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Kermode on Film Podcast

Post by thunder » Thu Dec 26, 2024 10:07 am

Maybe I should have put in The Salt Path forum, since they talk mostly about that, but they talk about other things too, so i put it here:
https://shows.acast.com/kermodeonfilm/e ... e-jason-is
(or other places where you like to watch podcasts)

Jason comes on at around 23:40

A nice Peter Pan reunion in there too. :D

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Re: Kermode on Film Podcast

Post by Anniemouse » Sat Dec 28, 2024 6:12 pm

Really enjoyed that; thank you.

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Re: Kermode on Film Podcast

Post by thunder » Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:53 am

Kermode on Film posted this short clip of Jason from the live podcast before Christmas. It's been a quiet start to 2025, but at least this is something:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEkURKRK20s/

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Re: Kermode on Film Podcast

Post by Anniemouse » Wed Jan 08, 2025 6:29 pm

I think the issues are so deep regarding movies.

1 * Many of the best established writers and directors are working in television.
2 * Many projects are been streamed /premiered so bypassing cinematic releases.
3 * Many movies are being made / aimed directly at young men these day so we are getting an increasinly narrowbanded representation of what a movie is.
4 * Cinema's are either too far away to be easily accessable to many people or far too expensive to be a regular evening out.
5 * No one is prepared to be daring with filmaking. There far too many bean counters running the industry and a lot that is released is really boring.

One thing I noticed this Christmas was the lack of terrestrial movie premiers. I am genuinely concerned that movies are out of fashion. Lost count of people telling me how many shows they bingewatched this year.

Movies and music feel really sidelined in UK culture at the moment.

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Post by Antoni Bandzior » Thu Jan 09, 2025 2:11 pm

In Poland we have a lot of scandals around the industry, even around film festivals(like bosses of the events being misogynistic, expressing that women are just nice add-ons to the industry, causing international dramas as putting my country in the middle ages) and women are not treated well in the industry here. :loco

But in general I agree with all your points. Access is limited - in smaller towns there's no cinemas, because big chain cinemas bought places in bigger cities, and smaller companies couldn't afford to be any match for them to buy access to movies. They bankrupted years ago.

And even if I live in quite big city, and we have few smaller cinemas that shows something else than blockbusters(because chain's shows only that shit, because it sells), there's almost no advertising to what's there and when, and you need to go directly to their page if you're looking for something else than Marvel or Transformers.
We have one "artistic" cinema in the city, sponsored by the city, so they have stuff, but they have money for movies and few posters and that's pretty much it if it comes to advertising. You need to follow them online, because since they made a law of no putting any adverts on the buildings in the city, you can't spot it by accident going by that building, that something is going on inside.( :hit )

And even if sometimes in chain cinemas they have the idea of showing something else than blockbuster, the prices are high and for some completely unaffordable. If I have to pay for the one evening in cinema the same amount of money that I pay for the whole month of HBO or Netflix, than I don't blame people they're choosing staying at home. And if you want to go with kids for example, and buy them snacks... nuke.gif

I'm lucky enough to have film festivals near me, where you can see some indie films, but prices for that events are ridiculous, and also sometimes not easy to get them at all(selling out within hours). Achievable once a year, but that's not enough for the industry.

The same with buying dvd of movies you like - the more indie the less achievable to buy at all(not to mention without translation), and if I have it on streaming platform I won't buy it unless it disapears from there, because I have daily acces to it, without getting up from the couch.

And as far as I'm concerned, I prefer shows these days too. I have time to get to know the characters, to stay with them for longer time. Plots have time to develop, showing us more of that particular story we like, and we have the oportunity to escape reality for longer, because we dive into that created world. So I think it's more of a comfort watching than story chasing this days. (Because for me, I'm really very rarely suprised by the movie plot, and therefore it's boring. And when I watch two boring movies of one writer/director, I'll stay away forever in order not to get disappointed again.

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Re: Kermode on Film Podcast

Post by Anniemouse » Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:35 pm

I also want to sight the loss of Kermode and Mayo on BBC Radio.

If we add in the plight of the music industry then you need to add in the fact that many years ago we had at least three major music tv shows; and at least 2 massive cultural review shows. The 'Film' series not only had Barry Norman and later Johnathan Ross review the latest movies but we had great interviews. Kermode and Mayo were a godsend but they left with no replacements.

Everything seems cheap and narrowbanded. Top of the Pops for its faults meant that you could hear, R'n'b, Rock, Mod, Ska, Pop, New Wave and country all in one half hour show.

The music and film industries are in terrible shape. There was a wonderful discusion on the James and Robins podcast about the chaos regarding the Oasis concert tickets at a time when small venues are closing.

It is weird that my great grandparents had cheaper, and easier access to movies than I do.

What a mess.

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Re: Kermode on Film Podcast

Post by servalan » Sat Jan 11, 2025 10:53 am

One good piece of news regarding cinemas is that the Edinburgh Filmhouse (an art house cinema that showed unusual movies as well as some of the big budget ones shown elsewhere) that ceased trading in Oct 2022 is now well on the way to reopening in the same venue. They had crowdfunding (to which I contributed a small sum) and they have received various grants from Scottish arts organisations and the City of Edinburgh.

The whole place is being rebuilt - every so often they send me info and some photos.

Edinburgh has lots of cinemas, but only that one and the Cameo are art house.

There is also a tiny cinema not so far from me, dating from the 1930s, that shows unusual movies, including a silent film season, as well as some more well-known films. They have special screenings on Monday mornings where you can get a cup of tea/coffee and cake plus an entrance ticket for a reduced price.

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Re: Kermode on Film Podcast

Post by Anniemouse » Sat Jan 11, 2025 6:17 pm

Servalan that sounds amazing.

So pleased that the Edinburgh Film House is on the way to being saved.

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Re: Kermode on Film Podcast

Post by thunder » Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:38 am

I also think Covid has changes people's habits a bit.During Lock Down, people invested in better equipment at home, and they now stay at home to watch.

I still like to go to the cinema, my local cinema is pretty good, with bothblock busters and art movies. Ticket prices have gone up, though.... and it's free to watch at home...

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Post by Anniemouse » Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:40 pm

I think the industry could help if they cut prices and started making more and marketed a wider range of movies.

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Post by Antoni Bandzior » Wed Jan 15, 2025 2:58 pm

They'd do good also if they would pay actors/directors/creators for views. Every streaming service knows exactly how many times certain movie or show was watched and by how many people - if they'd pay accordingly, everyone would be happy. We would have more quality movies, because they would be able to do more - having money from those that are still watched, even years after the premieres

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Post by Hilary the Touched » Fri Jan 31, 2025 11:47 am

Cranky old woman alert: I've gotten to the point that I just prefer the comforts and quirks of my home for watching movies. So many of them pop up on streaming services so quickly that half the time I've just found out about them before they leave theaters. At home I can regulate the volume, I have subtitles to catch all the dialogue, I can eat my own snacks, and I can pause to scamper to the loo and not miss any action. Plus I'm not stuck glaring daggers at that impertinent whippersnapper two rows down who will not turn off their phone, so I've got this searing blue square of light in my peripheral vision every ten minutes.
Ugh.
But also COVID, and investor demands. "______ Episode 2 made money, so bring on Episode 3!"

--rant off--- :furthermore

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Post by thunder » Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:47 pm

Rant or not, great to see you here again. :hug

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Re: Kermode on Film Podcast

Post by Anniemouse » Fri Jan 31, 2025 6:21 pm

Hello Hilary. Nice to see you again.

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