MOVIE DISCUSSION:
Eli Price's The Establishing Shot Podcast, @establishingshotpod on Instagram, and @EliPrice on Letterboxd.
Happy Ani-May! Eli Price, host of The Establishing Shot Podcast, joins Melvin in discussing one of Hayao Miyazaki's most beloved films, Howl's Moving Castle! From its fairytale atmosphere to child-like wonder, the two get into what makes the film so meaningful to many, as well as what their biggest takeaways were regarding the material.
Topics:
- (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 30-minutes discussing Joker: Folie à Deux's trailer, whether or not these two film-fans are itching to watch a DC-villain themed juke-box musical, and if the inclusion of brief full nudity in the film will be a deterrent. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
- Eli shares about his podcast The Establishing Shot, a show where he takes deep-dives into a director's filmography and discusses them with a variety of guests, picking apart the nuances and history of a specific film each episode.
- Eli has seen Howl's Moving Castle several times. This is Melvin's first time seeing the film.
- Eli observes in Miyazaki a child-like way of storytelling where it seems he often "blindly" watches where his characters are headed and explores their reactions to a myriad of situations.
- In the film there's a thread about the idolization of beauty and youth, and even the unique joys found in cross-generational relationships.
- Howl has main character syndrome... but he's not the main character; Sophie is.
- Discussing the use of curses in the story, and how they manifest within the film.
- The two discuss the tension between imbued desires and the fear of self-indulgence.
- Melvin talks about how much he likes the Witch of the Waste "face reveal" and what the rest of the movie does with that.
- Talking about the controversial, bizarre ending.
Recommendations:
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988) (Movie)
- Ikiru (1952) (Movie)
- Tokyo Story (1953) (Movie)
- Ring 2 (1999) (Movie)
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