Once More With the BEEEES (feat. Dan Olson of Folding Ideas) - The Wicker Man (1973 & 2006)
Once More With FeelingShow Notes
Mariana and Gus welcome the preposterously prolific Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) to talk about one of the most important movies of the 1970s (The Wicker Man (1973)), colonialism, fascinating art, which capeslop is good capeslop, and what happens when American studios try to remake a film deeply tied to the cultural and historical context of its setting (spoilers: it's The Wicker Man (2006)).
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Once More With Feeling is a podcast about great original movies and their often not-so-great remakes. Join film critic and YouTuber Mariana Colín (The Morbid Zoo) and screenwriter and comedian Gus Schiff as they explore the history, culture, and politics of some of Hollywood's favorite films to make over and over and over and over and over… Music by: Isaiah Evans (@the_viennese_school) Singing by: Sierra Lancaster (@_sierralancaster_) Email: [email protected]
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