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S2E01 - Madame DuBarry [1919] with Jaime Rebanal
S2E01 - Madame DuBarry [1919] with Jaime Rebanal
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Critic Jaime Rebanal joins us to discuss MADAME DUBARRY, Lubitsch’s highly celebrated international breakthrough. What are we to make of it aesthetically circa 2023? How do we interface with 104-year-old blockbusters? Are biopics inherently broken? Who is Emil Subich? We cover all this and more, plus John Ford!
NEXT WEEK:
Critic and friend of the show Tim Brayton returns to discuss Lubitsch’s lo-fi comic masterpiece THE DOLL.. For details on where to find this film, check out our resources page.
WORKS CITED:
FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER by Siegfried Kracauer
NEXT WEEK:
Critic and friend of the show Tim Brayton returns to discuss Lubitsch’s lo-fi comic masterpiece THE DOLL.. For details on where to find this film, check out our resources page.
WORKS CITED:
FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER by Siegfried Kracauer
Released:
Mar 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (49)
S1E01 - When I Was Dead (aka Where Is My Treasure) [1916] w/ Will Ross: We begin at a film that doesn’t actually represent much of a beginning: Lubitsch’s first shorts remain lost, which leaves us with WHEN I WAS DEAD, also known as WHERE IS MY TREASURE. Film Formally co-host Will Ross joins us as we discuss Lubitsch’s e... by How Would Lubitsch Do It?