Wilhelm & the MacGuffin
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S04E07 - Outside

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After last time stuck inside, this week we’re enjoying the great outdoors. We start with How the West Was Won (1962) by Henry Hathaway, John Ford and George Marshall; an episodic epic in extra widescreen. Next up is Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) by Peter Weir; an ethereal horror mystery in the Australian outback. We finish with Paris, Texas (1984) by Wim Wenders; an intimate quest from the Texas desert to the L.A. urban sprawl and back.


Also: Cinerama. Alfred Newman. Underwater (2020). Red Dead Redemption 2, again! Intermission. The Hateful Eight (2015). Blazing Saddles (1974). Walkabout (1971). Pareidolia. The Ruins (2008). The Enigma of Amigara Fault. Quantum Leap (1989). Seven Psychopaths (2012). Lighting on film. Ry Cooder. U2’s The Joshua Tree. Crossroads (1986), not Crossroads (2002). Daddy issues. We play a game of “The Great Outdoors”.

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