SEEING FACES IN MOVIES – Details, episodes & analysis

Felicia is joined by Vanya Garraway to discuss David Cronenberg’s exploration of media consumption in a little film called Videodrome (1983). We chat about how this Toronto classic has become a cautionary tale on the effects of hiding behind the ‘content’ you view. Along with the ways in which Cronenberg create a new cinematic language unique to the city of Toronto that is still relevant today. Oh yeah, and long live the new flesh! This marks not only the end of the Cronenberg series, but also the end of season one of this show - we will be taking a summer break and I can’t think of a better episode to leave you with until our return in the fall. Send us your thoughts on the episode - what is your favourite film set in Toronto? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Listen to our previous episode with Vanya: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes 1976) Follow Vanya here: IG: @nostalgiaphile IG: @paidinsweat (film program) Twitter: @nostalgiaphile Twitter: @paidinsweat (film program) Sources: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/337-videodrome-make-mine-cronenberg https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/237-olivier-assayas-s-top-10 https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4357-experience-necessary-deborah-harry-in-videodrome https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1678-videodrome-the-slithery-sense-of-unreality https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/videodrome-how-cronenberg-subverts-the-noir-thriller-genre/ https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/perversion/videodrome_seduction/ OUTRO SONG: 801 A, B by Howard Shore FILMS MENTIONED: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes 1976) Days of Thunder (Tony Scott 1990) Gladiator (Ridley Scott 2000) Swimfan (John Polson 2002) The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella 1999) The Fly (David Cronenberg 1986) Rabid (David Cronenberg 1977) Shivers (David Cronenberg 1975) The Brood (David Cronenberg 1979) Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg 2022) The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg 1983) Scanners (David Cronenberg 1981) History of Violence (David Cronenberg 2005) Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg 2007) Seven (David Fincher 1995) Last Night (Don McKellar 1998) Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley 2011) Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg 1991) Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze 1999) Secretary (Steven Shainberg 2002)

Felicia is joined by Ms. Sinclair to discuss David Cronenberg’s psychological twin terror Dead Ringers (1988) We chat about how the setting of Toronto plays a part in the story, and why the collaboration between Jeremy Irons and Cronenberg gave us one of the greatest dual performances on film. Can you guess how many times I say Toronto in this episode? Send us your thoughts on the episode - what is your favourite film about twins? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Listen to my our previous episodes with Ms. Sinclair: Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder 1950) The Piano (Jane Campion 1993) Follow Ms. Sinclair here: TALK MOVIE TO ME (talkmovietomepodcast.com) IG: @talkmovietome Letterboxd: @mssinclair Sources: https://dmtalkies.com/dead-ringers-ending-explained-1988-horror-film-david-cronenberg/ https://3brothersfilm.com/blog/2018/10/12/david-cronenberg-dead-ringers-1988 https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5849-when-actors-do-double-duty https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/643-john-carpenter-s-top-10 OUTRO SONG: Main Title by Howard Shore FILMS MENTIONED: Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder 1950) The Piano (Jane Campion 1993) Society (Brian Yuzna 1989) Furiosa (George Miller 2024) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, George Ogilvie 1985) The Goonies (Richard Donner 1985) Auto-Focus (Paul Schrader 2002) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapter (Paul Schrader 1985) Light Sleeper (Paul Schrader 1992) The Fly (David Cronenberg 1986) Crash (David Cronenberg 1996) Shivers (David Cronenberg 1975) Rabid (David Cronenberg 1977) Reversal of Fortune (Barbet Schroeder 1990) Videodrome (David Cronenberg 1983) eXistenZ (David Cronenberg 1999) The Skeleton Twins (Craig Johnson 2014) Sisters (Brian De Palma 1972) Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg 2020) Raw (Julia Ducournau 2016) Titane (Julia Ducournau 2021) Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju 1960) The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar 2011) Dead Ringer (Paul Henreid 1964) The Dark Mirror (Robert Siodmak 1946)

