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episode 001 - Dreams and Madness


EPISODE ONE
DREAM AND MADNESS I

Films Discussed:

Aguirre
Jacob's Ladder
Take Shelter

Runtime: 2:22:00

Link to Itunes: My Movie's Better


NOTES
(Music provided in this episode by Alias Uncle Hugo ministryoflove1.bandcamp.com)

1: Dreams and Madness films include main characters who are slowly loosing their minds and breaking down into a dreamworld which is not their own.

2: Movies in the MMB Open
  • Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
  • Gone With The Wind
  • A Few Good Men
  • Back To The Future
  • Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Jaws
  • Terminator 2
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Breakfast At Tiffany's
  • Monty Python And The Holy Grail
  • Jurassic Park
  • The Room
3: We sound so awful at this time, hahaha. Definitely gotten much better in 8 episodes.

4: First Film of the Show of All Time!

Jacob's Ladder

Directed byAdrian Lyne
Produced byAlan Marshall
Written byBruce Joel Rubin
Starring
Music byMaurice Jarre
CinematographyJeffrey L. Kimball
Edited byTom Rolf
Production
company 
Distributed byTriStar Pictures
Release date
  • November 2, 1990
Running time
113 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million[2]
Box office$26.1 million[3]


The horror of the movie would be in the revelation that hope is hell's final torment, that life is a dream that ends over and over with the final truth: that life was never real, that we are all creatures trapped in eternal suffering and damnation.

5: Second Film!

Take Shelter

Directed byJeff Nichols
Produced bySophia Lin
Tyler Davidson
Written byJeff Nichols
StarringMichael Shannon
Jessica Chastain
Shea Whigham
Katy Mixon
Kathy Baker
Music byDavid Wingo
CinematographyAdam Stone
Edited byParke Gregg
Production
company 
Hydraulx Entertainment
Rei Capital
Grove Hill Productions
Strange Matter Films
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • January 24, 2011(Sundance)
  • September 30, 2011(United States)
Running time
121 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4.75 million[2]
Box office$5 million[2]


 "It is the gift of actor Michael Shannon as Curtis LaForche that while appearing to be a stable husband and father with a good job in construction, he also can evoke by his eyes and manner a deep unease. Here is a frightening thriller based not on special effects gimmicks but on a dread that seems quietly spreading in the land: that the good days are ending, and climate changes or other sinister forces will sweep away our safety." - Roger Ebert

6: Final Film of the Week!

Aguirre: Der Zorn Gottes (The Wrath of God)

Directed byWerner Herzog
Produced byWerner Herzog
Written byWerner Herzog
StarringKlaus Kinski
Helena Rojo
Ruy Guerra
Del Negro
Music byPopol Vuh
CinematographyThomas Mauch
Edited byBeate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Production
company 
Distributed byFilmverlag der Autoren[1]
Release date
  • 29 December 1972
Running time
94 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageEnglish
Quechua
German[2]
BudgetUS$370,000[3]

  • Daniel Ades as Perucho
  • Edward Roland as Okello
  • Armando Polanah as Armando
  • Alejandro Repullés as Gonzalo Pizarro
  • Justo González as González

"It took me at least a couple of minutes before I realized that it was Kinski who was the source of this inarticulate screaming. And after an hour of this, it dawned on me that he found it the most fascinating screenplay and wanted to be Aguirre." - Werner Herzog












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