Runtime
84 minutes

Up for Discussion

0:00 Introduction
2:20 Know Your Enemy: Corey Pierce
16:21 The New Slang: EX MACHINA
43:11 The Other Side pt. I: Corey spins A.I.
56:02 The Other Side pt. II: Ryan spins NEVER LET ME GO
1:09:25 Further Down the Spiral

 

Thoughts from your host…

 

Wanna hear something funny? In the past, my podcasts dedicated to Hot Docs have been very much mapped out, and overall very specific. This year, I thought I’d keep it a bit more informal and by the seat of my pants. The result? Nada, zip, zilch. No audio dispatches from Hot Docs 2015.

So for starters, lesson-learned when it comes to podcasts from Hot Docs next year, and apologies for the unexpected lapse in programming.

But we’re back, and ready for a busy summer. We get it going with a film I was looking most forward to, and use it to initiate a whole new feature on the show! As if that isn’t enough reason to plug the mic back in, I found myself raising a glass with a very good friend on to the show.

Welcome back to wherever you are…

 

Further Down the Spiral Suggestions:

From Corey… music by Sneaker Pimps, Portishead, Tricky, Baby Fox, Hooverphonic, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Mono, Goldfrapp, UNKLE, Cibo Matto. Black Mirror season 2 – episode 1. Asahi Beerbot.

From Ryan… “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, “The Beach” by Alex Garland, “The Circle” by Dave Eggers

Thanks for tuning into episode one-hundred-thirty-six.

 

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4 Replies to “Episode 136 – EX MACHINA”

  1. Hey Ryan, awesome episode that was worth the wait. I kinda miss feedback but I think the new feature will be even better, I loved it for now anyway. I just watched Ex-Machina tonight at the theatre and looooved it. Such an interesting film that is high on slow-burning suspense. WHEN WILL OSCAR ISAAC GET AN OSCAR? Well, hopefully not before Leo but that’s not the point, he is marvelous. Gleeson is stereocast but he plays the part well – Vikander is amazing. She was in the Danish film A Royal Affair which got some international recognition and is really worth checking out!

    1. Sorry for the lag in responding Mette – the last month or so just got away from me.

      As for the new feature, I got a smile this week that ties back to it. My renewed interest in books (you’ve seen my Instagram I’m sure) pointed me towards a selection called “Annihalation” by Jeff Vandermeer. When I bought it, I was also asking about a graphic novel that the shop didn’t have. As the clerk was cashing me through she asked “Are you excited for the movie?” – to which I thought she meant the adaptation of the comic. When she clarified that she meant that they were adapting the book into a film, I was surprised and said “I didn’t realize -guess I’ll have to look that up!”

      I got home and Google’d it – Alex Garland is signed on to direct it.

  2. Worth waiting for, as previously mentioned Ex Machina is my favourite film of the year so far.

    Maybe its time a revisited Never Let Me Go and A.I. I saw them both at the cinema and haven seen them again since. It isn’t that I didn’t like them, they were just so depressing.

    Liking the new feature. I agree with what you say about The Beech, it was of its time and I am not sure I would want to revisit it it. I was 21 when it was published, I’m not sure I would enjoy it as much now. I know I am in the minority, but I always thought The Tesseract was a better book. As much as I loved the film I really want another Alex Garland novel.

    I thought I had an answer to someone else who went from author to screenwriter to director, Stephen King, but when I looked it up he directed Maximum Overdrive (1986) before his first original screenplay, Sleepwalkers (1992). Michael Crichton started directing and screen writing at the same time. Ethan Hawke did them all but not in that order! There must be someone.

    1. So after the recording of this episode, I *did* in-fact go back and re-read “The Beach”, and I’m happy to report that it holds up quite nicely. Oddly enough, the one aspect of the story that feels out of place, is that in a world that has become even MORE interconnected and trendy, I have to believe that the travelers who make their way to that island would feel even *more* anxious to get off the grid.

      Thanks for the feedback mate, also – take a look at what I just mentioned to Mette in the comment above. Pretty interesting news!

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