Spokane Film Project: Fans of good film
One of the things I most enjoyed about seeing movies in college was the post-screening arguments.
- What the hell was Bergman thinking? (Who knows?)
- Why did Hitchcock movies so often feel so fake? (Because he cared more about effect than affect.)
- Was the monolith in Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" meant to symbolize something? (Don't overanalyze the mystery.)
- Was John Sturges' "Magnificent Seven" merely a ripoff of Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai"? (Uh, no.)
So that's why I was happy to engage with the guys behind The Spokane Film Project podcast: From left to right in the above photo, Shaun Springer, Jason McKee, Juan Mas and Tom Dineen (Brandon Smith not pictured). Each of these guys is a filmmaker and film fan first, which made for a refreshing hour-plus-long conversation, ranging from the movies of Paul Thomas Anderson to why it's important to see classic film — and why Seth Rogen and James Franco are ruining movies. And more.
You can access the podcast by clicking here.