1979... It was a year surprisingly full of noteworthy cinematic moments. So full, in fact, that it's added eight minutes to the run time of the cast. From the Black Hole, to Phantasm, to Star Trek, to Alien and beyond there was a whole heap of stuff happening in '79 it's a wonder that the 80s didn't suffer from some kind of performance anxiety.
Even so, the end of the 70s was like a universe in which the world of film was rudely torn asunder, alongside some big studio projects that traded strongly on existing properties and accepted wisdom were a number of breakaway hits that would help to shape and define the edge of the decade to come.
It's the final hors d'ouevre before we tuck into the decade for which this podcast was named and the trestle tables of this cinematic smorgasbord are groaning under the weight. Best grab a paper plate and pile it high.
Direct Link: https://archive.org/download/01179OutOnAHigh/011-79-Out-On-A-High.mp3
Showing posts with label 70s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 70s. Show all posts
17 July 2013
11 July 2013
Podcast - 77/78: Close Encounters With The Bandit
It's the mid seventies and we've gone alien crazy, arthouse crazy and a man's man is a beer smuggler with a sweet car and a sweeter moustache. The era that bought you disco-funk renditions of some of the greatest orchestral scores of all time gets thouroughly examined by the cultural anthropologists that are the 80s kids this week.
1977 may have brought us Star Wars but what else did have to contribute? A lot of weirdness, that's for certain. Like the latter part of a good party the later parts of the 70s appeared to be winding up to something dark and dangerous but crazy and wonderful at the same time.
Some people were probably already getting their coats but for the 80s kids this was the party last night that we definitely had to beat tonight. So let's rock.
Direct Link: https://archive.org/download/0107778CloseEncountersWithTheBandit/010-77-78-Close-Encounters-With-The-Bandit.mp3
1977 may have brought us Star Wars but what else did have to contribute? A lot of weirdness, that's for certain. Like the latter part of a good party the later parts of the 70s appeared to be winding up to something dark and dangerous but crazy and wonderful at the same time.
Some people were probably already getting their coats but for the 80s kids this was the party last night that we definitely had to beat tonight. So let's rock.
Direct Link: https://archive.org/download/0107778CloseEncountersWithTheBandit/010-77-78-Close-Encounters-With-The-Bandit.mp3
25 June 2013
Podcast - 75-76: The Edge Of Time
This week we're out on a limb looking at a time when only one of the eighties kids existed at all. Leo takes a pop at the Pink Panther and tries to establish whether Rocky could properly be seen as a watershed in action heroes.
Is Dirty Harry really emo? And did the Rocky Horror Picture Show combat repression in any meaningful way? We may not have answers but we have loads of fascinating questions.
Direct Link: https://archive.org/download/0087576TheEdgeOfTime/008-75-76_The-Edge-Of-Time.mp3
Is Dirty Harry really emo? And did the Rocky Horror Picture Show combat repression in any meaningful way? We may not have answers but we have loads of fascinating questions.
Direct Link: https://archive.org/download/0087576TheEdgeOfTime/008-75-76_The-Edge-Of-Time.mp3
4 June 2013
Podcast: The 70s Part 2: Voodoo Sweeties and Sci Fi Struggles
Once more Leo and Ian head into the era of crimplene slacks and flicky hair to return with their respective picks of the decade. Some consternation is bound to result when the 80s Kids reveal their top two films produced in the decade that taste forgot.
Direct Link: https://archive.org/download/005The70sPtTwo/005-The_70s-PtTwo.mp3
Direct Link: https://archive.org/download/005The70sPtTwo/005-The_70s-PtTwo.mp3
28 May 2013
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