Film Versus Film
A nerdy and fun comparison of two films by a Film Professor, Comedian and Cinephile who grew up together watching movies in the 90’s. Featuring Craig Anderson, Bruce Isaacs and Herschel Isaacs. https://www.instagram.com/filmversusfilmpodcast/
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Does the Oscar winner Greenbook do a better job of dealing with race then the Richard Pryor film The Toy? What do Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and 70’s horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre tell us about family? Is there any difference between Revenge Of The Nerds and Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart?
We’ll be exploring these questions and many more. We’ll also shout out to some of the Western Sydney institutes that made us love film. The video stores, drive-ins, and our public High School in the nineties!
Join Associate Professor of Film Studies at The University of Sydney, Bruce Isaacs, his identical twin brother and cinephile Herschel Isaacs, and comical filmmaker Craig Anderson, three nerds who grew up together loving movies.
Recorded on Gadigal country by three boys who grew up on Dharug land.
Presented in association with the University Of Sydney.
Episodes
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Two very different POV's on being a teenager, popping pimples, heading off to college and finding your place in the world. It’s Revenge of The Nerds (1984) versus Booksmart (2019).
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Two very different action films with two very similar attitudes towards terror and heroism. In this Episode we look at Die Hard (1988) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974).
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Today the big question is “who done it?” as we explore a classic celebration of Agatha Christie’s work, with 1974’s Murder on The Orient Express, as well as a contemporary throwback from 2019 with Rian Johnson’s Knives Out.
How has the mystery genre evolved, and why do audiences continue to love it?
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
In this inaugural episode, we discuss two very different films. One, a ground-breaking American horror film born out of the independent film movement of the 1970’s and the other, a sophisticated black comedy from contemporary South Korea.
Both films deal with class and feature moments of shocking brutality, yet one is deliberate and designed, and the other raw and unhinged.