The Criterion Break with Andy and Blake - Episode 4 - Two Films From Costa-Gavras
05/21/20 • 83 min
A listener request is the inspiration for this episode, as Andy and Blake dive into the filmography of Greek filmmaker, Costa-Gavras. The two decided to tackle two of his most well-known political thrillers, State of Siege (1972; Spine #760) and Z (1969; Spine #491). The two also talk about the titles coming to the collection in August, the announcement of Criterion titles coming to HBOMax, and the challenge ahead of them for their next episode.
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A listener request is the inspiration for this episode, as Andy and Blake dive into the filmography of Greek filmmaker, Costa-Gavras. The two decided to tackle two of his most well-known political thrillers, State of Siege (1972; Spine #760) and Z (1969; Spine #491). The two also talk about the titles coming to the collection in August, the announcement of Criterion titles coming to HBOMax, and the challenge ahead of them for their next episode.
Andy can be found across social media at:
Facebook - Fat Dude Digs Flicks
Instagram - FatDudeDigsFlicks
Twitter - FatDudeFlicks
Blake can be found on:
Instagram - blakeg_5150
And as a part of:
Facebook - Back Lot 605
Instagram - BackLot605
Twitter - BackLot605
Subscribe to this podcast and the Back Lot 605 podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts. Run a search and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it!
If you’d like to contact us for any recommendations, questions, comments, or concerns, you can email us at [email protected]. If by some small chance you’d like to donate anything to offset the cost of movie tickets (or streaming costs during this GLOBAL pandemic) and this podcast, be it via a gift card to pay for a digital rental, you can also send that to the aforementioned email. Any recommendation and donation will be mentioned in a future episode! If you can’t spare the dime, no worries: please leave a rating and/or a review, and spread the word about this podcast.
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