Join us every week for a trip into the weird and wonderful world of trailers. Whether it’s the first teaser for the latest instalment in your favourite franchise, an obscure preview for a strange indie darling, whether it’s good, bad, ugly or just plain weird – your favourite pop culture baristas are there to tell you what they think.
This week on Six Damn Fine Degrees, Alan reminisced on Memories of Murder – though since we featured the trailer not too long ago, here’s something else instead: Tony Zhao’s “Every Frame a Painting” video essay on Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece.
Also, Matt continued his journey through Criterion’s Fellini box set, arriving at Juliet of the Spirits.
And what else do we have in our bag of trailers for you?
Mege: There is something about Paris, Texas (which we talked about in our third ever podcast back in 2017) that I like, even if I didn‘t like the movie as a whole. A few interesting characters in a forlorn landscape, interesting monologues and fantastic cinematography. Plus it‘s Wim Wenders at the helm, a Sam Shepard screenplay, and that autochthonous piece of American rock, Harry Dean Stanton. Nastassia Kinski has never been better, and the crucial monologue is all her own.
Matt: What’s going on at Disney? It would be easier to understand if all of their decisions were cynical or braindead – but they get Barry Jenkins (yay!)… to direct an all-CGI Lion King prequel that, from the trailer, looks like a criminal waste of Jenkins’ talent. And that Snow White teaser? Whoever thought that this was a good idea? At times, it feels like Disney is out of ideas and desperate. If there was a scene of Disney execs talking about these movies in The Player, people would’ve rejected the satire for being too out there and unbelievable.
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