Imitation Of Life

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Paul & Amy reflect on Douglas Sirk's piercing 1959 melodrama Imitation Of Life! They learn what made this epochal film a favorite of Steven Spielberg's, discuss what Sirk has to say about race in America, and ask what this slyly satirical blockbuster has in common with Starship Troopers. Plus: The murder that nearly overshadowed the film's release. Next week, Paul and Amy are watching Saw! You can join the conversation for this series on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The year is 1959, and we are talking about the starship troopers of its day.
0:06.6	Oh, it's Douglas Sirk and the imitation of a life, baby.
0:10.3	Hello, everybody, and welcome to Unspold!
0:34.9	Hey, everybody.
0:35.9	I am Paul Sheer, joined as always by Amy Nicholson.
0:39.9	We're talking about movies on this show.
0:41.0	We talk about movies that you are supposed to see that you're supposed to love, and we
0:45.2	really do try to examine, are they really that good?
0:50.1	Or do we just think they are, or in the case of this movie, I think it's bad as all
0:55.0	it could have said at the time, in which case, no.
0:59.4	Before we even get into that, I want to let everybody know that Unspold has joined a fantasy
1:03.2	movie league.
1:04.2	You can sign up for it at Vulture, just go to their movie league.
1:08.1	We are under the group Unspooled, so you can join our movie league competing against
1:13.5	Amy and I and our producers.
1:15.7	It's a lot of fun.
1:16.8	It's totally for free.
1:18.0	We're just doing it because we wanted to do something fun.
1:20.3	So we have that.
1:21.8	We're doing it because we're competitive.
1:23.0	Yes.
1:24.0	Well, we're so competitive.
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