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Death By Movies

Nick Sanford

Who will survive movie discourse and what will be left of them?

tv & film film history

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32:11

SAVE FILM ROW - Why YOUR Help Is Needed To Preserve A...

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2025/08/05

Send us a text One of the very last original American film exchanges exists in Oklahoma City, and after a century of being used as a movie theater it's now less than a month away from being discontinued. Luckily, the Oklahoma Film Exchange has been created to keep that from happening. Why should Oklahomans and non-Oklahomans alike care about preserving this piece of film history? Well, Dalton Stuart and Nick Sanford are here to give you the big pitch - the historical context of this little th...

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396:51

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and Why We Need Movies

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2025/01/01

Send us a textHappy 2025! All things must end, and Death By Movies says farewell and rings in the new year with a mammoth, star-studded celebration of one of the most emotionally impactful movies of all time - Steven Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - and why we need movies, both individually and culturally.Thank you all so much for listening to and supporting the show. Talk movies with the people you love - there's nothing better in the world.00:00 - Intro and waxing poetic.21:24 - Ch...

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157:53

The Lord of the Rings with Andrew McDonald

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2024/12/25

Send us a textAndrew McDonald (andrewww.mp4) stops by to bid a final farewell to the podcast he helped build with the second to the last episode of the feed, and of course we're talking about Peter Jackson's J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.We dig into foundational things, like Tolkien's preference of applicability over allegory, what his background as a linguist did in shaping the story, the bazooka this fires at Joseph Campbell's hero's journey, the interconnectedness of existenc...

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202:42

Titanic commentary

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2024/12/19

Send us a textThe Sandman flies solo to yell at you for over three hours about James Cameron's pop culture phenomenon Titanic.Sync the movie up with this episode and listen along as the acting styles of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are examined, why Big Jim is a great storyteller and absolute maniac of a human being, the haunting nature of the real life wreck site, boobs, screenplay structure, the sterilization of modern Hollywood romances three decades later, and the meaning of life.Ti...

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81:45

Transcendental Style in Film with Dustin Sells

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2024/12/15

Send us a textTranscendental style in film! What is it? Can it actually use the mechanics of film grammar to give the viewer the feeling of the transcendent? And most importantly, what is it?Luckily Dustin Sells (GoodTrash GenreCast!) is here to take our hands and explain it to us like we're five!We delve into madman Paul Schrader's book on the subject, discuss intention, film techniques used to portray the transcendent, and look at three films that fall into this category in particular: Carl...

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166:14

Apollo 13 commentary with Sam Scovill

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2024/12/13

Send us a textSam Scovill (former stand up open micer with Nick Sanford, Jeopardy winner, and NASA expert) stops by to do a commentary on Ron Howard's 1995 classic and arguably greatest "dad movie" ever Apollo 13 -- you know, starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Gary Sinise, and many other sTaRs ha ha ha hadhkdh -- and talk about why this movie rules despite some historical inaccuracies while the movie plays out before our very eyes!And this isn't just so...

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123:25

Interstellar with David McEntire

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2024/12/06

Send us a textHas it already been ten years of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar? Where has the time gone?Time just keeps going forward, and we're all prisoners to its ceaseless march.David McEntire (Objects In Space frontman!) orbital-slingshots back to the podcast to talk Christopher Nolan's silent film influences, visual poetry that harkens to directing giants like Andrei Tarkovsky and Stanley Kubrick, how Steven Spielberg plays into all of this, Matthew McConaughey's performance, Matt Damo...

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113:09

Signs commentary

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2024/11/18

Send us a textThe Sandman flies solo to talk what's ostensibly his favorite film ever - M. Night Shyamalan's Signs.It gets and stays kooky, as subjects such as spirituality, how normal Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix have turned out to be, miracles, synchronicity, processing disasters, the influence of Spielberg's Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and all sorts of other shit are delved into.Movie starts at 02:33!The Essence of Faith - What Signs Was Really AboutM. Night Shyamalan's ...

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99:26

The Golden Age of Physical Media and DVD Extras with...

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2024/11/11

Send us a textDVD extras helped shape media literacy and pulled the curtain of filmmaking back for an entire generation -- and then the bubble popped and Hollywood had to change gears. But there are still a few freaks out there that appreciate physical media and the joys it can bring us.Jon Rhoads (filmmaker!) and Kenny Madison (co-host of the Trek Wars Podcast!) stop by to stroll down memory lane to talk about how exciting the initial DVD boom was and how director's commentaries and bonus fe...

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117:59

Dumb & Dumber with BradChad Porter

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2024/11/04

Send us a textOKC comedy legend BradChad Porter stops by to discuss how much of a masterpiece the 1994 hit comedy Dumb & Dumber actually is.Has the humor aged well, and what does it even mean for humor to "age"? Why is the snowball scene the most cinematic moment in a comedy ever? Is Jim Carrey's character a sociopath? Is Jeff Daniels' character actually a little more (relatively) mature? Is Jim Carrey a sociopath?And DIARRHEA!Follow BradChad on Instagram and Letterboxd!Nick on Insta...

