Episode 299 – THE WHALE

Runtime 77 minutes Show Contents 0:00 Introduction with guest Andrew Robinson 3:10 The New Slang: Spoiler-riddled conversation of THE WHALE 52:22 The Other Side: Andrew and Ryan talk further reading after Darren Aronofsky’s film Thoughts from Your Host… Small peek behind the curtain – Episode 299 was harder to plan and pull off that Episode 300 is proving to be! My feeling is that in-part that’s because 300 has so many more moving parts that I’ve been putting more effort into that, and getting a little ahead of myself.. Oops. Oddly enough, there are things about this episode that dovetail nicely into the next, but offering a full explanation would spoil the surprise! Apologies in advance for going full-spoilers on this episode, but I really do believe that the film requires it. That said, I don’t feel as though it’s the sort of film that comes with a big twist, so hopefully you’ll permit us for once. Links mentioned in Episode 299… The Whale Trailer: Blindspot post on Kurosawa’s IKIRU – a year-starting selection Matineecast 79 – or “The reason I no longer podcast about random things Andrew gets me to watch” Andrew’s Twitter feed can be found here. Comments and feedback are welcome and thank you very much for listening.  Enjoy!