The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Terror of MechaGodzilla (1975), How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Promises are being fulfilled left and right on this week’s Extra
Milestone, in which the long-awaited debut of podcast veteran
Adonis Gonzalez finally takes place! Adonis and I have a trio of
dramatically contrasting movies to discuss, starting with a
lengthy exploration of John Ford’s depression-era adaptation of
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. We continue
with a discussion of Ishirō Honda’s character-defining Kaijū film
(as well as Godzilla’s Shōwa Era as a whole) with Terror of
MechaGodzilla, and we conclude with a celebration of the
10-year anniversary of Dreamworks’s How to Train Your
Dragon. It was great to podcast with Adonis once more, and
we hope to unite even more in the future. Enjoy!


SHOW NOTES:


00:04:30 – The Grapes of Wrath

00:44:50 – Terror of MechaGodzilla

01:17:30 – How to Train Your Dragon



NEXT TIME: Sam welcomes longtime friend, film
enthusiast, and podcast newcomer Andrew McMahon to discuss
Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger and Michael Powell's
Peeping Tom!


Music in this episode: The opening theme
of The Grapes of Wrath, composed by Ricky Ian Gordon; music
from the trailers for The Grapes of Wrath, Terror of
MechaGodzilla, and How to Train Your Dragon;  the ending
theme of Terror of MechaGodzilla, composed by Akira Ifukube.


Cinemaholics in this episode: Sam Noland
& Adonis Gonzalez


 


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