#237: In the Loop, Pt 2 — Palm Springs

The Next Picture Show

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4.6 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

The new Hulu comedy PALM SPRINGS wouldn’t exist without the broad comedy and sentimental romance of GROUNDHOG DAY, but there are some key differences in its depiction of life and love inside a time loop — chief among them the decision to give Andy Samberg’s character a partner in looping, played by Cristin Milioti — that make it a very different sort of circular journey. We’re joined once again by Vox critic at large Emily Vanderwerff to discuss the efficacy of that decision, as well as how the two films function as romances, as parables, and, most importantly, as comedies. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your radar Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about Groundhog Day, PALM SPRINGS, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Show Notes Works Cited: • “Cristin Milioti Explains the Time-Loop Science Behind Palm Springs,” by Rachel Handler (vulture.com) • “Torn apart in production, The Emperor’s New Groove came out at exactly the wrong time,” by Petrana Radulovic (polygon.com) Your Next Picture Show: • Genevieve: Leslye Headland and Natasha Lyonne’s RUSSIAN DOLL • Emily: Michaela Coel’s I MAY DESTROY YOU • Scott: Hlynur Palmason’s A WHITE, WHITE DAY • Tasha: John-Paul Davidson and Trudie Styler’s THE SWEATBOX Outro Music: Hall & Oates, “When the Morning Comes” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:05.1	Do you believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
0:11.9	We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.
0:19.6	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.
0:25.9	I'm Tasha Robinson, here again with Scott Tobias and Genevieve Koski.
0:30.1	Keith has disappeared into the desert with a bow and arrow.
0:33.3	Something about a vendetta he's pursuing?
0:36.2	We don't know.
0:36.9	In his place, place though we have special
0:38.4	guest emily v club co-worker now critic at large at vox dot com emily welcome back and thank you for
0:45.0	joining us again hey thank you so much i am having a great time uh we just got done discussing groundhog
0:51.9	day and now we're going to discuss another movie because that's the premise of the podcast.
0:58.3	That's what we're doing here.
0:59.6	A full week later.
1:00.9	We're doing it's a full week later.
1:04.0	Yeah.
1:04.3	No, I really enjoy this show and I'm really happy to be here.
1:07.7	And of course, I really love talking to all of you. That's why I had a job with you for so long. So yeah, this is great.
1:14.8	As we were just talking about, well, not recording, we resisted guests for a long time because we recorded in person, all of us in the same room.
1:24.0	We felt it made everything just work better. And then it became impossible to do that.
1:29.2	And now we're suddenly wondering why we didn't do this a lot earlier, because it's a lot of fun.
1:34.2	However, jumping back into it, in our last episode, we talked about Groundhog Day, the Harold
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