Roger on The Gala Show
Hey all! Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving. Roger dropped by The Gala Show to celebrate thanksgiving and talk about the theme of gratitude, specifically in relation to Taxi Driver and It's a Wonderful Life.
The episode is out on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts.
Comments (6)
Excellent conversation
I still don't understand the point Roger tried to get across (and I feel like Gala didn't either).
It's not the polarity of the moral, but the strength of the conviction, which makes for a great movie.
Hear me out: In the nightmare version of Bedford Falls, shouldn’t have Donna Reed become the (arrested) prostitute and Gloria Grahame turned into an old maid?? Feels like a more effective subversion of Mary and Violet but maybe that’s just me.
Regarding A Clockwork Orange - when filming the rape scene of the writer’s wife, do you think Kubrick was imagining Pauline Kael and her scathing review of 2001?
Great show, very interesting and insightful conversation. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend!