Ep. 135 Quest For Fire

Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke Hosts Christopher
Funderburg, John Cribbs & Martin Kessler are joined by
legendary poster artist Tony Stella to discuss Jean-Jacques
Annaud’s 1981 masterpiece Quest for Fire. A personal favorite of
both Kessler and Stella, this is one of the most enthusiastic &
passionate conversations ever recorded for the podcast. Set 80,000
in the past, Annaud’s film, despite being positioned as high-class
awards bait in Europe, plays like a rollicking and funny adventure
film with more in common with The Vikings or a classic Hollywood
swashbuckler than a dour and serious look at humanity’s beginning.
But while the film is an expression of pure cinematic joy, it’s
also a serious and thoughtful look at the origins of civilization
in terms of science, language, morality, humor & emotion. An
exciting conversation about a knockout film! The Pink Smoke site:
www.thepinksmoke.com Tony Stella on X: twitter.com/studiotstella
Movie Kessler on X: twitter.com/MovieKessler The Pink Smoke on X:
twitter.com/thepinksmoke Christopher Funderburg on X:
twitter.com/cfunderburg Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea
for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas"