Criterion Now – Episode 34 – The Music Geek Episode, Festival

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Aaron is joined by David Blakeslee and Matt Gasteier as they take a detour from Criterion to talk about art music in general. We tie it to the label by doing a bracket challenge for the best Criterion music on disc, but we also talk about our personal experiences and tastes in music, and have a short debate about whether rock is dead. We include some Criterion news and FilmStruck, including Peter Becker’s interview and some recent OOP titles on streaming.

Episode Notes

11:30 – Our Music Backgrounds

33:45 – The Criterion Music Bracket Challenge

40:40 – Piece of Flair (Flipper, Bjork, The Strokes)

54:30 – Short Takes (Science is Fiction, Koyaanisqatsi, Inside Llewyn Davis)

1:03:00 – Murray Lerner’s Festival

1:23:00 – Is Rock Dead?

1:50:00 – FilmStruck

Episode Links

• Criterion Reflections Podcast
• CriterionCast 186: An Autumn Afternoon
• Criterion Close-Up 61 – The Rose
• The Criterion Completion – Hour 8
• Matt Gasteier – 33 1/3 Nas’ Illmatic
• The Focus Group – with Peter Becker
• A Matter of Life and Death 4k Restoration
• Janus Films Twitter – Pagnol’s The Baker’s Wife
• Isle of Dogs Trailer

Episode Credits

• Aaron West: Twitter | Website | Letterboxd
• David Blakeslee: Twitter
• Matt Gasteier: Twitter | Letterboxd
• Criterion Now: Facebook Group
• Criterion Cast: Facebook | Twitter

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