Special Report: Revolution in 35mm

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

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

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🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Mike welcomes Samm Deighan and Andrew Nette, co-editors of Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960–1990, from PM Press. The book explores revolutionary cinema across the globe. They discuss the themes and politics of the films covered in the book, highlighting how cinema has been used to challenge authority, incite change, and reflect social struggles. It’s a deep dive into cinema as a tool for revolution, with insights from two of the leading voices in the field of film criticism.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. 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.
0:20.0	Shut it off.
0:41.7	Hey, folks. Welcome to a special episode of the projection booth.
0:42.7	I'm your host, Mike White.
0:46.5	On this episode, I am talking with Sam Deegan and Andrew Nettie.
0:47.3	What?
0:48.8	Those are co-hosts.
0:50.5	What are they doing being interviewed by me?
0:56.9	Well, I'll tell you, they are the co-editors of the new film Revolution and 35 millimeter, political violence and resistance in cinema from the art house to the grindhouse,
1:02.4	1960 to 1990. This book is in my sweet spot. There are so many movies surrounding 1969, May 68, just the late 60s turmoil,
1:16.2	early 70s turmoil, obviously turmoil all the way from 1960 to 1990. I do have to say that I have
1:24.7	an essay in this book, so take that with a grain of salt, though I don't
1:29.1	talk about it too much in this interview.
1:31.5	I wrote a little bit about Peter Watkins and People Hunting People Films.
1:35.7	If you want to hear more about people hunting people films, well, check out our Turkey
1:40.2	shoot episode with Mr. Nettie that's coming out pretty darn soon, I believe in October.
1:45.8	And of course, Sam has been on so many episodes as well as Andrew, but this is also in Sam's sweet spot of post-World War II world cinema.
1:55.9	You know that Sam is quite a cinephile as well as Andrew and will recommend movies that I've never
2:03.2	heard of and that's pretty good. This is another book that's going to put a lot of titles on your
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