A Brief History of Cinema

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A weekly podcast about movies. Each week Erik & Al talk about a movie from the book "1001 Movies to See Before you Die". We watch them so you don't have to!

Erik & Al


    • Jul 21, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 5 EPISODES


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    Season 1, Episode 22 - L'Avventura (1960)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2018 29:43


    Alistair and Erik talk about being young and melancholy in 1960's Italy with this week's episode about "L'Avventura" from 1960 directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

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    Season 1, Episode 20 - Cyclo (1995)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2016 31:12


    This week Alistair & Erik discuss the Vietnamese film "Xich Lo (Cyclo)"from 1995. Needless to say it is an interesting film but it did leave the guys asking a lot of questions.

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    Season 1, Episode 21 - From Here to Eternity (1953)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2016 33:13


    Erik and Alistair talk about the classic beach love scene and also some other things as they way "From Here to Eternity" from 1953 with Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift.

    eternity frank sinatra alistair burt lancaster montgomery clift
    Season 1, Episode 19 - Throne of Blood (1957)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2016 22:07


    This week Alistair & Erik discuss their first Akira Kurosawa film: "Kumonosu-jo (Throne of Blood)" from 1957 starring Toshiro Mifune. It's Macbeth with Samurai.

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    Season 1, Episode 18 - Bob le Flambeur (1956)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2016 44:55


    Erik & Alistair watch the 1956 caper film "Bob le Flambeur (Bob the Highroller)" from 1956, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Roger Duchesne. They are joined by special guest Riley McDonald from the Hammertime Horror Podcast!

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