EPISODE · Jul 6, 2020 · 22 MIN
Take Shelter
from Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics · host Fifteen-Minute Film Fanatics
A perfect quarantine film, Jeff Nichols's Take Shelter (2011) examines the struggles of a man trying to protect his family from an unspecified natural disaster. Dan and Mike talk about how the film dramatizes the protagonist's struggle with schizophrenia--or the burden of being a prophet. Either way, it's an impossible situation in a harrowing film. Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on YouTube, Twitter and Letterboxd. Please rate and review the show on Apple podcasts and contact us at [email protected]. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A perfect quarantine film, Jeff Nichols's Take Shelter (2011) examines the struggles of a man trying to protect his family from an unspecified natural disaster. Dan and Mike talk about how the film dramatizes the protagonist's struggle with schizophrenia--or the burden of being a prophet. Either way, it's an impossible situation in a harrowing film. Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on YouTube, Twitter and Letterboxd. Please rate and review the show on Apple podcasts and contact us at [email protected]. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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