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The Next Picture Show

#008: Aguirre, The Wrath of God / The Revenant (Pt. 2)

The Next Picture Show

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Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6858 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2015

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Our conversation about the links between Werner Herzog's 1972 cult classic AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD and Alejandro González Iñárritu's new THE REVENANT delves into the way the two films handle the themes of imperialism and madness, and how each is info

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0:00.0

Imagine a breakfast wrap.

0:03.0

You know the one, because there really is only one.

0:07.0

Sausage, egg, cheese, bacon and a potato rusty all wrapped together.

0:13.0

Yep, there it is.

0:15.0

I think my work here is done.

0:17.0

Serve them until 11am.

0:20.0

It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the breakfast. served until 11 a.m.

0:25.2

It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.

0:31.9

You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?

0:35.2

We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.

0:43.3

Welcome back to the next picture show, a movie of the week podcast devoted to a classic film and the way it shaped our thoughts on a new release.

0:45.9

I'm Scott Tobias here once again with Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, and Rachel Handler.

0:50.5

This week we're talking about Werner Herzog's Aguirre of the Wrath of God

0:53.8

and Alhandro Gonzalez

0:55.3

Inoritu's The Revenant, two period survival adventures about men and filmmakers driven to the brink.

1:01.2

But before we get into The Revenant, a little plot first. Linao DiCaprio stars as Hugh Glass,

1:06.3

who survives wounds from a vicious bear attack that nearly kills him in the betrayal of a fur

1:10.6

trapper,

1:11.2

played by Tom Hardy, who leaves him for dead.

1:13.9

His madness isn't quite the same as Kinski's Agira.

1:16.8

Let's just say he's extremely motivated to survive the brutal cold and have his revenge.

1:21.6

Though they take place in extreme heat and extreme cold, the two films are about the mad visions

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