Criterion Now – Episode 26 – L’argent, David Byrne, Alexander Payne

August 1, 2017

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:47:43 — 49.6MB)

David Blakeslee joins Aaron as they tear into the Criterion news, parse Bresson’s L’argent, and David talks about his post Eclipse Viewer plans. We stretch our legs some with some extensive discussions of recent news items, including a lot of talk about David Byrne, Alexander Payne, Wim Wenders, Elia Kazan, and a host of other topics.

Episode Notes

14:15 – David’s Take on October Announcements

22:40 – WCP Film Foundation Discussion

29:45 – Six Moral Tales Out of Print

34:40 – David Byrne at Criterion

40:00 – Alexander Payne

45:35 – America, America

50:00 – Until the End of the World

56:20 – L’argent

1:15:15 – Short Takes (Valley of the Dolls, The Marseilles Trilogy)

1:23:00 – FilmStruck

Episode Links

Episode Credits

Aaron West: Twitter | Website | Letterboxd
David Blakeslee: Twitter | Criterion Reflections
Criterion Now: Facebook Group
Criterion Cast: Facebook | Twitter

Music for the show is from Fatboy Roberts’ Geek Remixed project.

Aaron West

I am a somewhat educated Criterion dork, with a History and Film Studies bachelor's degree and plenty of self-education over the years. My tastes are all over the map. Probably my favorite is 1930s French Poetic Realism, but I like everything from noir, to animation, to horror, westerns, and modern film. Usually I prefer film that challenges and requires something of the viewer.

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