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PODCAST

Wages of Cinema

Jack Gattanella

A podcast that is practically all about MOVIES! Cinema, films, celluloid, digital, whatever you want to call it. Jack and Andrew are the hosts, and we talk about new movies, classics, cult work, things we"ve seen and have never seen, special segments about directors and styles and trends, and "Required Reading" which is about movie books. And the "Local Vocal" series gives you in-depth interviews with NYC/NJ based filmmakers, actors, artists and musicians.

tv & film

All Episodes

01:00:52

Episode 51: THE LOBSTER

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/06/01

I'm sure some of us (no, let's admit it, all of us) have asked oruselves or others, possibly when we're stoned, if we could be any animal which would we pick? A dog? Most of us might choose a dog, they're so lovable and cuddly and want to be for their masters. But what about a turtle? Or a lobster? Or a parrot? What kinds of existential questions come with becoming something... else? This might be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the premise of The Lobster, about a man in a

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01:07:03

Episode 50: X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/05/29

First of all, WOO HOO! WE MADE IT TO EPISODE 50! ::blows horns, does a jig:: Second, couple of things to get out of the way: 1) the audio may sound wonky at times due to an air conditioner that was close by (welcome to summer!), we apologize in advance for that, and 2) if you want to avoid SPOILERS stop listening at 29:24 into the podcast (or when the reprisal of 'Sweet Dreams' comes up). Now, what to make of the 3rd X-Men movie in this series of "prequels" (or 9th overall for all X-Men related

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00:58:50

Episode 49.3: James Rolfe (the AVGN) & GHOSTBUSTERS &...

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/05/23

Who is James Rolfe? Ever hear of him or the Angry Video Game Nerd online? Maybe you've seen the movie he made based on his character or seen some of his reviews of games that he takes you back to the past to play and which may suck a particular body part. Well, anyway, we're not here to promote him, per-say, however we did take a look at his "Ghostbusters" *non* review, and it branches off not just about what we think of him putting out a video explaining his reasons why he won't see the film, but

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00:09:52

Episode 49.2: Cinema Immersion Tank #10 - RUSSIAN ARK

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/05/23

Sometimes you just don't have enough dough to go to the museum, preferably the Russian art and history museum. And sometimes you don't have the transportation to get there, or the means to grab a hold of a book of Russian history (not that there isn't Wikipedia, but you want something that makes you feel *immersed* in the last 300 years of what Russia's gone through). However, if you have Netflix, or access to a DVD player, and you want to also soak in one of the only films in existence to pull

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01:02:52

Episode 49.1: THE NICE GUYS - THE LONE RANGER - DARK...

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/05/23

In this first part of our latest Wages of Cinema podcast, it's time to talk... movies, of course! And we got a lot of them (or Jack does, but Andrew has an accomplishment that you should listen to and congratulate him on). From blockbusters of the nearly forgotten kind to horror and thrillers both new and classic (including a major tip of the hat to Mike Flanagan), and a David Bowie 1973 concert film, we got a lot of things to share with you fine listeners, including: 1) THE LONE RANGER (2013) 2)

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01:34:54

Episode 48.3: NOT Marvel or DC Comic Book Movies

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/05/09

From the look of things this year, between Fox with their X-Men movies and DC with their franchises and Marvel continuing their cinematic universe (and Sony, well, they now have no choice but to co-parent Spider-Man with Disney, but I digress), it looks as though there's no other space for movies that might come from other comic books or graphic novels in the world. But Jack and Andrew are here to break down a gigantic, can't-hold-it-in-our-stomachs-its-gonna-burst list of films from the past 40+

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00:19:52

Episode 48.2: Cinema Immersion Tank #9 - HAXAN

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/05/09

Boy, being a witch once was really difficult... Jack looks at the 1922 silent film by Benjamin Christensen, HAXAN: WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES in this week's Cinema Immersion Tank, where we each watch a film five times in a row. What to uncover this episode? Well, let's see... SATAN!? wagesofcinema@gmail.com (Features music from the film, Haxan, which is in the public domain, and snippets of the song 'Black Sabbath', used as fair use)

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01:07:12

Episode 48.1: SUPERMAN RETURNS - GREEN ROOM - MILES...

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/05/09

Since Andrew can't seem to get the Batman v Superman episode out of his head - the justice is now in the day when it was once just a dawn, of course - he goes back ten years and checks out Bryan Singer's version of a Superman sequel-cum-reboot, SUPERMAN RETURNS. Then, at 21 minutes in, Jack gets to discussing films he's seen over the past two weeks that range from new movies of the independent passion-project variety, brutal thriller-horror, and action-comedy, last year's Oscar bait, the old west

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01:16:54

Episode 47: Marvel's CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/05/08

(PLEASE NOTE: Spoilers begin at 26:11 into the podcast, right after the audio clip from the movie) Imagine this, fellow listeners: a comic book movie with people who have special abilities and powers and can punch and kick and move and flip and fly really fast and awesomely... with stakes? What happens when the philosophies of characters get challenged by the world in ways that feel impactful? Civil War, the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe which acts as a sequel-cum-culmination of

