36 episodes
The Celluloid Mirror 4MileCircus
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5.0 • 12 Ratings
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Filmmakers Nicole Solomon and Sean Mannion of 4MileCircus take two disparate films and discuss what they reflect about one another, and the audience watching.
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Schindler's League (Schindler's List and Zack Snyder's Justice League: Justice is Gray)
Here is a special bonus episode of The Celluloid Mirror that’s just a little bit shorter than Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Justice is Gray and a tad longer than Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List – the two films we are discussing! This ep was recorded live in front of a (livestream) audience in July 2023. Our patrons voted for this, so blame them.
It is a strange time to release this discussion, which was recorded over 4 months ago. We are reaching the end of the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, a brief respite from the violence that has already killed over 15,000 Palestinians and about 1,200 Israelis, as of today, 11/28/23. Join us in calling for a lasting ceasefire – no bombing, no ground war, the release of all hostages, and involvement of the international community to negotiate for lasting peace. Take action here: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/take-action/#act-now
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Links:
Visual Aids!: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1v47tpWXhcp_qb0pie_sbVeXBL4PL2xf_
Sean on Superman: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ii8CDDGAy2rXAK_ZVswkdfNMAHkItxPIIvpAe1gmo98/edit?usp=sharing
Episode Transcript: http://www.4milecircus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/TCM_2023_Schindlers_LEague_Transcript.pdf
NYT in Schindler: https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/15/movies/review-film-schindler-s-list-imagining-the-holocaust-to-remember-it.html
NYT on Justice: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/movies/justice-league-snyder-cut-review.html
Ebert on Schindler: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/schindlers-list-1993
Ebert(dot com) on Justice: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/zack-snyders-justice-league-movie-review-2021
“Shooting Jews” - Adventures with Dead Jews Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shooting-jews/id1582119175?i=1000535489734
Claude Lanzmann on Schindler: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=FILM-PHILOSOPHY;d351a26.1508
Schindler’s List is not Shoah: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1343973
Schindler VillageVoice Roundtable: https://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Schindlers-List-symposium_Village-Voice_03-29-94.pdf
Jewish Uprisings in Ghettos and Camps: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jewish-uprisings-in-ghettos-and-camps-1941-44
Haneke on Schindler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_osgrcpes4
Schindler’s List: Separating Truth and Fiction: https://reformjudaism.org/schindlers-list-separating-truth-fiction
Inside the Real Story behind SL: https://time.com/5470613/schindlers-list-true-story/#
Zack Snyder’s Fascist Dalliances: https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/07/22/releasethesnydervolk-zack-snyders-fascist-dalliances
Interview with Snyder: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/20/zack-snyder-i-dont-have-a-rightwing-political-agenda-people-see-what-they-want-to-see
All music by Kevin MacLeod
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Mini Season 2 Finale Episode
Sean and Nicole wrap up season 2 with a little mini finale debrief episode. We discuss audience reaction to our episode about Back to the Future and Masking Threshold with special guest Johannes Grenzfurthner. You can see Masking Threshold when it plays at select Alamo Drafthouse theaters starting September 30th, or digitally on October 7th.
Johannes Grenszfurthner’s new horror comedy Razennest will premiere this month at Fantastic Fest! You can even watch it at home!
We also discuss why Sean doesn’t like Pretty in Pink, Nicole’s thwarted dreams of ghostwriting Babysitters Club spinoffs, and our own new animated horror short Reveal.
Links
Masking Threshold Trailer
Masking Threshold via Alamo on Demand
Ridley Scott on whitewashing Exodus
California Diaries
Ann M Martin is Queer
Alanah Rafferty
Alanah’s episode of TCM
Sarah Schoofs
Karen Fleisch
Eli Oberman
The Shondes
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4MC on twitter, instagram, website
Sean twitter/ IG, Nicole twitter/ IG
All music by Kevin MacLeod
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Emotional Machines (Back to the Future and Masking Threshold)
Season Finale! Johannes Grenzfurthner joins Sean and Nicole to discuss his horror film Masking Threshold, 1985 scifi comedy classic Back to the Future, and the perils of isolated inquiry.
