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• "A Married Couple" (1969, Dir: Alan King) w/ Christopher Jason Bell

  Documentarian CHRISTOPHER JASON BELL (MeansTV, 'Miss Me Yet,' the upcoming 'Failed State') joins us to talk about 'A Married Couple,' Alan King's 1969 documentary about a ditentegrating Canadian marriage. Topics include: reality TV, the weird sexism of how people recived this movie at the time, performence in documentary, the parade of hideous outfits this guy wears, and the terrible language of irrational arguements stuck deep in a nightmare mire.  I will not be indexing our recs this week, there are simply too many of them. Next week's episode will return to the DIGITAL MINES as we talk about "The Social Network," David Fincher's symphony for the end of human communication. Check it out!!!

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• DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Paranormal Activity" (2007, Dir: Oren Peli)

  Ellis and Corbin talk about post-continuity infusted found footage horror extravaganza PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. Topics include: real estate in 2006: the true horror, why there wasn't a second demonologist in San Diego at the time, the editing style, HDR cameras, porn aesthetics, and other stuff. Read some Fabulous Criticisim about Paranormal Activity here.  NOTICE: OUR NEXT EPISODE IS NOT ABOUT THE SOCIAL NETWORK, LIKE WE SAID HERE. It is about "A Married Couple." Watch it here. 

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• DIGITAL FONTIERS: "Avatar" (Dir: James Cameron, 2009)

  We had to do it, so we did. Topics include: the insane camera setup they used on this, Cameron: Movie Napolean, the... particular aesthetics, and the faint nostalgia for Michael Bay real heads feel while watching this thing. There's stuff we like about it to.  Read this if to learn stuff about Avatar.  Ellis recc here. Corbin recc'd a video game, again. Next week: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. 

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• DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Speed Racer" (Dir: The Wachowskis, 2008)

  Speed Racer. It's a masterwork. It also might give you a headache. We must live in that contradiction. Topics: Comic Books and post-continuity cinema, the movie's collagey qualities, the alternate Hollywood it presents, and the movie as a product of globalization.  Matt's reccomendation. Corbin's. Next episode is about "Avatar," which you can watch on Disney+, if you dare. 

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• DIGITAL FRONTIERS: "Che: Part One" (2008, Dir: Steven Soderbergh) (W/ Eric Marsh)

  Ellis and Corbin and ERIC MARSH discuss "Che: Part One," Steven Soderbergh's process oriented tale of the Cuban Revolution, first movie ever shot on a 4K Movie Camera. Topics include: Oakley Sunglasses, Soderbergh during this time, digital cinemtography blessing his particular way of working, and why CAPITALIST STREAMING PLATFORMS make this movie hard to watch.  Ellis: 'Song at the end is "Carlos Puebla – Hasta Siempre, Comandante," which is about Che.' Our next episode is about SPEED RACER. Tremble in fear.   

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