Die Hard Part 1
The Cine-Files
Steve Morris & John Rocha
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 111 minutes
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We put it to a vote on social media and the results were overwhelming. Die Hard is officially a Christmas Movie: So Merry Christmas and Yippee Ki-Ya Motherfuckers!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, Cinophiles fans, it is Christmas morning and it is time to answer a very important question. |
| 0:14.0 | John, is die-hard a holiday film? |
| 0:17.0 | Ho, ho. |
| 0:20.0 | Yeah, I would say, and I've always said it is a Christmas movie it is a holiday movie |
| 0:28.2 | absolutely and a film that again Steve this is one that we revisited and redid again and got so much more out of the conversation |
| 0:39.0 | than we did the first time around even though that first episode was fantastic, diving deeper into this one and exploring not only the natural filmmaking approach and acting all of that, but also the Christmas stuff that is prevalent throughout this movie that I think is what makes it a Christmas movie officially. |
| 0:57.0 | I mean is there Christmas music in it? Yes. Is there a Christmas tree in it? Yes. does it take place at Christmas time? Yes, is it something that I have unwrapped many times in blue rays and 4ks? Yes, it absolutely is. Do I love it as a Christmas present I would receive under my tree every year? |
| 1:15.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:16.0 | So happy holidays, ho ho ho ho and enjoy not just one, not just two, but three parts of Die Hard is our very special holiday gift to you. |
| 1:28.0 | Due to the Nakatomi Corporation's legacy of greed around the globe, |
| 1:32.2 | they are about to be taught a lesson in the real use of power. |
| 1:38.0 | You will be witnesses. Hello and welcome once again to the cinnophiles where each week we enter the world of a great film |
| 1:51.1 | we explore its themes, the |
| 1:52.9 | filmmaking, and the influence it has on us today. |
| 1:55.6 | My name is Steve Morris. |
| 1:56.6 | I am a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California. |
| 2:00.0 | Hello, my name is John Rook, I'm a writer producer and host here in Los Angeles, |
| 2:03.7 | sorry in San Diego, California, still can't get used to that. |
| 2:07.3 | And very excited that we are going back through the sands of time |
| 2:12.1 | to one of our original episodes to redo this great classic and I think |
| 2:20.0 | you can use the term now, classic for this movie film. |
| 2:22.9 | It's 30 years old. |
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