#339: Close Encounters, Pt. 2 — Nope

The Next Picture Show

Telegraph Road Productions

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In terms of narrative, there’s not that much connecting NOPE’s flying-saucer story with that of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, but Jordan Peele’s latest is as likely to someday serve as a document of this particular moment as its 1953 predecessor. A thematically dense and bracingly cinematic film, NOPE is uninterested in providing its viewers with neat answers, but we do our best to (begin to) untangle Peele’s web of ideas before bringing his film into conversation with THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, to consider the alien motivations and human responses that connect these two invasions across the decades. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about WAR OF THE WORLDS, NOPE, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to [email protected], leaving a short voicemail at 773-234-9730, or commenting on our Patreon (patreon.com/NextPictureShow), where you can also find bonus episodes and more. Outro music: Michael Wincott, “Flying Purple People Eater” 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?
0:11.8	We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.
0:19.3	Welcome back to The Next Picture Show, a movie The Week podcast devoted to a classic film
0:23.6	in the way it shaped our thoughts on our recent release.
0:26.1	I'm Keith Phipps, here again with...
0:27.9	Genevieve Kosky.
0:29.1	Scott Tobias.
0:30.2	And Tasha Robinson.
0:31.6	On last week's episode, we discussed 1953's The War of the Worlds, an adaptation of the
0:37.2	H.G. Wells classic produced by George Powell
0:39.3	and directed by Byron Haskin. This week we'll be talking about Nope, the latest film from
0:44.6	Jordan Peel. Nope stars Daniel Kaluja as Otis Jr., OJ for short, who inherits a horse farm
0:51.9	specializing in film work after the death of his father,
0:55.5	Oda Sr., played by Keith David.
0:57.9	OJ is not a people person, but his sister M, played by Kiki Palmer, is.
1:02.6	But their business has seen better times, prompting OJ to begin selling his horses to his neighbor,
1:07.7	Jupe, played by Stephen Yen, and child after turned low-budget old West theme
1:12.3	park proprietor who suddenly seems to need all the horse flesh he can get his hands on.
1:17.1	Does it have something to do with that cloud in the sky that never moves or other strange events?
1:21.9	And would it be possible to capture some of those events on camera?
1:25.3	Maybe with the help of Angel, played by Brandon Perea, an employee at a local and electronic
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