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65:54

The Blair Witch Project with Adam Hampton

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2024/10/31

Send us a textIn October of 2024 two dipshits disappeared in the woods near Shawnee, Oklahoma, while recording a podcast...A week later their episode was found.Nick on InstagramNick on LetterboxdElusive | Official WebsiteElusive | Stream Free on TubiElusive | Rent/Buy on Prime Video

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100:37

M. Night Shyamalan's Six Best Scares with the How I...

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2024/10/28

Send us a textM. Night Shyamalan is a normal director who everyone has normal opinions about, and when the man wants to, he can really construct a moment that makes you shit your pants. But what are his best six scares, and in what order? The American people demand to know.Luckily, the crew from the How I Met Your Monster podcast - Danny Salemme, Casey Brewer, and Zach Wincik - stop by to help put the list together. And this isn't some boring everyone throw out your personal favorites list bu...

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108:43

Young Frankenstein Scares Ernest Stupid with Andrew...

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2024/10/24

Send us a textAndrew McDonald (andrewww.mp4!) helps celebrate spooky season by stopping by to talk about Mel Brooks' minor classic Young Frankenstein and the vastly superior Ernest Scared Stupid!What do these movies have in common? How are they different? How is the character of Ernest P. Worrell a little like Donald Trump? Did Ernest Scared Stupid go too far with its scariness, or are kids movies these days too soft?Follow Andrew on Letterboxd and Instagram, stupid!Nick on InstagramNick on L...

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116:52

Universal Monsters with Keegan Parrish

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2024/10/21

Send us a textKeegan Parrish (Monsterful Media) stops by to talk the "big eight" Universal Monster movies --DraculaFrankensteinThe Invisible ManThe MummyBride of FrankensteinThe Wolf ManPhantom of the OperaCreature From the Black Lagoon-- to dissect how they hold up scare-wise compared to each other, ruminate on how they show us how cinema has changed in the near century since they first hit screens, and celebrate their very existence. Some are better than others, and there's at least two and...

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139:41

The Unholy Trinity - Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw...

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2024/10/14

Send us a textSpooky season rolls right along with the Unholy Trinity - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and John Carpenter's Halloween!Raygun Busch (frontman of Chat Pile!) stops by to dive into three stabbing movies that are all in conversation with each other.Psycho hit theaters in 1960, scaring the shit out of audiences across America, suggesting that maybe the kids were not all right. A decade and a half later come the children of Psycho, The Texas C...

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111:13

George A. Romero's Dead Trilogy with Dalton Stuart...

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2024/10/07

Send us a textZombie freaks! We're kicking off spooky season right by talking about George A. Romero's first three zombie motion pictures - Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead!Dalton Stuart (GoodTrash Media!) and Luther Manhole (guitarist for Chat Pile!) stop by to compare and contrast the first three Romero films, dive into the social issues, sick gore effects, DIY filmmaking, and much, much more!Further learning!Where Zombies Come FromNight of the Living Dead - H...

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59:17

Jǒķėř: Fôłïë æ Ďęũx

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2024/10/03

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55:10

The Searchers and Rio Bravo

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2024/09/30

Send us a textThe Sandman flies solo this episode. It's late at night, he's sleepy, and he simply must tell you about two great westerns he watched back to back: John Ford's The Searchers and Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo!But what makes these two John Wayne starring classics great? How are they different and sort of similar? One is a definitive Dudes Suck movie and the other is one of the first Dudes Rock movies.AND FURTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ARE ASKED, SUCH AS: Why are westerns so inherently lone...

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45:40

Megalopolis with Dalton Stuart

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2024/09/26

Send us a textOKC's bad boy/cool uncle/resident little stinker Dalton Stuart (GoodTrash Media) stops by to talk about Francis Ford Coppola's normal new movie Megalopolis! And since Lionsgate had that whole marketing snafu based around "Hey guys, don't judge this thing too quickly," we recorded this in the car of the theater parking lot immediately after walking out! We're that committed to the bit!Important things are discussed such as begrudgingly admitting Shia LaBeouf might give the best p...

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115:47

Steven Spielberg's Ten Best Set Pieces with Keegan...

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2024/09/23

Send us a textSteven Spielberg is one of the most ubiquitous filmmakers to ever emerge out of Hollywood, and he changed the game forever because he's just so damn good at what he does. And one of the things he does best are set pieces, when Papa Steve really gets to flex his muscles and make a meal out of an important moment, such as the introduction of the T-rex in Jurassic Park, or the intersection sequence in War of the Worlds.But what are his best ten? And in what order would they be rank...

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