Flashback: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
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🗓️ 13 December 2020
⏱️ 120 minutes
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Summary
Flashback is usually for Slate Plus members only. To listen to other episodes of the show, sign up for Slate Plus.
In the new episode of Flashback, movie critics Dana Stevens and K. Austin Collins discuss the epic Lawrence of Arabia (1962), directed by David Lean.
Other titles mentioned in the episode:
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Ben Hur (1959)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Brief Encounter (1946)
Ryan’s Daughter (1970)
Passage to India (1984)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Out of Sight (1998)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Searchers (1956)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Prometheus (2012)
There Will Be Blood (2008)
Funny Girl (1968)
Casablanca (1943)
The Parent Trap (1998)
On the next episode: Nancy Meyers’ The Holiday (2006).
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon music. |
| 0:03.7 | Hi, I'm Dana Stevens, Slate's movie critic, and what you're about to hear is a preview of an |
| 0:08.1 | episode of Flashback, Slate's podcast about older and classic movies. This podcast is usually |
| 0:13.5 | only for Slate Plus members, but today we're giving you the whole episode for free so that if you |
| 0:17.9 | like what you heard, you can support the show and become a Slate Plus member. |
| 0:22.0 | Getting to listen to all of our flashback episodes is just one of the many benefits you'll get as a |
| 0:26.4 | Slate Plus member. You will also never hear ads again on any Slate podcast, and you won't ever |
| 0:31.3 | hit a paywall on the Slate website. Kay Austin Collins of Rolling Stone and I have loved |
| 0:36.5 | doing flashback for the past over a year now, |
| 0:39.1 | and it's been so great, especially during this past very strange year of 2020, |
| 0:43.4 | to get to revisit older films and escape into those very different and beautiful worlds. |
| 0:48.5 | So far, we've covered everything from Alfred Hitchcock to Chantal Ackerman, |
| 0:52.2 | classic melodrama to B-movie horror, and we love |
| 0:54.9 | taking film suggestions from our listeners. So please come watch and listen with us. |
| 0:59.9 | Becoming a Slate Plus member will only cost you $35 for the first year, and we promise to make it worth it. |
| 1:05.5 | Head over to slate.com slash flashback to learn more and sign up. Thank you, and please enjoy this |
| 1:10.7 | extra long episode on an |
| 1:12.3 | extra long movie, Lawrence of Arabia. Hello and welcome to another episode of Flashback, Slate's podcast about older and classic movies. |
| 1:33.7 | This time around, it was my choice, and I'm feeling the burden of responsibility and questioning the wisdom, the seven pillars of wisdom of my very challenging movie choice for us this time. |
| 1:45.7 | Although I have to say, I absolutely loved rewatching it again, and I have a lot to say, but we are also going to be biting off maybe more than we can chew. |
| 1:53.5 | Speaking to me, as always, from his apartment in Brooklyn is K. Austin Collins of Rolling Stone, and our movie this week, of course, is Lawrence of Arabia, |
| 2:01.5 | David Leans, 1962, mega epic of war in the Moroccan desert and other places. Hey, Cam. |
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