Felicia is joined by Peter Merriman to discuss Yasujirō Ozu’s tale about aging parents and their relationships with their older children, in Tokyo Story (1953). We chat about why Japan original didn’t think they could market this film in North America, and how it eventually became one of the most universal film texts that audiences continue to relate to. This mark’s the end of the Ozu series, it was an honour and beautiful experience revisiting and watching some of his films for the first time in preparation. There is an Ozu film out there for everyone, and I hope you find it and it changes your life. Send us your thoughts on the episode - do you prefer Ozu’s colour or black and white film era? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Sources: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/301-tokyo-story-compassionate-detachment https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/371-rashaad-ernesto-green-s-top-10 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/31/tokyo-story-review-yasujiro-ozu https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/ozu/ https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520396722/directed-by-yasujiro-ozu https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520296817/transcendental-style-in-film https://www.enotes.com/topics/yasujiro-ozu/critical-essays/lindsay-anderson OUTRO SONG: Tokyo Story Theme by Takanobu Saitô FILMS MENTIONED: The American Friend (Wim Wenders 1977) The Holdovers (Alexander Payne 2023) Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet 2023) Barbie (Greta Gerwig 2023) Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan 2023) Tenet (Christopher Nolan 2020) Dune: Part 2 (Denis Villeneuve 2024) Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (Guy Maddin 2015) Justice League (Zack Snyder 2021) Dawn of the Dead (Zack Snyder 2004) An Autumn Aftenoon (Yasujirō Ozu 1964) Late Spring (Yasujirō Ozu 1949) Make Way For Tomorrow (Leo McCarey 1937) Tokyo Twilight (Yasujirō Ozu 1957) I Was Born, But… (Yasujirō Ozu 1932) Tokyo-ga (Wim Wenders 1985) Sans Soleil (Chris Marker 1983) A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson 1957) Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry 1981) Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade 2016) Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders 1984) Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman 1957)

Felicia is joined by Bryan Loomis (from What a Picture Podcast) to discuss Yasujirō Ozu’s silent comedy about two brothers who begin to see their father in a new light. Send us your thoughts on the episode - do you prefer Ozu’s silent or talkies era? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Listen to our previous episode: All The President’s Men (D.O.P. Gordon Willis 1976) Follow Bryan here: Website: PODCAST | What a Picture (whatapicturepod.com) What a Picture Podcast: https://anchor.fm/what-a-picture Sources: https://www.highonfilms.com/i-was-born-but-1932-ozu/ http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/i-was-born-but/ https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/2020/02/17/sublime-tragicomedy-i-was-born-but-1932/ https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/i-was-born-but/ https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/i-was-born-but-2023-06 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/movies/25iwas.html OUTRO SONG: Birthday by The Sugarcubes FILMS MENTIONED: All The President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula 1976) Perfect Days (Wim Wenders 2023) Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray 1955) Horse Money (Pedro Costa 2014) Trust (Hal Hartley 1990) Late Spring (Yasujirô Ozu 1949) Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu 1953) Walk Cheerfully (Yasujirô Ozu 1930) Good Morning (Yasujirô Ozu 1959) Early Summer (Yasujirô Ozu 1951) Autumn Afternoon (Yasujirô Ozu 1962) Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch 1932) Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig 2017) Miracle in Milan (Vittorio De Sica 1951) Housekeeping (Bill Forsyth 1987)

Felicia is joined by Malik Nelson to discuss Yasujirō Ozu’s overlooked film about two sisters grappling with the return of their mother who abandoned them in Tokyo Twilight (1957). Send us your thoughts on the episode - do you prefer Ozu’s black and white or in colour films? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Follow Malik here: Letterboxd: @atelopusfarci IG:@malachimalik_ Sources: https://nyunews.com/arts/film/2019/10/28/tokyo-twilight-4k-film-restoration-review/ https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/634-eclipse-series-3-late-ozu https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2019/cteq/tender-restraint-tokyo-twilight-yasujiro-ozu-1957/OUTRO SONG: Tokyo Twilight Theme by Takanobu Saitô FILMS MENTIONED: Late Spring (Yasujirō Ozu 1949) Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu 1953) Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk 1956) Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch 1996) Good Morning (Yasujirō Ozu 1959) 20th Century Women (Mike Mills 2016) Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach 2013) Stella Dallas (King Vidor 1937)

