FS #237: Milk / Australia / Top 5 Biopics We'd Like To See
Then the lads set the dial on the Way Back Machine even farther and take a trip to 1940's Australia with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in Baz Luhrmann's epic love story "Australia." Listen as Adam and Matty alienate their devoted followers in Melbourne, trotting out every obvious Australian reference they can find while debating the finer points of a shirtless Hugh Jackman, magical Aborigines, and the '80s American classic "Cocktail."
Also, in honor of "Milk," your hosts roll out the Top 5 Biopics We'd Like To See. Adam makes his pitch for "Steven," a four-hour chronicle of the life and times of Steven Soderbergh -- an upcoming guest on Filmspotting! -- while Matty counters with "Finding The Gooch," his Charlie Kaufman-esque unorthodox biography of Bob Guccione.
Music this week courtesy of The Sea and Cake.
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Filmspotting #237
:13-16:39 - Review: "Milk"
Music: The Sea and Cake, "Aerial"
17:37-21:20 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: M. Whitehead, Vancouver, WA)
21:21-24:27 - Polls
24:28-34:28 - Review: "Australia"
Music: The Sea and Cake, "a Fuller Moon"
37:06-48:27 - Feedback (Mancrushes)
Music: The Sea and Cake, "on a Letter"
49:37-55:32 - New DVDs, Donations
55:33-1:11:20 - Top 5: Biopics We'd Like To See
1:11:21-1:14:23 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes
NOTES/CORRECTIONS
- I (Adam) wasn't suggesting ugly things don't take place in "Australia" because plenty do. They just aren't depicted in an ugly way.
Labels: Australia, Baz Luhrmann, Gus Van Sant, Hugh Jackman, Milk, Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Times of Harvey Milk
posted by Candace @ 6:25 AM
4 comments
4 Comments:
i'm sure you weren't actually smiling or laughing at the quaintness of seeing gay men arrested and beat by the sf police force since we've come so far.
If you're going to get offended, at least get my words right:
"and while the footage is disturbing to be sure, it’s also surprisingly quaint… The highly evolved 2008 man or woman can look on, mouth agape, head shaking in amusement..."
Clearly, in this context, amused doesn't mean smiling or laughing.
Though I'll admit... "amazement" would have been a better word to describe my reaction.
Bottom line is... my point should have been pretty obvious... you watch that footage and can't believe it used to happen... and you get to feel a little superior about the fact that gay people can at least congregate in the same place now without being arrested.
No love for Jeff Goldblum's performance as Ernie Kovacs?…
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087212/
Haven't seen this in a long time, but it's decent.
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