Below the Line with Seb, Nolan, and Benkei Below the Line

Welcome back, listeners! In this episode, we'll be going through history to illustrate three different yet majorly successful female costume designers. Starting with Milena Canonero, an esteemed veteran of the industry who's worked since the 70s from Barry Lyndon to The Grand Budapest Hotel. Then we delve into the career of Bina Diageler and her work alongside one of Seb's favorites, Pedro Almodovaar. And we finish off with Sandy Powell and her touch of cool that makes it into all of her work which includes one of the greatest costumed films ever made, Carol.

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In this episode, we will be talking with guest and friend of the pod, Adina Beck, about the careers of Saul and Elaine Bass that changed the way movie title sequences and movie posters look. Their artistic flair and knack for eye-popping graphic design made the movies they worked on just a bit more colorful and exciting, paving the way for a complete revolution in how movies are marketed and seen by the world.

Warning: we'll also be discussing Joker content in this episode. Please listen with caution.

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In this episode, we'll be dissecting the works of one of Studio Ghibli's significant contributors, composer Joe Hisaishi. Joe Hisaishi has an illustrious career in film composing, but his most recognizable efforts are through is collaborations with nearly every Hayao Miyazaki movie from Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, and many others. 

We're also introducing our first of many guests this week, Aristotle, who's a friend of the pod and a resident Miyazaki uber-fan who brings us more insight into the magical connections between Joe Hisaishi's scores and Miyazaki's films. 

In this episode, we'll be breaking down the mechanics of editing and how it shaped your favorite scenes from A New Hope, to Ferris Bueller's Day Off, to Mission: Impossible through editor Paul Hirsch's career. As we discuss his illustrious career, we discover that Paul Hirsch has had a major role in what makes some of our favorite movies like Blow Out and Ghost Protocol so special to us. 

We're doing something different this week in honor of all of our horror movie phases lining up for the spooky season. This episode is dedicated to our horror favorites, both new and old, and our experiences over our lives with this genre. And we'll be going through BTL's (official) horror canon, the five horror movies we've deduced as absolute essentials.
Also featured in this episode is major Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm talk.

In this episode, we’ll be breaking down the history of make-up and prosthetics in movie history, specifically its usage in horror films. Rather than focusing on one “below the line” artist, we’ll be looking at various makeup artists such as Jack Pierce, Dick Smith, Rick Baker, and Montse Ribé. Although you may not know their names, they’ve been behind the horror genre’s most iconic looks from Frankenstein to Pan’s Labyrinth.

We’ll also be bringing Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes its due critical acclaim after nearly 20 years and talking the new Aaron Sorkin flick.