#900: The Fabelmans / The Eternal Daughter / Sr.

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🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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With THE FABLEMANS, what appeared to be Steven Spielberg’s portrait of the filmmaker as a young man turns out to be a more complicated autopsy of a family coming apart at the seams—that happens to have a budding filmmaker there to document it. Adam and Josh have lots of praise for Spielberg, his co-conspirator/co-screenwriter Tony Kushner, and the film’s cast, but a few minor issues may reflect a weakness that appears more broadly in the director’s work. Director Joanna Hogg has worked almost exclusively in an autobiographical vein: her acclaimed 2019 film “The Souvenir” and last year’s sequel “The Souvenir, Part II,” had Hogg revisiting and re-examining her film student days. Her latest, THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER, continues the director’s audacious self-reflexivity, this time casting Tilda Swinton in a double role as Hogg surrogate Julie and also as Julie’s mother, Rosalind. Hogg’s film is both a meta-meditation on what it means to be an artist—and a ghost story. Plus, Adam recommends Sr., a new doc about filmmaker - and Robert Downey Jr.’s dad - Robert Downey, Sr. 1:06 - Review: "The Fablemans" 36:35 - Next Week / Notes 43:44 - Polls 51:22 - Review: “The Eternal Daughter" 1:03:01 - Review (AK): “Sr.” 1:08:41 - Outro Times may fluctuate due to ads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	I'm a bit for homebody and I love a 5. But I think it's just the holiday period. It's
0:40.2	just for me, it's the most romantic period. And I think anyone who's listened to my records
0:45.4	will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.
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0:59.6	What kind of a show you guys putting on here today? You're not interested in art? No.
1:03.4	Well look, we're going to do this thing. We're going to have a conversation.
1:08.8	From Chicago, this is Film Spotting. I'm Adam Kempinar. And I'm Josh Larson.
1:12.8	In this family, it's the scientists versus the artists. Sammy's on my team takes after
1:22.8	me.
1:23.8	What kind of move we're going to make?
1:33.0	In the Fablemans, Steven Spielberg revisits the contentious childhood that inspired him
1:37.6	to become the world's most successful director. We've got a review. We'll also review the
1:42.1	eternal daughter from director Joanna Hogg, whose own autobiographical films, The Souvenir
1:47.7	Parts 1 and 2, are among the most acclaimed releases of the last couple of years. That
1:53.2	and more ahead on Film Spotting.
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