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Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics

Fifteen-Minute Film Fanatics

Two friends with strong opinions watch films separately then discuss them on the show for the first time. Can their friendship survive? Join Mike and Dan as they discuss one film each episode--and in only fifteen minutes, give or take a few. There are no long pauses, pontifications, or politics--just two guys who want to share their enthusiasm for great movies. On Twitter. On Letterboxd. Email: fifteenminutefilm@gmail.com.

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17:11

Julius Caesar

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2023/01/30

Listeners, film fanatics, Criterion Channel subscribers--lend us your ears! Mike and Dan come to praise the greatness of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1953 adaptation of Julius Caesar. Everyone talks about Brando in this--and rightly so--but there are many terrific performances in what Dan calls Shakespeare's Oceans 11. So ignore that soothsayer and give it a listen--it's not the Ides of March, anyway! Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us

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4:15

One-Shot: Kindergarten Cop

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2023/01/25

In this short "The 90s in 90" episode, Mike talks about Kindergarten Cop as a great 90s movie that makes everyone pine for the days of insane plots and the novelty of Arnold in street clothes. It's not a tumor--so relax and give it a listen! Terrific bumper music: Bluebird by E's Jammy Jams Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109 Please subscribe to the show wherever you get

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19:21

Witness

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2023/01/23

In their kickoff to Season 9, Mike and Dan examine another pair of star-crossed lovers: Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis in Peter Weir's 1995 Witness. The many ways that this movie could have been ruined by sentimentality, the ways in which the film never cheats, and its resemblance to High Noon all come into the conversation. So put on that milking hat and give it a listen! Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on YouTube, Twitter and Letterboxd. Please rate and

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15:16

One-Shot: The Best of 2022

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/12/30

In this short episode, Mike and Dan look back and select the three movies from this year's shows that they are especially glad they discovered. At the end, they each also name one movie they saw this year that they didn't use for the show but wish they had. Thanks for listening, everyone! Terrific bumper music: Bluebird by E's Jammy Jams Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music provided by FreeMusic109

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6:53

One-Shot: Christmas with Connery 2022

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/12/23

Last December, Dan was lucky enough to speak to Sir Sean Connery about his fondest Christmas memories. (You can listen to that here: https://fifteenminutefilm.podbean.com/e/one-shot-dan-interviews-sean-connery/ ) We're thrilled to announce that Dan has scored another interview with the legend, who shares more memories of Christmas and also a few of his favorite songs. Don't miss this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:51

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/12/19

How might a director dramatize the possession of forbidden knowledge? And how might the examination of a mystery simply reveal even more mysteries? Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), a horror film (you read that correctly) that reminds them of 2001, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and Don't Look Now. So memorize that poem, take off those gloves, and give it a listen! Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us

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11:58

One-Shot: The Harder They Fall

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/12/14

In this short episode, Dan and Tim talk about Mark Robson's The Harder They Fall (1956), know by its alternate title, Bogart's Last Movie. But, as they both say, there's no reason to give this one a pity recommendation: it's solid stuff, a terrific look at a man who leaves his shell of cynicism to do the right thing, as we've seen in that other, lesser-known Bogart film. The fix is in--give it a listen! Terrific bumper music: Bluebird by E's Jammy Jams Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0

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24:49

The Prestige

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/12/12

What would you give to create a work of art that dazzled everyone who saw it? What would you sacrifice? Mike and Dan talk about Christopher Nolan's The Prestige (2006) and how artistic creation and technology are like magic. So grab that chisel, bite down on the dowel, and give it a listen! Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on YouTube, Twitter and Letterboxd. Please rate and review the show on Apple podcasts and contact us at FifteenMinuteFilm@gmail.com

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27:41

Days of Wine and Roses

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/12/05

What would happen if you took a dial and turned up the consequences of the kind of drinking we see in movies all the time? You'd have Blake Edwards' Days of Wine and Roses (1962), his harrowing look at a marriage torn apart by alcoholism. "The journey to recovery" genre is still decades away, and Mike and Dan praise Jack Lemmon's, Lee Remick's, and Jack Klugman's performances in a film that stands the history of Hollywood drinking on its ear. This is a grim episode for a grim film, so pour a cup of

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21:09

Thieves’ Highway

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/11/27

If you were a producer and a writer pitched a script to you that was a thriller about the delivery of apples, would you greenlight it? Mike and Dan praise Jules Dassin's Thieves' Highway (1949) as one of the best examples of a film that shouldn't work but does, because it follows every rule of terrific screenwriting, directing, and acting. The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Road Warrior all come into the conversation about what makes a film that sounds preposterous work so incredibly

