Addiction. VCR filmmarkers. Challenging scenes to film. Ensemble Casts. Events that didn’t actually happen. Urban legends. Eric ruins the magic. Meta. The performance and character of Tom Cruise. Casting and marketing. Three acts. Incredible pacing. The infamous WTF scene. This shit isn’t a dream. Potential trainwrecks. Drag as a component vs as a freakshow. Romance be damned! MIKE’S MAGIC STUFF. Will feel good films ever mature? Boot making montage. Background characters.
Listen | Download AAC | Download MP3
Magnolia: 1:51 | Kinky Boots: 30:45
Also referenced: Resident Evil, DOA: Dead or Alive, Richard Linklater (A Scanner Darkly), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Robert Rodriguez (El Marachi), Rob Zombie (Devil’s Rejects), Boogie Nights, Feast, Spider-Man, Mission Impossible 3, Lost, The Nine, Mythbusters, Southland Tales, Nightmare on Elm Street, Requiem for a Dream, Eyes Wide Shut, Children of Men, The Forgotten, Capote, Happiness, Criminal, Step Brothers, Walk Hard, Talladega Nights, Crash, Serenity, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fur, A Dirty Shame, Saving Private Ryan, Space Jam, Rudy, The Attic Expeditions, Waco, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Primer
Covers
Click on a cover to view/download high resolution version.
Magnolia
IMDB | Wikipedia
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman
An epic mosaic of several interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Kinky Boots
IMDB | Wikipedia
Director: Julian Jarrold
Writer: Geoff Deane, Tim Firth
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts, Nick Frost, Linda Bassett
A drag queen comes to the rescue of a man who, after inheriting his father's shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat.
