Top Five Apocalypse Movies, Plus the Return of James Gray

The Big Picture

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🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 115 minutes

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It’s armageddon time. Or at least it feels that way these days. Sean and Amanda talk about coping with the ongoing fear and frustration by doing what they always do: talking about movies they like. In this case, they discuss their top five favorite apocalypse movies (1:15). Then, Sean is joined by James Gray for a wide-ranging conversation about working as a filmmaker during quarantine, the Hollywood history he’s been sharing with his kids, and more (54:44). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: James Gray Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of The Big Picture is brought to you by an American Pickle, an American
0:07.3	Pickle star Seth Rogen as 1920's factory worker Herschel Greenbaum and his great grandson
0:12.4	Ben.
0:13.4	When Herschel falls into a vat of Pickles, he is perfectly preserved for 100 years and emerges
0:17.5	in present-day Brooklyn.
0:19.1	An American Pickle tells the uniquely heartwarming story of Herschel and Ben as they learn the
0:22.7	meaning of family.
0:24.0	From the new Max original and American Pickle now, only on HBO Max rated PG-13.
0:31.0	I'm Sean Fennesee.
0:52.5	This is The Big Picture, a conversation show about the end of days.
0:57.4	Armageddon, Doomsday, the apocalypse.
1:01.4	Locust descending upon us tidal waves crashing down, tornadoes lifting off.
1:06.7	The overwhelming sense of hopelessness that pervades life in 2020.
1:11.1	Happy Friday Amanda, how are you?
1:12.9	I'm great Sean, thanks so much.
1:15.1	Amanda, today on the show, we're going to be talking about apocalypse movies and there
1:18.5	are a couple of reasons for that.
1:20.5	Probably the most notable new movie released over this weekend is Amy Simons' She dies
1:24.9	tomorrow.
1:25.9	It's a horror film about a psychological pandemic that sweeps across the lives of its
1:29.7	characters.
1:30.7	I spoke to Amy and we'll air that interview next week after some people have had the
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