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18:27

This Gun For Hire

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/11/21

Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about This Gun for Hire, the 1942 breakout film for Alan Ladd and one of his many great collaborations with Veronica Lake. How the stars keep us fascinated by a plot so preposterous and how the writers of The Simpsons had to have this film in mind when creating Springfield's local villain come into play. So put on that gas mask and give it a listen! Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on YouTube, Twitter and Letterboxd

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18:58

Hoffa

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/11/14

Why haven't more people seen--or been impressed by--Hoffa, Danny DeVito's 1992 film written by David Mamet and starring Jack Nicholson as the controversial President of the Teamsters? Mike and Dan offer no reasons--only enthusiasm for this terrific movie that, yes, is a wholly Hoffa-friendly portrayal, but also a terrific portrait of a man always onstage. Mike contends that Nicholson's Hoffa tops Pacino's; Dan talks about Mamet's love of the con game and how he gets away with murder in this one. So

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27:40

Hud (1963)

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/11/07

What would happen if you took the kid from Shane and had him wander in a world without Shane? Martin Ritt's Hud (1963) shows us the answer. Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about the danger of Paul Newman's charisma and how this terrific film set in 1963 Texas evokes King Lear, Death of a Salesman, and, of course, Shane. Put that radio in your pocket so you can listen as you look for your womanizing uncle! Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us

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23:32

Dracula

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/10/31

On this Halloween, join Mike and Dan for a conversation about Tod Browning's 1931 Dracula, the often-imitated adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel and the template for dozens of films. How the film can be viewed as a portrayal of addiction similar to The Man with the Golden Arm, how Van Helsing and Dracula stand as enemies, and how Dracula-inspired films mark the history of movies all come into play--as well as what Samuel Johnson said about ghosts and what Ernest Hemingway said about what happens to

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27:50

Bernie

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/10/24

We expect lust, greed, and all kinds of deadly sins in our movies--but how do we react to a portrait of goodness? To what degree does a moment of sin undo the millions of others in a person's life? And why aren't people talking about this movie more than they are--which is basically not at all? Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about Bernie (2011), Richard Linklater's second film with Jack Black and one that defines description, genre, or expectations. In Cold Blood, Anatomy of a Murder, and The

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28:17

Nosferatu (1979)

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/10/17

Mike and Dan tackle their third Werner Herzog movie of the season--and their second Nosferatu. Join them as they talk about what makes Herzog's 1979 remake of what he called the greatest German film of all time and what Mike and Dan praise as the best of all the Dracula films. Mike calls Herzog "the Mozart of stilted time," Dan compares this film to part of Gulliver's Travels, and the two of them keep coming up with examples of where Herzog upsets the viewer's expectations in wonderful ways. So set

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21:28

Rebecca

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/10/10

Is Rebecca (1940) more Selznick than Hitchcock? How does it work like a rehearsal for Vertigo? And how is the house a perfect metaphor for Laurence Olivier's Maxim DeWinter? Join Mike and Dan as they talk about Hitchcock's first American film and one that--while lush and "Hollywood"--has his fingerprints all over it. Vertigo, Shadow of a Doubt, and North By Northwest come into the conversation--but so do Rosemary's Baby and Raiders of the Lost Ark. So open that secret door, touch the underwear

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21:46

Aguirre

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/10/03

Yes, we know the full title is Aguirre, the Wrath of God, but we want to keep consistent with our episode titles for this season. Join Mike and Dan as they talk about Werner Herzog's 1972 portrait of the conquistador as a young man. Conan the Barbarian, Goodfellas, Richard III, Deliverance, Southern Comfort, and There Will Be Blood all come into play. Herzog dramatizes what Mike likens to a startup and what Dan compares the film to what Melville called "the truest book ever written." (You'll have

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24:30

Logan

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/09/26

What's it like to be revered as a legend but feel you're unworthy of the acclaim? Mike and Dan discuss James Mangold's Logan (2017), a movie they enjoy for its ideas as much as it's fights--even more so. How the film looks at aging, anger, self-loathing, and a man's trying to be someone he's not all come into play, as well as the many ways that the film complements last week's film, Shane. This episode also has Dan's vote for Mike's best phrase so far in the 150+ episodes they've recorded. Does

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22:44

Shane

Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics ·

2022/09/19

Everybody knows and loves George Stevens's Shane (1953) so much that its fights and characters have become something almost liturgical. Join Mike and Dan as they talk about how what we think of as a star vehicle for Alan Ladd is actually a terrific ensemble movie and how even the film's color scheme has affected our imaginations of the West. Pale Rider, The Departed, The Bishop's Wife, Unforgiven, the swinging doors that Dan's dad installed in their basement, and the poem "To Lucasta, On Going to

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