The Bicks Pod
Episodes
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
David Lynch - Dune
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
David Lynch's Dune. The mere mention of it conjures feelings in most people that run the board from excitement to vitriol. Few films can lay claim to such a legacy. A financial flop at the box office, confusing in its sprawl and artistic choices, and famously denounced by its director, it stands as one of the most controversial films of all time. But why? And is it really as bad as we all remember it to be?
**Spoiler: yes, one of us thinks it absolutely is as bad as we remember...**
In our podcast ep today, we tackle the beautiful 1983 disaster that is Lynch's Dune. We talk about the history of this book's adaptation, dating back to the early 1970s and the most famous aborted film in history, Jodorowsky's Dune. We talk about the choices that led to a 500-page behemoth being condensed to two hours of whispered voiceovers. We talk about the changing film industry and what a Dune production today might look like. And we took in some listener responses to the film from social media.
Oh, and we danced a little to Toto. Who wouldn't?
Watch out for worm sign! The Bicks are doing Dune!
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca AnnisDirected by: David LynchWritten by: Frank Herbert (novel), David Lynch (screenplay)Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis (uncredited), Rafaella De Laurentiis
Notes:
Jodorowsky's Dune: http://www.jodorowskysdune.com/
Dune Soundtrack (by Toto and Brian Eno): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMnM1Qww2xs
Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2017/04/18/david-lynchs-dune-is-what-you-get-when-you-build-a-science-fictional-world-with-no-interest-in-science-fiction/
Denofgeek.com: http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/dune/258447/david-lynchs-dune-the-case-for-directorial-control
The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/the-messy-misunderstood-glory-of-david-lynchs-em-dune-em/284316/
Dune - Just the whispered voiceover lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBNsDi6jI5M
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
Mark Frost - Hill Street Blues
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
Hill Street Blues was one of the most decorated TV series of all time, and just happened to be where Mark Frost got his first taste of running a major network TV show.
Join us and our special guest Stacy as we take a quick survey of the show, analyzing it for its historical impact and context, as well as the major threads that connect it to Twin Peaks. We also took quite a few dives into vaguely connected topics including the joy of 80s sweeps weeks, the Reagan administration, "The Great Imposter" Barry Bremen, and David Mamet, for good measure. Does this once-lauded show hold up today? What was Mark Frost's impact on it? And what does it reveal about Twin Peaks? Join the Bicks to find out!
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Emmy Theft on YouTube:
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
David Lynch - The Elephant Man
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
From Victorian social mores to [intense mechanical whooshing], The Elephant Man has it all!
Join us as we take a walk through the back alleys of East London and into the hearts of John (Joseph) Merrick and Dr. Frederick Treves in David Lynch's 1980 film. While not a conventional Lynch film in the sense that most people like to think of it, THE ELEPHANT MAN deals with much of the same subject matter that would captivate Lynch as his career continued. Differently-abled bodies, violence (sexual and otherwise), the eternal struggles of man against his nature and against the world around him, and deep dreamscapes -- whether nightmares or lofty aspirations or indicated by billowing coal smoke from the chimneys of an industrializing city. Grab your Kleenex. We're cranking Barber's Adagio and heading to the London Hospital... THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980)
Starring: John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller Directed by: David Lynch Produced by: Jonathan Sanger and Mel BrooksScreenplay by: Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch For more information about Joseph Merrick, visit: https://www.biography.com/people/elephant-man-joseph-merrick