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The Next Picture Show

#089: (Pt. 2) Planet of the Apes ('68) / War for the Planet of the Apes

The Next Picture Show

Filmspotting

Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6858 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We return to the PLANET OF THE APES series to see how it’s evolved from the 1968 original to Matt Reeves’ stunning new WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES. After discussing why the new trilogy, and WAR in particular, works so well in the current era, we examine how the two ends of this franchise speak to each other over the span of five decades, discussing their ape effects, their social themes, and their very different central performances. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about PLANET OF THE APES, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, or both by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730.  Your Next Picture Show:  • Scott: Amanda Lipitz’s STEP, Kogonada’s COLUMBUS, and Brett Leonard’s THE LAWNMOWER MAN • Keith: the rest of the PLANET OF THE APES original series • Genevieve: The Ross Bros.’ CONTEMPORARY COLOR Outro music: The Kinks, “Apeman” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

0:20.1

Do you believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living

0:26.5

being?

0:27.5

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

0:34.8

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 recent release.

0:41.3

I'm Keith Phipps here again with Scott Tobias and Genevieve Kosky.

0:45.3

Tasha Robinson cannot be here tonight because she's stranded in the forbidden zone.

0:49.3

On the first half of this episode, we discussed Planet of the Apes, the 1968 science fiction classic that helped

0:54.8

make the world safe for movie after movie featuring intelligent apes and their troubled relations

0:59.2

with humans. These most recently include Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Don of the Planet of the Apes,

1:05.0

and the New Ish War for the Planet of the Apes, which traced the ascent of Apes from lab experiments

1:10.3

to competitors

1:11.2

for dominance over the earth. The film is directed by Matt Reeves, who took over the series

1:15.4

from Rupert Wyatt after the first entry. The third film continues a series-long shift away from

1:20.5

humanity and toward the apes, where Rye has introduced Caesar, the intelligent chimp played

1:25.6

in each film by Andy Circus, and the first wave of intelligent

1:28.6

apes, and Don more or less gave equal time to humans and apes, words told almost entirely

1:33.8

from the ape's perspectives. After the explosive finale of Don, the apes have attempted to carve out a place

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