Ryan McNeil
…and we’re back.
I do hope y’all enjoyed the audio component of my 2013 Hot Docs coverage, but now three weeks and three director interviews later, The Matineecast Classic has returned.
Ordinarily, the show seems to come out of the festival and launch into discussion of a Marvel movie. This year though, our attention is turned towards Baz Luhrmann. As much as I’ve enjoyed covering Marvel movies every May, I gotta say this is a welcome switch.
As for my guest, I’m pretty excited to be welcoming her to the show. I’ve been going back and forth with her for months on episodes she might be interested in, and her enthusiasm for dropping by was really encouraging. Hopefully she likes the result, and hopefully I don’t drown her out with TOO much talking.
Here’s what’s in store in episode eighty-four…
Runtime
66 minutes
Up for Discussion
1. Introduction
2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY– Q& A with this week’s guest Kelly Cameron (2:39)
3. COME TALK TO ME – Fielding some listener feedback on movie parties they want to attend (12:18)
4. THE NEW SLANG – Review and reaction to THE GREAT GATSBY (26:01)
5. THE OTHER SIDE – I couple THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (44:37)
6. THE OTHER SIDE – Kelly couples MOULIN ROUGE! (54:44)
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I don’t know about Louis Tulley’s party going on without him, but the scene is notable for being one continuous take of Rick Moranis improvising.
Speaking of Dazed and Confused keggars, the Bloor Cinema is hosting a keggar (with a screening of the film) on Sunday night to celebrate the Victoria Day long weekend.
Here is my feedback answer (it’s a doozy):
I shall start off my feedback on avoiding film spoilers with a quote on the subject from the May issue of Cineplex magazine. In her editorial, Marni Weisz says “I’ve been wondering about the term spoiler lately, specifically whether it’s become overused. Much of the time is seems like items dubbed spoilers are really just plot details, no?” In regards to spoilers in trailers, she goes on to say “if I can’t trust the studio to reveal pertinent information without ruining the movie, who can I trust?”
While I don’t agree fully with Weisz’s thoughts on the matter (especially in regards to studios essentially summarizing full films with their trailers), I do agree that we are WAY more obsessed with not getting spoiled by films that we were in the past. Personally, I am not going to close my eyes and cover my ears when a trailer for a film I want to see plays in the theatre. While there are a few films I see, in which I wished the trailer didn’t reveal as much (i.e. OBLIVION), usually I’m not all that concerned with what’s revealed in trailers, since I often enjoy the film just the same.
That said, there are films that I am glad that I saw totally blind. A good example would be THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED, which I saw at TIFF in 2009. There are a lot of twists and turns in that film and, by all accounts, the trailer spoils at least one of them.
Some movies are very spoiler sensitive, others are not. Often you get warnings on beforehand about movies that are more enjoyable if you know less. When I get those warnings, I follow them and try to stay away from information, which means not reading or listening to any reviews and not checking out the movie at YouTube until I’ve watched it.
The most recent movie where I’ve been obsessed with avoiding spoilers is Before Midnight. I’ve managed to not read a word about it. I’ve heard warnings about the trailer being spoilerific, so if it turns up, I’ll take cover immediately. I’d really prefer to go into that movie without knowing anything more than I knew when Before Sunset ended.
The most recent example where I actively did everything I could to avoid knowing anything, including closing my eyes when the trailer was shown in theaters, is Prometheus. I heard the buzz about the amazing trailer(s). Myself I had no clue, apart from the fact that it was a prequel to Alien, had a android and Noomi Rapace in it. And guess what? I enjoyed that movie quite a lot (being a minority liking it?). Well, my tactics worked. 🙂