“How is that a movie?” -Eric Hillis
How does Masking Threshold’s Protagonist fit in with Christopher Lloyd’s Doc and Michael J. Fox’s Marty? Are all their struggles caused by their dads? What do these films say about US America’s decline? All that plus the trouble with squids. Masking Threshold is distributed by Drafthouse Films and will be available to stream in October. Johannes's new feature Razzennest will premiere at Fantastic Fest this September 2022! Transcript
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Masking Threshold
Masking Threshold on Letterboxd
Razzennest
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Jasmin Hagendorfer
Eric Hillis on Masking Threshold
Janet Maslin on Back to the Future
Ebert on Back to the Future
Cucalorus Film Fest
Terror Molins Film Fest
Vienna Porn Film Fest
Transition Queer film Fest
Johannes at HOPE conference
GI Bill + Black Veterans
Wes House on HP Lovecraft’s White Supremacy
Boston makes bus free
MTA spends more on New Cops than Fare Evasion
TV Tropes: Mad Scientist
Buzz Aldrin punches a conspiracy theorist
The Act of Killing
Compliance
Patreon, twitter, IG, website
Sean IG/Nicole IG, twitter
Music by Kevin MacLeod
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Mini Mask to the Threshold (Season 2 Episode 10 Preview)
Get a little taste of our Season 2 finale on which we discuss sci-fi comedy classic Back to the Future and recent tinnitus cosmic horror Masking Threshold with Masking Threshold writer/director Johannes Grenzfurthner!
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Masking threshold at Drafthouse Films
Masking Threshold Trailer
Razzennest Official Website
Razzennest Trailer
Dan Berger
Outlaws of America
Nicole’s Hot Lines series
Nicole’s Letterboxd List of Hot Lines films
Nicole’s Letterboxd List of films about phone sex workers
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We’re also on twitter, instagram and have a website
Sean on twitter and IG
Nicole on twitter and IG
All music in the episode is by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4552-twisted
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REPOST: The Audience Must Suffer! (Funny Games and Transformers: The Movie)
REPOST of The Celluloid Mirror Premiere: The Audience Must suffer (Funny Games and Transformers: The Movie)
Sean and Nicole are on summer break and humbly present you with a rerun of the episode that started it all!
The Celluloid Mirror is a film discussion podcast in which we look at two very different films to see what they reflect about one another and the audience watching. For our first film pairing we discuss Transformers: The Movie (1986), Michael Haneke's Funny Games (2007), and how these two films confront their audiences and subvert genre expectations.
Links:
David Edelstein on Funny Games
A.O. Scott on Funny Games
Slate Review of Funny Games
Caryn James on Transformers
How Less Alienation Creates More Exploitation? Audience Labour on Social Network Sites
Game over? The (re)play of horror in Michael Haneke's Funny Games U.S.
Get early access to new episodes of The Celluloid Mirror PLUS bonus episodes, uncut video of our recording sessions featuring conversations that didn’t make it to the final show, games, invitations to events, Discord access and so much more by subscribing to our Patreon
We’re also on twitter, instagram and have a website
Sean on twitter and IG
Nicole on twitter and IG
All music in the episode is by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4552-twisted
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Mini Hiatus Episode
This Mini doesn't quite give you a taste of what's to come ... yet. We're taking a short break to prepare our final episode of season 2 where we will be discussing Back to the Future and Masking Threshold with the filmmaker behind Masking Threshold, Johannes Grenzfurthner. It's a really great episode we're looking forward to sharing with you on September 7th!
In the meantime enjoy hearing us talk about some of your own comments in this mini episode and then next week come back for a rerun of our very first episode on Funny Games and Transformers: The Movie!
Masking Threshold
Jack Kirby Designs for Julius Caesar
Get early access to new episodes of The Celluloid Mirror PLUS bonus episodes, uncut video of our recording sessions featuring conversations that didn’t make it to the final show, games, invitations to events, Discord access and so much more by subscribing to our Patreon
We’re also on twitter, instagram and have a website
Sean on twitter and IG
Nicole on twitter and IG
All music in the episode is by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4552-twisted
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Customer Reviews
An incredible idea, done expertly
The two hosts consistently find movies to pair that are unexpected and surprising, and that reveal each others' depths. The talk is smart and accessible. It's unlike any other movie podcast out there. Highly recommended!
A Weird and Wonderful Film Podcast
I love how unexpected yet insightful their technique of comparing films is. Hosts Sean and Nicole have clearly thought a lot about the films and done their homework. If you want some deep cut film theory talk, this is a great podcast to listen to.
Steal This Podcast
Sean Mannion and Nicole Solomon tee up 2 unrelated pieces of cinema and spin thoughtful conversations about how they reflect our relationships as viewers to the form. You won’t find a more interesting exploration of how art collides with the ways in which we consume it. Mannion and Solomon’s relationship as collaborators carries from their 4MileCircus podcast into this one with seamless aplomb. Check it out and learn some cool things from people who are most likely smarter than you about the history of film. Cheers.