#275: One Wedding and a Funeral, Pt. 1 — Rachel Getting Married

The Next Picture Show

Telegraph Road Productions

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The new indie comedy SHIVA BABY’s focus on a young woman attending an obligatory family event and finding herself the center of attention reminded us of a similar cinematic predicament set at a very different sort of major life event: Jonathan Demme’s 2008 drama RACHEL GETTING MARRIED. Revisiting the film for this week’s pairing, along with our special guest, film writer Jordan Hoffman, was a potent reminder of the late Demme’s talent for capturing humanity and optimism onscreen, not to mention vibrant and celebratory musical performance. So this week we dig into what makes RACHEL GETTING MARRIED what one of our panelists deems “the most Demme movie of all,” where it stands in the pantheon of onscreen weddings, and whether to categorize the cultural mishmash of Rachel's wedding as a “melting pot” or “cultural appropriation.” Plus, in place of feedback this week we talk about some of those other onscreen weddings, and which ones we’d most like to attend (or claim for ourselves). Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, SHIVA BABY, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to [email protected], or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Outro music: Neil’s Young’s “Unknown Legend” as performed by Tunde Adebimpe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:34.1	You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
0:40.8	We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.
0:48.6	Welcome to the next picture show, a movie the week podcast devoted to a classic film
0:52.5	and how it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
0:54.8	I'm Scott Tobias here with Keith Phipps and Genevieve Koski.
0:58.6	Our co-host, Tasha Robinson, could not be with us this week, but we have a very special guest, Jordan Hoffman.
1:04.8	Jordan is a freelance film writer whose work you can find in Vanity Fair, The Guardian, The Times of Israel, and Decider.
1:11.0	He also wrote for us at The Dissolve once upon a time.
1:14.2	Hello, Jordan.
1:15.0	Hello, my gosh, thank you for having me here.
1:17.9	I'm thrilled.
1:18.5	I would like to say, now that I have you all here in the little Zoom in front of me,
1:22.8	I did not work for the Dissolve regularly, but I did it once in a blue moon. And every time I always felt
1:28.6	like, hey, I'm at the cool kids table right now. I really always loved it. So thanks for having
1:34.2	me here. It's a pleasure to yap with you about two really great movies. Oh, you're already
1:39.4	tipping your hand. Whoops. Okay. So we are perhaps another pairing away from recording our first episode in the same room
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