Join Phoebe and Kristen as they discuss the influences, cinematic context and lasting cultural impact of Magical Mystery Tour!
CONTENTS
Influences and Context 2:23
Critical Reception. Does MMT warrant re-evaluation? 18:50
Stanley Kubrick - echoes of MMT 44:30
Weekend - a slice of 1967 art cinema 1:09:21
Discussion of Magical Mystery Tour 1:25:26
TW: brief mention of a (fictional) sexual assault on a minor in the Kubrick section
Sources
Rob Ager’s analysis of the Bear in The Shining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW2GrG7Zk0U
Juli Kearn’s analysis of A Clockwork Orange: http://idyllopuspress.com/idyllopus/film/co_three.htm#magical
FILMOGRAPHY (movies referenced in the podcast)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967) The Beatles
Strawberry Fields Forever (1967) Peter Goldmann
The Seventh Seal (1957) Ingmar Bergman
One Plus One (1969) Jean-Luc Godard
The Trial (1960) Orson Welles
8 ½ (1060) Federico Fellini
Scorpio Rising (1960) Kenneth Anger
Empire (1966) Andy Warhol
Running, Jumping Standing Still (1959) Dick Lester
Weekend (1967) Jean-Luc Godard
Daisies (1966) Věra Chytilová.
The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick
A Clockwork Orange (1971) Stanley Kubrick
2001 (1969) Stanley Kubrick
Barry Lyndon (1975) Stanley Kubrick
Dr. Strangelove (1964) Stanley Kubrick
The Astronomer's Dream (1898) Georges Méliès
Breathless (1960) Jean-Luc Godard
Tom Jones (1963) Tony Richardson
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) Peter Greenaway
A Taste of Honey (1961) Tony Richardson