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In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Today Renan and Bill lose their neorealist chains and grapple with the 1963 Federico Fellini film 8½, hailed by armchair film scholars as one of the greatest films of all time. More than 50 years on, how does it hold up? Undoubtedly and deservedly a classic, 8½ today looks different than it did in the 1960s, or even the 1990s. In this episode: 8½'s attitudes toward women; Pauline Kael's critical review; Guido's heirs including Don Draper; Fellini's virtuosic filmmaking; whither the imperial film director; and other films about filmmaking. Also, Bill offers some hot Sundance tips, and we highlight a listener's electronic music project providing an alternate score to Eraserhead.
Episode links:
- 8½ on IMDb
- 8½ on Wikipedia
- Pauline Kael original 8½ review
- Stanley Kaufman original 8½ review
- Roger Ebert 8½ review from 2000
- Michael Newton 8½ essay from 2015
- Criterion dream sequence roundup
- Tullio Kezich essay on Fellini and 8½
- Bilge Ebiri on 8½'s influence at 50
- Brian Morton on reading old books in NY Times
- Henry alternate Eraserhead soundtrack on Bandcamp
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