"Flow"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture With its two Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature Film, Alyssa Christian, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, and I have come together to deliver a proper review for Gints Zilbalodis's animated feature film "Flow." Rendered on the free and open-source software Blender and containing no dialogue, the Latvian film has captivated audiences since its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. What did we think of it all these months later, especially considering it's now in the hunt to win the Oscar following wins from the 37th European Film Awards, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, and the 82nd Golden Globe Awards. Please tune in as we discuss the story, animation, music, themes, awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for all your support, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of Flow. I'm......hean... All right, everyone, you were just listening to the trailer for Flow, and the story is as follows.
0:49.2	The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal,
0:56.6	but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various
1:02.1	species and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat
1:08.6	sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
1:16.4	The film is starring Nobody.
1:20.5	I was like, where are you going with this?
1:22.2	Yeah, exactly.
1:23.7	And it is directed and written by Gin Zipalotis and co-written by Matisse Casa.
1:30.7	Here to join me today for this exclusive Patreon podcast review of the Oscar-nominated international animated film I have, Daniel Hallett.
1:41.6	Hello, hello. Dan Bear.
1:45.5	What was that?
1:47.5	Who's my best cat?
1:49.3	Oh.
1:50.2	I think it disappeared.
1:51.2	I think it thought it was background noise and like erased it.
1:54.6	So all we were was like, it was like trailing off into the distance, basically.
1:59.6	That was if like you fell or something, you know.
2:02.8	Like it was like,
2:03.7	that's much better.
2:08.1	That's good.
2:08.9	That's good.
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