciate all the support. "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.