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The Cine-Files

111 Giant Part 2

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Cine-Files we continue our exploration of George Stevens' 1956 classic, Giant, starring Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean. Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/support Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Steve. In Act 2 of Giant, the Benedict family must face what all families face,

0:07.4

the inevitability of change. Children grow up and refuse to conform to their parents expectations.

0:14.4

War comes and along with it great tragedy.

0:17.6

Gushing oil wells bring even greater wealth, but that wealth only serves to deepen the ongoing conflict with jet rank.

0:25.0

And beneath all of this family drama lies the inescapable reality of race,

0:30.0

a reality which Big Benedict must eventually face with his fists.

0:35.0

Giant is a powerful sweeping epic that still has a great deal to say about Texas, family, race, and America itself.

0:44.6

We have a great time talking about it this Friday on the Cinephiles.

0:48.5

Let their Papoose down there. His name Benedict too?

0:57.0

Yeah, I come to think of it.

1:00.0

It is part two of our exploration of giant on the cinnophiles my name is Steve Morris

1:14.6

I am a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.

1:18.0

Hello everyone I just got off right around the Riao Ranch my name is John Roca

1:22.1

I am a voiceover artist, occasional actor, I

1:26.0

say, I throw it in every once in a while, I just booked a voiceover gig that I did.

1:29.1

And writer, producer, host over at Kaleiter Video,

1:33.5

and as I said in the first part of this movie,

1:37.1

a massive fan of this film.

1:38.4

Yeah, and let's-

1:39.1

A giant fan.

1:40.1

Hey, what?

1:42.1

Shall we jump right back in?

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