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Poland’s 2019 Oscar nominee Corpus Christi has something in store for everyone – whether you’re a believer or not. The new hot property director of Poland, Jan Komasa, has displayed his versatility, shifting from action to slow burns throughout his career. Join Karri and Henrik as they break down his most famous work yet.

Boże Ciało (2019). Directed by Jan Komasa. Starring Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek, Zdzisław Wardejn.

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Hosted by Karri Ojala and Henrik Telkki. Edit by Karri Ojala. The Flick Lab theme tune by Nick Grivell.

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No Man’s Land throws the audience in the middle of the peak Bosnian War and tells the story of Nino and Ciki, soldiers from opposing sides, who get stuck in the no man’s land.

Our guest Daniel Tarade was born in Bosnia and lives now in Toronto, Ontario.

Back in episode #29 the podcast looked at the Serbian anti-war film Pretty Village, Pretty Flame and now to balance it out we take a look at the anti-war Bosnian film No Man’s Land.

Daniel Tarade and Matt Steckle’s blog page: lifetypestuff.com

Ničija zemlja (2001). Directed by Danis Tanović. Starring Branko Đurić, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Šovagović, Katrin Cartlidge, Georges Siatidis.

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Somewhere around here, the cinema was born. Many of us know the iconic shot of the moon-face who gets hit in the eye by a spacecraft – even if you haven’t seen A Trip to the Moon. This most well-known early fictional film was a huge success, groundbreaking and highly influential for the future of cinema as we know it. Georges Méliès brought the concept of the narrative film to the world stage. Join Karri and Henrik as they explain how ‘The Moon’ changed everything.

A Trip to the Moon (Le voyage dans la lune) (1902). Directed by Georges Méliès. Starring Georges Méliès, Bleuette Bernon, François Lallement, Henri Delannoy.

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The famous Russian director’s son, Sergei Bodrov Jr, became a beloved actor in the country, and even a role model for the youth, after ‘Brother’ (1997). In this neo-noir gangster film, Danila joins his brother’s business as a paid assassin. ‘Brother’ became the huge unexpected smash-hit of the 90’s in the country.

Our guest is Tom Frankland.

Brother / Brat / Брат (1997). Directed by Aleksei Balabanov. Starring Sergei Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov, Yury Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav Butusov.

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What is the appeal of the French New Wave cinema? What are its origins? What is the Auteur Theory? A thief tries to persuade a girl to elope with him. The Flick Lab investigates Breathless, directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Breathless / À bout de souffle (1960). Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Starring Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Roger Hanin.

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Podcast recommendations of the week:
– Indie Film Hustle

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Cosy Dens, internationally the most successful film from Czech Republic, throws some dark humor on the daily lives under communism around the time of Prague Spring. Our Czech guest Ondřej Sedlář kindly came to help us analyse the film.

Pelíšky (1999). Directed by Jan Hřebejk. Starring Miroslav Donutil, Jiří Kodet, Michael Beran, Kristýna Nováková, Simona Stašová.

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This week in the podcast, a film inspired by the Sugamo child abandonment case, where a mother abandoned her five children in a flat in Tokyo and never returned. Among the many topics discussed are the real-life case, child social services, human disregard as well as Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film Nobody Knows and how it differs from the actual events. Our guest is Sho Watanabe from Japan.

Dare mo shiranai / 誰も知らない (Japan, 2004). Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, You.

Hosted by Karri Ojala and Henrik Telkki. Guest Sho Watanabe (渡邊翔). Edit by Karri Ojala. The Flick Lab theme tune by Nick Grivell.

Podcast recommendations of the week:
– The Movie Journey
– For Your Consideration

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“Tremendous, stupendous, gargantuan bedazzlement, a sensual ravishment!” Moulin Rouge as described by Moulin Rouge. The first musical of this podcast. The story of a cabaret courtesan (Nicole Kidman) who falls in love with a penniless play-writer (Ewan McGregor). Is there enough “sensual ravishment” to recommend the film? Do the characters and story only serve to support the music and not vice versa?

Moulin Rouge! (2001). Directed by Baz Luhrmann. Starring Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Richard Roxburgh, Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo.

Hosted by Karri Ojala and Henrik Telkki. Edit by Karri Ojala. The Flick Lab theme tune by Nick Grivell.

We kick off the podcast recommendations section of the show! Recommendations included in this episode: Russophiles Unite Movie Podcast, Movie Muggin.

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Will you choose your artistic passion or love? Is there a heart-breaking dichotomy between things that matter? Are we to evoke cheerful nostalgia or painful memories of lost time?
Cinema Paradiso, an ode to cinema. Score by Ennio Morricone, directed by Italy’s visionary auteur Giuseppe Tornatore.

Cinema Paradiso / Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988). Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Starring Philippe Noiret, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Jacques Perrin, Isa Danieli.