Criterion Reflections – Episode 8 – Autumn 1969 Part 2

Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:44:37 — 195.3MB)

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode features panel conversations and 1:1 interviews offering insights on movies that premiered in a particular season of a year in the past, which were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Jordan Essoe, Lauren LoGiudice, Robert Taylor and Trevor Berrett to discuss three titles from the Autumn of 1969: Allan King’s A Married Couple,  Michael Ritchie’s Downhill Racer, and Ingmar Bergman’s  The Passion of Anna.

Episode Time Markers

• Introduction: 0:00:00 – 0:06:36
• A Married Couple: 0:06:37- 1:08:07
• Downhill Racer: 1:08:08 – 1:56:05
• The Passion of Anna: 1:56:06 – 2:44:36

A Married Couple (11/6/69)
Guests: Jordan Essoe and Lauren LoGiudice

• Criterion
• FilmStruck
• Allan King Films (official)
• YouTube/TVO (interview with Antoinette from 2009)
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
• The Eclipse Viewer
• New York Times
• Flow Journal
• From the Projection Room
• Pacific Cinematheque
• JSTOR
• The Canadian Encyclopedia

Downhill Racer (11/6/69)
Guests: Jordan Essoe and Robert Taylor

• Criterion
• Criterion Close-Up Episode 47
• New York Times
• Roger Ebert
• Time
• AV Club
• Cinema Retro
• Criterion Confessions
• The Film Corner
• MTV
• Pop Dose
• Pop Matters
• Slant
• Vogue

The Passion of Anna (11/10/69)
Guests: Trevor Berrett and Jordan Essoe

• FilmStruck
• IngmarBergman.se (official)
• New York Times
• Alt Film Guide
• Apocalypse Later
• Combustible Celluloid
• Cultjer
• Ekphrasis
• Not Coming to a Theater Near You
• Ozu’s World
• Sonic Cinema
• TCM
• The Cinematika
• This Recording
• Tony McKibben

 More!

• Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
• Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
• The Eclipse Viewer
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

Contact Us:

• David Blakeslee [ Twitter / Website ]
• Jordan Essoe [ Twitter / Website / Instagram ]
• Lauren LoGiudice [ Twitter / Website / Instagram ]
• Robert Taylor [ Website ]
• Trevor Berrett [ Twitter / Website ]

Criterion Reflections logo designed by Brandon Blakeslee

Opening theme music: “Going to the Supermarket” by the Maroons (1980)