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Michael and Us

PREVIEW - #559 - Dead and Loving It

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.6668 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

What if we appified death? What if we commodified grieving? In David Cronenberg's new film THE SHROUDS (2024), entrepreneurialism comes for the hereafter. PLUS: Reflections on the Trump-Harris debate. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/559-dead-and-it-112172037

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0:00.0

Well, Will, we do have an interesting movie to discuss today, but I think we would be remiss if we didn't talk a little bit about the Kamala Trump debate and just kind of where things are at in the U.S. presidential election.

0:12.5

Do Trump Wham?

0:14.7

It's been decades since I had to seduce a woman.

0:18.0

You'll never replace Becker.

0:20.0

I'm not trying to.

0:21.2

We saw David Cronenberg's do movie The Shrouds.

0:24.9

We had a fun little movie date, you know, had a good time at the Royal Alex Theater, seeing the North American premiere.

0:31.4

This movie, folks, it's a weird one.

0:33.4

It's weird even by the standards of Mr. Cronenberg.

0:36.2

And I don't know when this movie is going to come out.

0:38.6

I don't know if it even has North American distribution yet. So feel free to bookmark this

0:43.2

portion of the episode for later. But we will have a spoiler-free discussion of sort of first

0:47.8

impressions. I liked this movie quite a bit. It seems to be a bit divisive among those who have

0:53.1

seen it. But I think it's a very rich text.

0:55.6

Just on the basis of sheer novelty, not even taking into consideration any of the content of this

1:01.4

film or the issues it raises or the performances or anything else. There are just not many things

1:06.8

that are like this. It has a completely insane premise that Kronenberg takes very seriously and that,

1:13.7

you know, it takes a very special kind of artist to be able to execute and carry through to the

1:18.4

kind of conclusion that he does. So just on that level alone, like the film already has me. I'm having a great time.

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