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 by	Adrian Lyne
Produced by	Alan Marshall
Written by	Bruce Joel Rubin
Starring	Tim Robbins Elizabeth Peña Danny Aiello
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Cinematography	Jeffrey L. Kimball
Edited by	Tom Rolf
Production company	Carolco Pictures
Distributed by	TriStar Pictures
Release date	November 2, 1990
Running time	113 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million[2]
Box office	$26.1 million[3]

• Tim Robbins as Jacob "Professor" Singer
• Elizabeth Peña as Jezebel "Jezzie" Pipkin
• Danny Aiello as Louis "Louie" Denardo
• Matt Craven as Michael Newman
• Pruitt Taylor Vince as Paul Gruneger
• Jason Alexander as Mr. Geary, the lawyer
• Patricia Kalember as Sarah
• Eriq La Salle as Frank
• Ving Rhames as George
• Brian Tarantina as Doug
• Anthony Alessandro as Rod
• Brent Hinkley as Jerry
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Elsa
• Kyle Gass as Tony
• Lewis Black as Jacob's doctor
• Perry Lang as Jacob's assailant
• Macaulay Culkin (uncredited) as Gabe Singer

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.

–Bruce Joel Rubin^[4]

5: Second Film!

Take Shelter

Directed by	Jeff Nichols
Produced by	Sophia Lin Tyler Davidson
Written by	Jeff Nichols
Starring	Michael Shannon Jessica Chastain Shea Whigham Katy Mixon Kathy Baker
Music by	David Wingo
Cinematography	Adam Stone
Edited by	Parke Gregg
Production company	Hydraulx Entertainment Rei Capital Grove Hill Productions Strange Matter Films
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date	January 24, 2011(Sundance) September 30, 2011(United States)
Running time	121 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4.75 million[2]
Box office	$5 million[2]

• Michael Shannon as Curtis LaForche
• Jessica Chastain as Samantha LaForche
• Katy Mixon as Nat
• Shea Whigham as Dewart
• Kathy Baker as Sarah
• Ray McKinnon as Kyle
• Lisa Gay Hamilton as Kendra
• Tova Stewart as Hannah LaForche
• Stuart Greer as Army/Navy Dave

 "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 by	Werner Herzog
Produced by	Werner Herzog
Written by	Werner Herzog
Starring	Klaus Kinski Helena Rojo Ruy Guerra Del Negro
Music by	Popol Vuh
Cinematography	Thomas Mauch
Edited by	Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Production company	Werner Herzog Filmproduktion Hessischer Rundfunk
Distributed by	Filmverlag der Autoren[1]
Release date	29 December 1972
Running time	94 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	English Quechua German[2]
Budget	US$370,000[3]

• Klaus Kinski as Lope de Aguirre
• Helena Rojo as Inés de Atienza
• Ruy Guerra as Don Pedro de Ursúa
• Del Negro as Brother Gaspar de Carvajal
• Peter Berling as Don Fernando de Guzmán
• Cecilia Rivera as Florés de Aguirre

• 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