Felicia is joined by Seth Vargas to discuss one of the most touching and heartbreaking story of a father and daughter dynamic, in Yasujirō Ozu’s Late Spring (1949). We chat about how Ozu perfected the genre of family dramas, by keeping the visuals simple yet effective. We also how the characters in this film bridge old and new world Japan. Send us your thoughts on the episode - which is Ozu’s ‘season’ films is your favourite? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Follow Seth here: Movie Friends Podcast (website) Twitter: @moviefriendspod IG: @moviefriendspodcast YouTube: @moviefriendspodcast Listen to our previous episodes: Le bonheur (Agnès Varda 1965) Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara 1964) Sources: https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/294-andrew-ahn-s-top-10 https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/421-late-spring-home-with-ozu https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-late-spring-1972 https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/ozu/ OUTRO SONG: Late Spring by Senji Itô FILMS MENTIONED: Le bonheur (Agnès Varda 1965) Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara 1964) Ghostwatch (Lesley Manning 1992) Dune 2 (Denis Villeneuve 2024) The Rage: Carrie 2 (Katt Shea 1999) Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato 1985) Set It Off (F. Gary Gray 1996) I Was Born, But… (Yasujirō Ozu 1932) Flirt (Hal Hartley 1995) Pride of the Yankees (Sam Wood 1942) Good Morning (Yasujirō Ozu 1959) Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu 1953) Me and You and Everyone We Know (Miranda July 2005) The Heiress (William Wyler 1949) Paper Moon (Peter Bogdonavich 1973)

It’s bonus episode time. In today’s Special Features episode Felicia is joined by Charles Forsman and Joey Gantner to discuss the only punk sci-fi film that matters, Repo Man (Alex Cox 1984). We chat about how Alex Cox not only made one of the most important films about punk culture but how he was able to successfully infuse other genres to make it a complete story. Along with how members of the LA Punk community came together to create an authentic piece of cinema that continues to grow more of a cult following over the years. Send us your thoughts on the episode - what is your favourite song on the soundtrack? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Follow Charles here: Crowdfunder for his new comic Chesley: http://crowdfundr.com/herecomeschesley/ Podcast: batandspider.com Spotify: Bat and Spider IG: @batandspider Twitter: @batnspider Follow Joey here: Spotify: Out of the Podcast Tape Record Label: sludge-people.com IG: @sludgepeople IG: @outofthepodcast Sources: https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/repo-man-oral-history-1984?s=08 https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2743-10-things-i-learned-repo-man https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2736-repo-man-a-lattice-of-coincidence https://medium.com/framerated/repo-man-unmissable-punk-sci-fi-cult-classic-b5ea8c2b4066 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alex-coxs-screenplay-cult-classic-repo-man/ https://filmobsessive.com/film/film-analysis/film-genres/cult_film/repo-man-and-the-definition-of-the-cult-film/ OUTRO MUSIC: A Gain - A Loss by The Plugz FILMS MENTIONED: To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin 1985) Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick 1987) Dracula (Tod Browning 1931) Clerks 3 (Kevin Smith 2002) 20th Century Women (Mike Mills 2017) Star Trek: The Voyage Home (Leonard Nimoy 1986) Young Guns (Christopher Cain 1988) Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders 1984) Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich 1955) Effects (Dusty Nelson 1979) Tammy and the T-Rex (Stewart Raffill 1994) Blood Beat (Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos 1983) Straight to Hell (Alex Cox 1987) Walker (Alex Cox 1987) Sid & Nancy (Alex Cox 1986) Suburbia (Penelope Spheeris 1983) Miracle Mile (Steve De Jarnatt 1988) Night of the Comet (Thom Eberhardt 1984) Out of the Blue (Dennis Hopper 1980)

Felicia is joined by Liam and Wayne from the In Film We Trust Podcast to discuss Jim Jarmusch’s film about three outlaws on the run, in Down By Law (1986). We chat about how each of these characters play off each other and why the outsider, Roberto, is the glue that holds them together. We also discuss how he gave Robby Müller carte blanche to shoot the film however he wanted and how that collaboration is imperative to the film’s lasting effect. Send us your thoughts on the episode - who is your favourite musician Jarmusch has worked with? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Follow In Film We Trust here: Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ifwtpod IG: @ifwtpod Twitter: @ifwtpod YouTube: @ifwtpod Sources: https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/37-rian-johnson-s-top-10 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/08/down-by-law-the-monochrome-mastery-of-dutch-cinematographer-robby-muller https://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/pulling-focus-down-by-law-1986/ https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/229-down-by-law-chemistry-set https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2386-talking-with-john https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/down-by-law-1986 OUTRO SONG: Decomposing Trees by Galaxie 500 FILMS MENTIONED: Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper 1969) Chelsea Girls (Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol 1966) The Way It Is (Eric Mitchell 1985) Downtown 81 (Edo Bertoglio 2000) Toy Story (John Lasseter 1995) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron1991) Aliens (James Cameron 1986) Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks 1974) Smokey and the Bandit (Hal Needham 1977) Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch 1995) Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch 1984) The Dead Don’t Die (Jim Jarmusch 2019) Paterson (Jim Jarmusch 2016) Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch 1980) The Foreigner (Eric Mitchell 1978) Eraserhead (David Lynch 1978) Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders 1984) Videodrome (David Cronenberg 1983) Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby 1971) Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch 1989) Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch 1991) Strange Brew (Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas 1983) Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch 2005) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jamursch 1999) Two Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman 1971) Clerks (Kevin Smith 1994) Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater 1993) Straight Time (Ulu Grosbard 1978) Reservoir Dog (Quentin Tarantino 1992) The American Friend (Wim Wenders 1977)

