Ryan McNeil
Runtime
117 minutes
Up for Discussion
1. Introduction
2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY – Q & A with this episode’s guest, Shane McNeil from That Shelf. (2:06)
3. Rundown of the nominees for adapted and original screenplay (13:44)
4. Rundown of the nominees for Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Actress, and Actor (28:35)
5. Rundown of the nominees for Best Direction and Best Picture (1:07:59)
4. Omissions and trends (1:34:38)
5. Early predictions (1:49:00)
Thoughts from your host…
The second episode of 2019 is a family affair – and it’s taken a long time to get back to this place. If it gets a little tricky to tell the host from the guest at times, you can be excused…though I can assure you we are not one person (Lucky as I would be, were that true).
Without my prompting, Shane articulates something within this show that summarizes my feelings on the Oscar race. I’ll let you listen, but it has to do withe who gets nominated instead of who wins.
This has been a curious Oscar race to witness, and I’m happy Shane was here to sum it up with me. For every bit of joy and excitement, there comes a moment of confusion and curiosity…but it ain’t the first time and it won’t be the last.
So get comfy, folks – this is one of the longer episodes in The Matineecast’s season. I’ll make it up to y’all with 216 and get the proceedings in under eighty minutes.
Thanks for tuning into episode two-hundred-fifteen.
Shane’s Twitter feed can be found here. Comments and feedback are welcome, and thank-you very much for listening.
Enjoy!
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Hey Ryan,
I have been catching up on your podcast, I don’t listen until after I have seen the film. I just have Eight Grade left in the queue, I think we are getting it in April. In your Oscar show, you refer back to something from the end of year show. One of your guests mentioned that Kathryn Bigelow was forced to have a co director for her first film Near Dark. I don’t think this is correct.
Near Dark was not her first film, and I have never heard of any other director working on it. However she had a co-director on her first film The Loveless. The other director was Monty Montgomery who also co wrote the movie with Bigelow, it was his first feature too. Montgomery hasn’t directed again to date but has worked as a producer. He also has one credit as an actor, the Cowboy in Mulholland Drive.
After years of trying to get hold of The Loveless, I finally found it on youtube a few years back. It is notable as Willem Dafoe’s first credited role after most of his work on Heaven’s Gate found its way to the cutting room floor!