Special Report: Oscar Harding on A Life on the Farm (2022)

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Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On this special episode, Mike talks with Oscar Harding about his 2023 documentary, A Life on the Farm. The film's all about a particular, peculiar VHS tape and the man behind it.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:26.9	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Hey, Andrew! Follow me down.
0:47.3	I've got something to show you.
0:50.3	I don't know where to even begin with his story.
1:00.0	When my grandpa passed away, we went to his house and started clearing out his possessions.
1:06.0	And one of my aunts found a videotape.
1:09.0	Have you got your video set up?
1:12.8	I'm ready to play you with some lovely pictures.
1:15.4	Hi there.
1:20.4	Charles Carson, two men's fathers.
1:23.7	This farmer Charles Carson, a neighbor of my grandparents, made this feature-length home movie.
1:30.3	Hey, what are you doing here?
1:32.3	It is a truly special work of art.
1:35.3	I know that he did take sort of quite bizarre photographs of things.
1:39.3	I'm Monty Python really when you think about it.
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