Felicia is joined by Trevor Young (Supervising Producer at iHeartPodcasts) to discuss Jim Jarmusch’s anthology film of character’s everyday conversations in Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) We chat about how it was filmed over the course of three decades, and how the use of multiple cinematographers helps reflect the respective eras in which the vignettes were shot. Along with how each individual chapter does end up telling a broader story of human interaction and how we can see ourselves in these conversations. Send us your thoughts on the episode - which vignette is your favourite? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Follow Trevor here: Letterboxd: @improfusion Sources: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/coffee-and-cigarettes-2004 https://worldscinema.org/2023/12/coffee-and-cigarettes-2003/ https://www.highonfilms.com/coffee-cigarettes-jarmusch-review/ https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/53rd-melbourne-international-film-festival/coffee_and_cigarettes/ https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/looking-for-love-over-nicotine-and-caffeine-jim-jarmusch-talks-about-coffee-and-cigarettes-78919/ OUTRO SONG: Black Hole by The Urinals FILMS MENTIONED: Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki 1997) Down By Law (Jim Jarmusch 1986) Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch 1984) Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch 1989) Boyhood (Richard Linklater 2014) Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch 1995) Slacker (Richard Linklater 1991) Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese 1990) Cry Baby (John Waters 1990) Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch 1991) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch 1999) Repo Man (Alex Cox 1984)

Felicia is joined once again by Rolo Tony [listen to our episode on A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes 1974)], to discuss Jim Jarmusch’s blending of both noir and samurai genres in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999). We chat about Jarmusch’s interest in music and how he blends that art form into storytelling in his films. Along with his interest in stories about humans and their quirks. Send us your thoughts on the episode - who are some of your favourite musical artists Jarmusch has worked with? Let us know by sending us a message on any of our social platforms or by email: seeingfacesinmovies@gmail.com Follow Rolo Tony here: Twitter: @PoorOldRoloTony Letterboxd: @PoorOldRoloTony YouTube: @PoorOldRoloTony Sources: https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/cteq/ghost_dog/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/apr/28/4 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai-2000 https://www.criterion.com/films/31032-ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7185-ghost-dog-by-the-book https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7186-ghost-dog-as-international-sampler https://louderthanwar.com/jim-jarmusch-talks-about-his-great-ghost-dog-film/ https://filmmakermagazine.com/107997-the-violence-in-the-film-is-simply-a-reflection-of-the-history-of-human-beings-writer-director-jim-jarmusch-and-actor-forest-whitaker-on-ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai/ https://elementsofmadness.com/2020/11/11/ghost-dog/ https://www.wweek.com/arts/movies/2023/02/21/why-jim-jarmuschs-ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai-endures-as-an-unlikely-classic/ OUTRO SONG: Ghost Dog Opening Theme by RZA FILMS MENTIONED: A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes 1974) Brain Damage (Frank Henenlotter 1988) Basket Case (Frank Henenlotter 1982) One From the Heart (Francis Ford Coppola 1982) Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola 1983) Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola 2009) Twixt (Francis Ford Coppola 2011) Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola 2024) Rain People (Francis Ford Coppola 1969) Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino 2003) Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino 2004) Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch 2003) Down By Law (Jim Jarmusch 1986) Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch 2005) Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch 2013) Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch 1989) Le samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville 1967) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Persichetti,Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman 2018) Nobody (Ilya Naishuller 2021) O Brother Where Art Thou (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen 2000) The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci 1968) Hell in the Pacific (John Boorman 1968) Point Blank (John Boorman 1967) Museo (Alonso Ruizpalacios 2018)