TMR 064 – The Neverending Story

This week on Total Movie Recall, we learn that while some stories never end, mothers do, and that’s the beginning of how a serial killer is made in this unflinching look inside the mind of one disturbed little boy. Hang in there with us, listen to this, and watch it again and try to tell us you didn’t witness a psychotic break as this poor boy retreats inside the dark fantasies of his mind.

The Neverending Story (1984)

d. Wolfgang Petersen

w. Wolfgang Petersen, Herman Weigel

Music by Giorgio Moroder

Starring:
Noah Hathaway as Atreyu
Barret Oliver as Bastian
Tami Stronach as The Childlike Empress
Deep Roy as Teeny Weeny
Frank Oz

On his way to school, Bastian ducks into a bookstore to avoid bullies. Sneaking away with a book called "The Neverending Story," Bastian begins reading it in the school attic. The novel is about Fantasia, a fantasy land threatened by "The Nothing," a darkness that destroys everything it touches. The kingdom needs the help of a human child to survive. When Bastian reads a description of himself in the book, he begins to wonder if Fantasia is real and needs him to survive.

Things discussed in the show:

Christopher Nolan

Carl Jung

Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann)

Enemy Mine (Wolfgang Petersen, Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James)

Snowden (Edward Snowden, Oliver Stone, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo)

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