Talking about Superman (1978)

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01/22/20 • 78 min

On this super (groan) episode of Oeuvre Busters, George welcomes special guest host Sean Mannion to discuss Richard Donner's Superman (1978), starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, and Margot Kidder. Topics discussed: the origins of Kryptonite; Marlon Brando giving zero fucks; the death (and resurrection!) of Superman; shape-shifting aliens; Lex Luthor, Australian; the fall of Saigon. Also, Superman and heteronormativity. Topics not discussed? The rise of autofiction: neoliberal genre or subversive antidote to the bourgeois novel? You decide!

Besides being an excellent person, Sean Mannion is an incredibly talented filmmaker. His film, Meme, can be found on Amazon Prime. More about Sean can be found here:https://www.sean-mannion.com/

You can, of course, find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail recording, at [email protected]. We are looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners during the show itself, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast. Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support.

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Besides being an excellent person, Sean Mannion is an incredibly talented filmmaker. His film, Meme, can be found on Amazon Prime. More about Sean can be found here:https://www.sean-mannion.com/

"Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Talking about Batman! (1989)

On this bat-tacular episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Tim Burton's Batman (1989), starring Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger. Topics discussed: Tim Burton: overrated or not? Joker, working class hero; the weirdness of Michael Keaton; German expressionist cinema (have we discussed this one before?). Also, the pig lady of Detroit!

Topics not discussed: Giotto di Bondone's Padua frescos and how they reflect a radical change in the course of Western art.

You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail recording, at [email protected]. We are looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners during the show itself, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast. Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support.

You can find more about the wonderful work of Sean Mannion at his website, http://www.sean-mannion.com/.

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On this kittenish episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Batman Returns (1992), directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito and Christopher Walken. Topics discussed: the dislocation of time and space; the erotics of being a superhero; class rage; Jesus songs. Also, sweet, sweet boning.

Topics not discussed: Theodor Dreyer’s cinema of devotion and how it greatly influenced filmmakers as diverse as Paul Schrader, Terrence Malick, and Theo Angelopoulos.

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