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Discussed in this episode:
Beyond Fest (Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 25-Oct.9):
We now join Beyond Fest, already in progress. Fortunately the second half of the festival is more loaded that the first half was (although we regret to inform you that you’ve missed the 4K restoration of Tarsem Singh‘s The Fall and The Cell). As is often the case at Beyond Fest, this year is more noteworthy for its revivals that for its debuts. And unfortunately, most will be sold out by the time you read this. But for the rest of the week you could potentially see a double feature of the original Dune (1984) and Blue Velvet (1986), (with Kyle MacLachlan in attendance) or A Boy and His Dog (1975) (with Don Johnson). You could also catch Guy Maddin‘s latest Rumours, together with a rare screening of his Vertigo mashup The Green Fog (with Maddin and co-directors Evan and Galen Johnson), followed by another Maddin-attended double feature of The Saddest Music in the World (2003) and Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) on Sunday. Maybe you live in Los Angeles and some of these will not be sold out by the time you read this; otherwise, just be sad along with the rest of us. Beyond Feat official home page.
Daaaaalì! (2024): When we heard absurdist prankster Quentin Dupieux would be making a biopic about surrealist icon Salvador Dali, it quickly became one of the most anticipated titles in these parts. Now it’s here, in major city theaters across the U.S. throughout the fall, on VOD soon. Daaaaalì! official site.
Megalopolis (2024): Read our three-reviewer Megalopolis Apocrypha Candidate mega-review! Francis Ford Coppola‘s America-as-the-Roman-Republic fever dream may be driving away audiences in droves, but not the weirdos around here: we give it three thumbs up. Megalopolis official site.
The Platform 2 (2024): The original was a Netflix pandemic-era cult hit about a mysterious Cube-style institution, with the twist that a giant platter of food descended down the elevator-shaft-like prison, meaning those on the bottom levels got empty bellies but the satisfaction of understanding the anti-capitalist metaphor firsthand. We have no idea what the Platform 2 will bring, but it looks like revolution, and maybe over-explanation. Give it a chance on Netflix starting Oct. 4.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
We have no guest scheduled for Pod 366 next week, but Giles and Greg will be back to discuss the week’s weird news and releases. In written reviews, we’re pivoting into Halloween season: Shane Wilson expresses love for From Morn to Midnight (1920), a spooky Expressionist silent horror that Came from the Reader-Suggested Queue; El Rob Hubbard reports on Deaf Crocodile’s Soviet-era folk horror The Savage Hunt of King Stakh (1980); Giles Edwards gorges himself on Netflix’s The Platform 2 (2024), and Gregory J. Smalley goes back to the cinema to see what the deal is with the latest Aaron Schimberg/Adam Pearson collaboration A Different Man. Onward and weirdward!