
Ep. 25: Whiplash
08/18/22 • 59 min
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Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the role and purpose of suffering in the quest for greatness, the challenge of thematic clarity, and cultural differences regarding the real meaning of success, in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash.
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Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the role and purpose of suffering in the quest for greatness, the challenge of thematic clarity, and cultural differences regarding the real meaning of success, in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash.
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Ep. 24: The Man From Earth
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the art of contained sci-fi storytelling, humanity’s relation to deep time, and the challenges of reaching back into history, in Richard Schenkman’s The Man From Earth.
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Ep. 26: Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the surprising and subversive power of atmosphere-based filmmaking, the purpose of changing history through fiction, and the anatomy of a successful bromance, in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood.
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