More Than One Lesson

PETER BORRUD is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles. He studied film at Biola University.

JACOB KINDBERG 
is
 24 years
 old.

He 
grew
 up
 in
 Apple
 Valley, 
MN 
and
 has
 been
 acting 
in
 and 
directing 
videos
 since
 he 
was 
8
 years 
old.

In 
high 
school
 and
 college,
 he
 made
 several
 award
-winning 
short 
films
 and 
music 
videos 
that
 have 
played 
at
 various
 international
 film
 festivals.

He 
studied 
film
 production 
at 
Biola
 University 
in
 La
Mirada,
 CA
 and
 graduated 
in 
2008. 

He
 lives 
and
 works 
in 
Los
Angeles
 as
 a 
film 
editor.

In this episode, Tyler is joined by Meghan Witzke to discuss Alejandro Amenabar’s Agora.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:42- Intro/Corrections
00:03:25- Meghan Witzke
00:26:35- Agora
00:49:30- Inherit the Wind
01:01:05- Apologetics/Debate tips*
01:26:30- Episode wrap-up

*In this episode, I make reference to a blog I wrote called “How I Abused Apologetics.” It can be found here.

SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD (2010)
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Written by: Edgar Wright & Michael Bacall
Starring: Michael Cera, May Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Jason Schwartzmann

This weekend, a wild fantasy film born of underground rock and Super Mario Brothers hits the scene. It’s quirky, it’s funny, and it knocks your socks off at ninety miles per hour. It is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and it is here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff.

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Meghan Witzke is a graphic designer who grew up in North Carolina and graduated from NC State University in May 2010 with degrees in Graphic Design and English: Language, Writing and Rhetoric. She became a Christian her sophomore year of college in 2005. Meghan was first introduced to the movie industry after working as a designer at an entertainment marketing firm during the summer of 2008. Since then she’s worked as a freelance concepter, coming up with ideas for movie ad campaigns. She finally moved to Los Angeles in June and is currently working as a freelance graphic designer, writer, and concepter.

Meghan’s website:
www.meghanwitzke.com

In this episode, Tyler discusses what we can learn from Lee Unkrich’s Toy Story 3.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro
00:02:55- Toy Story 3
00:46:40- Falling Down
01:08:43- Episode wrap-up

*correction: Tyler incorrectly attributes the quote “Where’s your Messiah now?” to the film The Bible, when it is in fact from The Ten Commandments. We regret this error.

TITANIC (1997)
Written and directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Gloria Stuart

James Cameron’s Titanic is a film almost as storied as the ill-fated ocean liner itself. It tied the record for most Academy Awards 1, it launched the careers of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, and until Avatar, it was the highest-grossing movie of all time 2. In my own personal studies of film, I made it a point to see every film to win Best Picture, and by 2005 I had – every one but Titanic. Even into my twenties I was still holding the grudge of a fifteen-year old, furious that any movie would have the audacity to beat Star Wars at the box office. Recently, I finally caved so that I could bring my clearly invaluable opinions to you, the reader. So these are my thoughts on Titanic after seeing it for the first time, thirteen years after its theatrical release.

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June 25, 2005, I got married to Jennifer Erin Alders. It is one of the smartest things I’ve ever done.

In the five years that have followed, Jen and I have had many ups and downs. We’ve faced all kinds of hardships; financial, professional, emotional, you name it. I wish I could say that we always managed to get through those times by gazing into each other’s eyes and lovingly assuring ourselves that everything was going to be okay. Certainly, sometimes we were able to do that. Other times, however, we would blame each other, as if to say, “This would all be going fine if it weren’t for you.”

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