Ryan McNeil
Sorry to break the usual rhythm, but a conversation just had to be had.
As we got home from seeing a film recently, Lindsay looked at me and said “Grab your mic – we’re podcasting”. She doesn’t usually get so gung-ho about being on air, and the last time she was, it made for a pretty funny bit of listening (Episode 18.1 if you’ve never heard it).
This time around, we argue over a 1980’s film that has recently been remade. Take a listen to this spirited discussion in the Dennis Eckersley episode…
Runtime
27 minutes, 57 seconds
The full episode has Lindsay and I having a spoiler-laden discussion about Craig Brewer’s FOOTLOOSE, and comparing it to its 1984 original.
Comments and feedback are welcome, and thank-you very much for listening.
Enjoy!
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Very nice episode guys- very spirited conversation and entertaining to listen to- nice chemistry on this one (funny too!!). Lindsay’s question to Ryan: “Do you know what a whore looks like??” is a classic one to be sure.
Interesting to hear the different takes- although I would be curious to hear Ryan’s opinion on this film if he didn’t have the original 1984 film to use as a template to work from and judge it solely on its own merits in terms of story, tone and performances rather than as a comparative analysis. A comparative analysis demands that one take into account the modern realities of 21st century filmmaking and the rituals and priorities of teenagers nowadays for a film like this one. The story itself feels a bit out of place for a story that is suppose to be modern day…
Glad you dug it buddy. I always wonder how these sound to others: There’s a fine line between “spirited discussion” and “martial bickering”.
I think that independent of its original, it still works reasonably well as a 2011 film. Would a small town banning dancing seem far-fetched? Sure. But we live in far-fetched times where isolated communities overreact all the time. I have no hesitation believing that a small conservative town would react to the loss of five teenagers like this.
Not necessarily likely, but definitely believable.