Ep #1 - Mandatory Frenchness

 

Chandler & Jacob begin their odyssey to watch every movie on the British Film Institute’s Best Movies of all time list and share some hot takes about Godard.

Editorial Comments:

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  • (01:15) We don’t actually hate the French New Wave, it’s actually pretty interesting. But we do find a good deal of the movies made under the banner to be highly overrated and enjoy poking at Godard.

  • (02:00) I, Jacob, apologize for the potential mispronunciation of “Cahiers du Cinéma” and Le Mépris (1963), and preemptively apologize for all future mispronunciations.

  • (05:45) There may be any number of episodes depending on circumstances. We are not locking ourselves into 92 episodes.

  • Magnet of Doom (1963) was Melville’s first film in color. Le Samouraï 's Wikipedia page incorrectly states that it was the first. Someone should fix that.

  • (13:03) There Will Be Blood (2007) is the newest film on the 2008 AFI list, The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) is the second newest movie.

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