Cinematic Breadcrumbs Elise Hernke

Eat the Rich season is going strong & has been on the rise for the past decade. In this episode of Cinematic Breadcrumbs podcast, your host Elise Hernke speculates on what societally happened starting at the turn of the century to provoke such an interest in the suffering of the rich on film.

Films mentioned in this episode:
1990s/early 2000s - The Game, Titanic, The Family Man, Scrooged
2010-2019 - Knives Out, Snowpiercer, Parasite, Ready or Not, You're Next, Get Out, The Big Short, Sorry to Bother You
2020 - 2023 - Triangle of Sadness, The Menu, Knives Out: Glass Onion, White Lotus (TV; on HBO), Infinity Pool, Don't Worry Darling

Songs used in amateur compilation:
Aerosmith - Eat The Rich
Hall & Oates - Rich Girl
ABBA - Money Money Money
Frank Ocean - Super Rich Kids
White Lotus S'2 Theme Song

Episode of "You're Wrong About" that discusses the emergence of the middle class lobbied by advertising companies who desired to keep the upper class in power: https://www.stitcher.com/show/youre-wrong-about/episode/online-shopping-with-amanda-mull-207270849

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This month we are diving into the Oscar nominated "Triangle of Sadness" (dir. by Ruben Östlund; 2022) as well as the 2023 Academy Awards which just aired on March 12th. The part 2 of this month will be focused on films of a similar vein, which I might call "Eat The Rich" films, so be on the lookout for that coming up in a couple weeks.

*If you want to jump straight to the "T of S" portion of the episode & skip the Oscars discussion, go to ~40min mark.

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On this episode of Cinematic Breadcrumbs, we dive into what you should watch if you liked "Babylon" and are looking for more. This includes the Old Hollywood references and history that inspired the story and which films to watch to get a better look at that time period, films that tackle similar themes and other of director Damien Chazelle's big hitters.

The main films we look at are, but are not limited to, "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013), "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), "Boogie Nights" (1997), "La La Land" (2016), and "Singing in the Rain" (1952).

For full list of references and source material that I pulled for this episode, check out the episode notes.

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We're back, baby!! To kick off the first episode of 2023, we are diving into "BABYLON" (2022) Damien Chazelle's latest, most controversial film, starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, as a bunch of dreamers who ride the wave of Hollywood's transition from silent film to talkies, which also marks the end of the depraved and decadent world that it once was.

In this episode, we discuss many of the true historical origins of many of the "Babylon" characters, the book "Hollywood Babylon," the original "Babylon" script, and the polarizing ending.

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Hope you enjoy! 

Chris Motley joins us on this episode to help continue the angels on earth series with the 1978 Oscar winning football movie "Heaven Can Wait" starring Warren Beatty. He also brings the Cinematic Breadcrumbs listeners something that your host certainly can't - a nuanced look at the top 5 best sports movies out there, specifically the most underrated.

In this episode, we talk about the various depictions of the afterlife / purgatory, the films logic, costume, set design and central love story, and the twist ending.

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On this episode, we continue with the series on angels with "City of Angels" the very 1998 Hollywood remake of one of the greatest films of all time ("Wings of Desire") starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. We have special guest Brittany Stiles, friend of the pod, who helps us break down the movie. Questions discussed include, but are not limited to: Should angels wear trench coats? Did this movie up the sales of Rolling Rock? Is surgeon the American version of a German trapeze artist? How on earth did this get made?

Enjoy this silly episode.

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