Film Gold

We round off our 2-parter on Woody Allen and Zelig with discussion of the film's songs, the remaining plot, some of the celebrities featured in the film, and some of the funny lines in what isn't necessarily a comedy. In between all this, there are nods to The Elephant Man and Rain Man and of course tangents in all the right places...
 
We hope our appreciation of the film has shone through. As for the creator himself, there's a chance he's done some heinous things but nothing has been proved. Woody certainly has a strange personality, and his innumerable quirks have enriched his films.
 
There is also no denying that he holds a unique place in film history and popular culture, and as we discussed in the first part of our talk it's really up to us to decide what kind of relationship we want/need with the artists themselves. 
 
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episode links
Zelig film pages & trailer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelig
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086637/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVs1Am5vSAc
 
A few of the memorable songs from the film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKv1O5PJ_90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ApoFozgsto
 
A clip from 'Wild Man Blues' (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeaI0Wr5vpw
 
Woody Allen slightly spiky with Michael Parkinson 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcd-YBvzTyg
 
Woody on 'The Origins podcast'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSl_pJF8FE

Following specials on Marlon Brando and Orson Welles a few years ago, David 'Ghosty' Wills once again joins the podcast to dive into another  figure who has achieved legendary status in American film. This time we focus mainly on one film, namely Zelig from 1983, but before that Ghosty and Antony hit a few points of interest regarding the filmmaker himself
 
How iconic a figure is Woody Allen? What are his best films and when did we first start watching them? Is Woody versatile and experimental or does he tend to make the same film repeatedly, as some criticise him for? And what about the allegations…?
 
Towards the end of part 1 we get into the film itself, starting with the remarkable technical achievement that it is, the famous era it evokes and the obvious theme of changing appearance and persona to fit in. Are we all Leonard Zelig to a less extreme degree?
 
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episode links
Zelig film pages & trailer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelig
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086637/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVs1Am5vSAc
 
The first appearances of Zelig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUW8JsLDsNo
 
Woody Allen's filmed ranked worst to best
https://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/all-48-woody-allen-movies-ranked-from-worst-to-best/
 
Stardust Memories opening sequence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWD5NXPIRuo
 
Woody as a bespectacled sperm!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGgY8D3tmds
 
The wedding night consummation scene from 'Bananas' (with Don Dunphy and Howard Cosell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shijJmRYnEg
 
Rick Moranis as Woody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOL5h1XKWDQ
 
Woody on the Dick Cavett show 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ADwUb-hRY

If we told you 'Deathtrap' was the poorer cousin of 'Sleuth' (see Episode 13), would that be a bad thing? It would certainly be a great double bill, and the film on the docket this time is full of surprises, deception and plot twists. It's not on a par with Hitchcock's 'Psycho' but does follow a similar structure as the viewer is engaged in one story before the film becomes something else entirely
 
Film Gold regular Scott Phipps joins Antony for a fun moviewhose opening scene is 'a movie of a play-within-a-play which takes place within the play on which the movie is based'. As well as Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve, we have the director with one of the greatest filmographiesever, Sidney Lumet, adapting a play by the legendary Ira Levin
 
What could go wrong?...
 
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https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/rainbowvalley
 
episode links
Deathtrap film pages and original trailer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathtrap_(film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083806/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AQ2GlTw7x4
 
That Kiss! (shock horror!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd9ImWTVX8I
 
Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve interviews for the film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFv0nVs_z7U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEPnsPtp3Pk&t=318s
 
Film Gold's review of Sleuth (with Scott and his ReelBritannia co-host Steven
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-13-sleuth-1972/id1544641271?i=1000542380256
 
Caine and Reeve reunited in 'Noises Off' (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkRw2GAxRo
 
What is Primal Therapy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_therapy
 
How to Better Understand the Rubik's Cube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK9XjwmseSk

We round off our look at Rocky III by going through theremaining scenes of the film. Without issuing too many spoilers, Rocky comes a cropper and his life goes seriously south, motivation all but gone. However, just as Clarence the Angel came to rescue George Bailey in our very first filmreview on this show, Rocky's old rival Apollo Creed swoops in with a two-word plan that could be said to be slightly Beatle-esque (a little something for Glass Onion fans there).
 
Mr T continues to shine as the menacing Clubber Lang, but thesecond half of the film certainly belongs to the burgeoning bromance between Rocky and Apollo. Adrian also plays her part with a stirring speech on the beach, and Burt Young's Paulie emerges as wonderful comic relief.
 
Will Rocky ultimately prevail? Well, probably…
 
At some point in the conversation, Antony and Scott also takea tangential look at the movies of 1982 in general. We were truly spoiled in the days when films as incredible as 'The Thing' and 'Blade Runner' could drop on the same day!
 
Enjoy!
 
'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms.
 
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https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause
 
episode links
Rocky III film pages and official trailer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084602/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7vbDPUMWDc
 
'Rummy's Corner' on the Rocky sequels (guess which one helooks best)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_XcXWhtFT8
 
The start of a fine bromance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXykRUEIchY
 
Adrian to the rescue (+ training montage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIXia5HP9RI
 
'The Rocky Saga' documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLlupHLXgvU
 
Tony Burton speech in 'Rocky Balboa'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtjGvBnAxVE
 
Tony in 'The Shining'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVo_LfK3B0k&t=1s
 
'Shining' recut trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmkVWuP_sO0
 
Travis is looking for love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Avkk_Wxs0

Here's part one of another swapcast with 'The Stinking Pause',hosted by Scott Phipps. This time round, Antony and Scott tackle the middle film of the original 5-film Rocky franchise ('Rocky Balboa' aka Rocky VI would eventuallyarrive after a long hiatus), a subject dear to both their hearts.


After the gritty 1970s fairytale that was the original film,followed by Rocky's redemptive rematch with Apollo Creed in Rocky II, the series enters a new decade and a new era. The man gatecrashing the Rocky and Apollo party is the unforgettable Clubber Lang, played by the utterly unique Mr T in the role that would soon after land him in 'The A-Team' and make him a household name.


In this part, your humble hosts talk about their historieswith the series as a whole and discuss the other films in the franchise. They then start ploughing through Rocky III, including Rocky's 'friendly' charity match with Hulk Hogan's 'Thunderlips' and the lead-up to his defence of his titleagainst Clubber. Rocky Balboa is apparently now a 'civilised' champion. Oh dear…
 
Enjoy!
 
'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms.
 
Feedback to contrafib2001@gmail.com
 
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⁠https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com⁠
 
Support Antony's podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: OnJohn Lennon and Life And Life Only) at
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Scott's podcast 'The Stinking Pause'
https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause
 
episode links
Rocky III film pages and official trailer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084602/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7vbDPUMWDc
 
Eye of the Tiger!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4
 
Opening montage with 'Another One Bites The Dust'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lax4mSYaNJY
 
Mr. T's 'Treat Your Mother Right'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO6JiFztJdg
 
'The Rocky Saga' documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLlupHLXgvU
 
Rocky IV Director's Cut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2GQedDhYuQ&list=PLsNNHvy7RZNSTHCSJjQAdkejD3EHMzPze