More Than One Lesson

In this episode, Tyler discusses what we can learn from Andrew Dominik’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro/Announcements
00:05:13- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
00:22:20- The King of Comedy
00:35:45- What we can learn from these films
00:55:17- Episode wrap-up

Watched The Last Temptation of Christ for the first time recently. Made a murky impression on me. Thought it might be good to work that out. Not a lot of answers here, just some questions and observations. If you have any thoughts, find me. It’s an important movie. For those who believe, it challenges who we think Christ was in terms of his humanness rather than in the typical terms of his divinity. For those who think it’s all hokum to start with, it at least stretches out the plastic idea of Jesus the doe-eyed peacenik.

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ROBERT HORNAK wanted Ray Harryhausen to come to his ninth birthday party. When he didn’t show, he cried. Later, he found out there were more than monster movies in the world. He picked up some real love for Woody Allen, the Coen Brothers, Preston Sturges, and Howard Hawks. He has a deep love for Truffaut, Buñuel, Bergman, and Kurosawa, which helps balance his devotion to the Marx Brothers. His goal in life is to write a single Chayefsky-worthy scene. He will watch an old movie before a new movie every time, and a satire before a drama. Robert also likes tennis, Chipotle, and Merle Haggard. At the same time, when possible.

Friend-of-the-show Jacob Kindberg’s film Channel News is now available for purchase. I highly recommend the film. To read more about it, click here.

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In this episode, Tyler is joined by filmmakers Peter Borrud and Jacob Kindberg to discuss the lessons they’ve learned from their involvement with an ill-fated Christian film.

Due to length, this episode has been split into two shorter installments.

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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