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Cinema GadflyA podcast about trading films with friends Author: Arik Devens
A podcast about trading films with friends. Each month I choose a film for a friend to watch and they choose one for me. Then we discuss. Two episodes a month, first my choice and then theirs. Language: en-us Genres: Society & Culture, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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24. The Happiness of the Katakuris
Sunday, 31 July, 2016
My guest for this month is Christa Mrgan, and she’s joined me to discuss the film she chose for me, the 2001 surreal horror-comedy film The Happiness of the Katakuris. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly. Show notes: Takashi Miike has made an astonishing 90 films in his career, but none quite like this one Thematically it would be hard to have two films as different as this one and our last episode on Ozu’s An Autumn Afternoon Arcadia, California was home to at least one video store, in 2004 It really is quite hilarious that both An Autumn Afternoon and this were released by Shochiku, how the world changes Shochiku were, of course, also the sometime home to films by Nagisa Oshima, and Mikio Naruse As well as the phenomenally goofy films of their horror period, so brilliantly captures by Criterion in the When Horror Came to Shochiku Eclipse set Those films were inspired by the likes of Godzilla, and Jigoku House, by Nobuhiko Obayashi, is a much watch film if you even kind of enjoy this one The RankinBass production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has undoubtedly caused its share of nightmares The Big Lebowski is one of my all-time favorite films. I can quote it endlessly I’d really like to see The Quiet Family someday, just to see how far this adaptation strayed Sadly you won’t find this film on Netflix As of this writing, you can still watch the film on Fandor though The film is also coming to iTunes, as of the end of August, 2016 It was also released on Blu-ray by Arrow in a Region A and B edition If you can find a copy of Nowhere you’re in for a treat, there has never been a Region 1 DVD If you’re ever in Portland you should absolutely check out Movie Madness, it’s an incredible store And, yes, they have the knife from Psycho I love Letterboxd Civil Comments is amazing. You should all check it out! Buy the film from Amazon Buy or rent the film from iTunes
