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Unspooled

Lawrence Of Arabia

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.55K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Paul and Amy journey through 1962's David Lean WWI epic Lawrence Of Arabia! They ask if this can fairly be called a "white savior" film, learn about the many injuries Peter O'Tools endured during the shoot, and compare the film's structure to Citizen Kane. Plus: A brief look at the controversy around the Joker premiere. For On The Waterfront week, what are times in your life you could have been a contender? Call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 with your answer! Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall This episode is brought to you by Sonos (www.sonos.com), Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet Podcast, and Away (www.awaytravel.com/unspooled code: UNSPOOLED). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There is 1962. There's a man, a plan, and a camel. The movie, Lawrence of Aurelia.

0:25.0

Hey everybody, welcome to Unspilled!

0:28.0

I'm Amy Nicholsson.

0:29.0

And I am Paul Sheeran. This is the podcast where each week we watch one film from the AFI's

0:33.0

top 100 greatest films of all time list, the 2007 edition to see if they really are as

0:38.2

good as people say. Do they hold up and how have they influenced the films that we watch

0:42.6

now? Last week we spoke about network with our great guest Tatiana Maslani. This week

0:49.8

we are talking about Lawrence of Arabia. But before we get into that, Amy, let's see what

0:55.1

people thought about network.

0:57.1

This is one of the movies that I think a lot of people see it for the first time. We're

1:01.1

like, oh, I get it. I have been seeing this movie reference to gazillion times. Oh my

1:06.3

god, this movie feels so relevant today. I love hearing that feedback from people just

1:10.5

being like, boom, this movie hit me like an electric thunderbolt. I can't believe that

1:14.7

I saw something so relevant.

1:15.7

You know, I wish I actually wrote down who said this, but I thought it was interesting

1:19.7

point. So forgive me for not name checking you. But the idea that we are constantly in this

1:24.8

battle of talking down to the next generation. Right? And the idea that the way that we

1:32.7

talk about millennials is very similar to the way that the old school talked about Fade

1:37.7

Dunno Way. You know, they were raised on TV. They don't have any morals. And we are constantly

1:44.2

looking behind us and criticizing the people there instead of elevating them up. And

1:49.4

I just thought that was a really interesting point. And if you look at all the critiques

1:53.8

level that Fade Dunno Way, you can see a great similarity between all the critiques

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