MOVIE DISCUSSION:
The Gospel According To Podcast & Instagram
Dave Hallahan of The Gospel According To podcast joins Melvin in discussing one of Dennis Villeneuve's most accessible and celebrated features, Arrival!
Topics:
- (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 36-minutes of discussing Dave Hallahan's podcast The Gospel According To, their wide-variety of subject matter, the pursuit of media literacy, and the wonder of curation. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
- Dave shares about his podcast The Gospel According To, his meme page @youthgroupmemes, and his Substack "Bottom's Up w/ Dave Hallahan".
- Melvin asks Dave about his familiarity with Denis Villeneuve's film work, and the two discuss his films.
- Villeneuve utilizes the 5 senses to serve as various pick-up shots during moments of intense, transfixed awe.
- Melvin, "What do you think it is that makes, like, movies like this a chore to watch?"
- Discussing the beauty of the storytelling mantra, "Show, don't tell".
- Communication is the complexity of a "story in my head" in combined with or against the pursuit of mutuality.
- Dave sharing thoughts in the spoiler-filled section, "The journey to the hardship is also filled with tremendous joy."
- Discussing recurrent visuals, symbols, and motifs.
- The Heptapod B language is a gift because it encourages the self to invest further in the present because of their knowledge of the future.
- Dave, "The point of knowing 'the ending' is it should motivate our 'right now'".
Recommendations:
- About Time (2013) (Movie)
- Man on Wire (2008) (Documentary)
- Terraform: Building a Better World by Propaganda (2021) (Book)
- On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living by Alan Noble (2023) (Book)
- The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) (Movie)
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