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00:51:38

Local Vocal #13: JORDAN ELIZABETH GELBER

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/28

It's one thing when you meet an actress - seemingly in New York city you can poke a stick any which way and come up with someone who's been on Law & Order or at least auditioned - but it's another when you meet someone who has their proverbial s*** together, and has a business no less. This is Jordan Elizabeth Gelber, who has been featured on shows like One Life to Live, House of Cards and (most recently) The Americans, but is also the CEO of Starbaby Enterprises, which is a company that offers

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00:53:40

Episode 46.3: HORROR in April: PART II

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/25

For our main topic of the week, we return to something we tried out last year to some success - a discussion of horror movies in that spooktacular-est of months, APRIL! (Hey, if you've filed your taxes you know what we're talking about). This time Jack discusses four movies - three of which Andrew has seen - and they go across the spectrum from Italian exploitation, 90's urban, 80's "slasher" (in name only), and late 70's true full-blown WTF surrealist work. Let's get scared! 1) Lucio Fulci's

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00:16:09

Episode 46.2: Cinema Immersion Tank #8- BLADE RUNNER

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/25

Los Angeles. 2019. What about New Jersey. 2016. Hmm? How deep can one go into the world of what many consider THE science fiction film-noir hybrid in the history of the cinematic art-form? Blade Runner is cited as Ridley Scott's masterwork, loaded with visual splendor (via the great Douglas Trumbull and his team), and featuring Rutgetr Hauer at his Rutger-yest. But is it a movie that is, shall we say, *coherent*? What does it have to say about humanity or what it means to be a Replicant? Is

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00:56:36

Episode 46.1: DISNEY'S JUNGLE BOOK - PRINCE & PURPLE...

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/25

First up on this new episode of the Wages of Cinema Jack and Andrew discuss the brief but (thank goodness) aborted plan by AMC to allow texting in theaters; a brief talk about The Magnificent Seven (remake) trailer and Westerns in popular culture; and then at 26 minutes in, Jack talks about some movies he watched in the past couple of weeks. What sort of movies? The range goes from a (sadly late) pop icon to Disney once again going into their collection for a new franchise, a lost piece

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00:38:30

Episode 45: HARDCORE HENRY

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/14

What happens when a director from Russia who's mostly only done music videos involving Go-Pro cameras that involve the word 'Motherf***er' in the title (no, really, look up Ilya Naishuller and you'll see what we mean) a $10 million budget, Sharlto Copley, and not just some of the guns and ammo and stunt-men game for anything (including having aforementioned Go-Pros)? Well... I hasten to think of what else aside from Hardcore Henry, the latest 'Timur Bekmambetov Presents' feature (you remember

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00:18:45

Episode 44.3: Cinema Immersion Tank #7- PRIMER

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/13

The realm of time travel movies is all about the 'What if you COULD do this' scenario. We all think about this, what if you could make your life better or make more money or make this girl or boy fall in love with you, or stop an assassination from happening. With Shane Carruth and his first feature film, 2004's Primer, he wasn't so much interested in the 'what if's as much as showing hardcore, honest-to-goodness scientific PROCESS. How does the procedure work to put together a box made out of

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01:03:43

Episode 44.2: What is "Pretentious"?

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/11

Sometimes when you try to talk about any art form, and particularly for movies and cinema, certain buzz words are hard to escape. One of those is 'pretentious'; the dictionary calls it "attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed." Of course you can use some other words in place of it - overbearing, ostentatious, pompous, elaborate, extravagant, high-faluting - or say simply you've got your head up your butt. But let's talk about that

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00:56:07

Episode 44.1: ROGUE ONE (STAR WARS) - SUPERMAN - EYE...

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/11

On this illustrious 44th episode (first part) of the Wages of Cinema, we discuss at the top of the show some possible idea for future episodes from emails we received; at 9:20 there's some time to talk about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Disney and Gareth Edwards' trip into an anthology series which gets a trailer; at 26:20 we then get into a talk about the Richard Donner Superman, which Andrew watched for the first time, and it ends up coming back to the g-ddamn Batman v Superman; and at 44:30

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01:10:00

Local Vocal #12: JEFF RABINAK

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/08

What's it like to work as a production designer? Or as part of the art direction crew? What do you do if you have to make sure Dominic Monaghan's on-screen jacket is there? Or do color correction for a commercial directed by a comedy mega-star? And what do all of these things lead up to seeking a career as a sketch comedy filmmaker - with feet deeply in Upright Citizen's Brigade - into a new series on YouTube? You can ask Jeff Rabinak all these things, and that's what we're doing this week

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00:01:13

Episode 43.3: Intro to the TRAILER BLITZ

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/02

Want to hear us talk about a giant slew of trailers? Well, that's what we're experimenting with this week! Check out the link here for more, and listen to this intro to hear what's going on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecf45UzfcEg&feature=youtu.be

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00:14:46

Episode 43.2: Cinema Immersion Tank #6 - BACK TO THE...

Wages of Cinema ·

2016/04/02

MARTY! YOU GOTTA COME WITH US! BACK TO THE FUTURE PODCAST! Andrew digs deep as he possibly can into this Robert Zemeckis/Steven Spielberg modern comedy-action-sci-f wonder of filmmaking. He looks at the questions you may not have considered (what *is* a flux capacitor?) and realizes that Crispin Glover can't be praised enough. Love the movie? Have you gone back in time yet to see it? HAVE YOU? message us wagesofcinema@gmail.com (All clips used as fair use for critical purposes)

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