The Reel Thing – Details, episodes & analysis

Witness me!

We're so back! What a lovely day! In this first episode of the new season of 'The Reel Thing', Joe talks about the heart-racing, blood-pumping, car-driving production of George Miller's smash hit 'Mad Mad: Fury Road'. Specifically touching on the decades the film took to make, they also explored the notion of 'climate fiction' and environmentalism in fiction.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: The Oral History of a Modern Action Classic by Kyle Buchanan (Published 2020) NYT

‘A fetish party in the desert’: the making of Mad Max: Fury Road , March 2022, Peter Bradshaw

Time Out Magazine: Mad Max: Fury Road's George Miller on his post-apocalyptic classics and Mel Gibson by Joshua Rothkopf

Challenging Narrative and Gender Representation in the Action Genre, Kyle Barrett

Writer/Director George Miller Talks MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Returning to the Post-Apocalyptic World, Thousands of Storyboards, and More at Comic-Con by Christina Radish (2014)

Lights! Camera! Infraction! Mad Mad shows why Hollywood indulges bad behaviour by Ryan Gilbey (2022)

Stories to save the world: the new wave of climate fiction by Claire Armistead

https://tabitha-whiting.medium.com/climate-fiction-is-now-our-reality-a267bd1db4c7

‘It’s Not Climate Change - It’s Everything Change’ Margaret Atwood (essay)

In this director-focus episode, Joe talks all about the director Hong Sang-soo, following BFK's screenings of Tale of Cinema, The Novelist's Film, and In Our Day.

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Sources:

Tale of Cinema by Dennis Lim

https://www.frieze.com/article/hong-sang-soo-capacious-confined-cinema

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Sang-soo

https://bronzescreendream.com/hong-sang-soo/

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/hong-sangsoo-knows-if-youre-faking-it

https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10089497

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjAOlKrdpls&pp=ygUYZGVubmlzIGxpbSBob25nIHNhbmcgc29v

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-BttGmnVyw&pp=ygUdbWFydGluIHNjb3JzZXNlIGhvbmcgc2FuZyBzb28%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYv8HCQvxfA

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In this special episode, Joe covers the history of Sami film, highlighting the importance of Sami voices in modern times, in the context of issues faced in the past.

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Bergen Filmklubb > https://bergenfilmklubb.no/

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References:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QiBI4kqg01iJhutUeRcUcFoKE3zHddxC87B_yrYIBuY/edit?usp=sharing

On this episode, Joe is joined by Amina Altalaqani to get in the mood for love, and discuss Mother(!) and Father (Jennifer Lawrence & Andrew Scott).

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Bergen Filmklubb > https://bergenfilmklubb.no/

On this week's minisode, Joe is joined by ex-filmklubb board member (but still very much in our hearts) Bendik Vigsnes. No woke this episode!

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Mambo No.4(K)...

In this episode, Joe is joined (again) by Caroline Tranberg to talk about Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 2001 'Millenium Mambo'. They talk about the plight of the main character and the relatability of 'slice of life' films, and discuss the efforts of film restoration, including Martin Scorcese's efforts, Norske Filmklassikere, and the work and life of Leon Vitali.

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Bergen Filmklubb > https://bergenfilmklubb.no/

Norske Filmklassikere (Restoration Project) > https://www.facebook.com/groups/norskefilmklassikere

Article about > https://montages.no/nyheter/vi-ma-eie-var-egen-filmhistorie-christer-falck-vil-utgi-norske-filmklassikere-pa-fysisk-format/

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References:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/movies/millennium-mambo-hou-hsiao-hsien.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Hsiao-hsien

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_preservation

Woo! Welcome to our new minisodes, where Joe asks a board member to recommend their favourite films/media! This episode they're joined by The Reel Thing royalty, Caroline Tranberg, to talk all things anime, found footage, and Pokemon!

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The net is vast and infinite.

The Reel Thing is back for season 3! In this episode, Joe is joined by Caroline Tranberg to talk about the filmklubb's opening film 2024 'Ghost In The Shell' (1995). They discuss the interesting, new-technology-defining production of the movie, alongside the balance between female objectification and liberation that the film suggests!

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Bergen Filmklubb > https://bergenfilmklubb.no/

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References:

https://film-cred.com/ghost-in-the-shell-sunshine-trans-identity/

https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2019/07/24/queer-underworld-ghost-in-the-shell-1995.html

https://www.thecompanion.app/ghost-in-the-shell-cyberpunk-and-female-body-autonomy/

Sex, bugs, and rock n' roll!

In this episode of the Trash podcasts, Joe is joined by Caroline (again!) to talk all about the 1996 cockroach riot 'Joe's Apartment' from 1996! They talk all things this movie, cockroaches, crappy landlords, and ask again: what is trash?

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Bergen Filmklubb > https://bergenfilmklubb.no/

Trash Film Festival > https://trashfilmfest.no/

I don't need you! I have dozens of wives, but only one brother...

This week for the Trash Filmfestival, Joe is joined by BFK's own Remi to talk all about Trash's opening film 'Who Killed Captain Alex'. They talk about the earnest beauty of this 'trash' film, the legacy of Nabwana IGG, and what exactly defines trash!

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Bergen Filmklubb > https://bergenfilmklubb.no/

Trash Film Festival > https://trashfilmfest.no/