Culture Gabfest - Drive My Batmobile
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week, New York Times columnist and Slate graduate, Jamelle Bouie, fills in for Steve as the panel begins by entering the Gotham of Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Then, for our final pre-Oscars round-up, the panel digs into Best Picture nominee Drive My Car. Finally, the panel discusses the trend of ever-elongating movie runtimes.
In Slate Plus, the panel questions Jamelle about his recent deep dive into the work of Martin Scorcese.
Email us at culturefest@slate.com.
Endorsements
Dana: Pedro Almodóvar’s addition to the Director’s Issue series of W Magazine, in which he interviews and photographs Penélope Cruz.
Jamelle: The 4K UHD version of the 1993 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Hard Target. Directed by Hong Kong director, John Woo, Hard Target is the first major Hollywood film made by a Chinese director. But, it’s Jamelle’s pick because it’s one of the best restorations of a movie he’s ever seen.
Julia: The Batman ‘66 series, which is a Batman that is different than the dark opus of Batman today. It’s good for adults but also great for kids. Then an addendum from Jamelle: the kid-friendly, highly funny Batman animated series, Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.
Outro music is "What Do You Want From Me" by OTE
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Julia Turner and this is the Slate Culture Gabfest Drive My Batmobile Edition. |
| 0:16.7 | On today's show, we'll discuss the Batman, the box office-busting new film from director |
| 0:21.5 | Matt Reeves, in which Robert Pattinson roams around an even gloomier version of Gotham |
| 0:26.4 | that we usually see. |
| 0:28.1 | Then, drive my car, the meditative, austro-nominated Japanese film from director Reeves Suke |
| 0:33.4 | Hamaguchi, starring Hitotoshi Nishijima and a very, very pretty red sub. |
| 0:38.3 | Finally, long movie rundowns. |
| 0:41.5 | Both of the films we're discussing this week pushed three hours in duration. |
| 0:44.9 | We'll discuss the best and worst ways to make 180-plus minutes of movie and our relationships |
| 0:50.0 | to super long cinema. |
| 0:52.2 | Joining me today is Dana Stevens, the film critic for Slate, hey Dana! |
| 0:55.9 | Hey, how you doing, Julia? |
| 0:57.8 | And also joining us today in place of departed Steve, not forever departed Steve, just departed |
| 1:03.0 | once again this week's Steve is Jamal Buie, friend of the program and opinion columnist |
| 1:07.4 | for The New York Times. |
| 1:08.7 | Welcome back, Jamal. |
| 1:10.2 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:11.2 | Always happy to be here. |
| 1:12.6 | We are so excited to have you on and in honor of your deep film nerdery, we have gone |
| 1:17.7 | full film today, so film nerds get ready. |
| 1:23.6 | Shall we do a show? |
| 1:24.6 | Let's do it. |
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