In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Episode 20: OLDBOY x2
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The craftsman, the visionary, the genius: It's episode twenty and we are still with Korean director Park Chan-wook. This time it’s his classic 2003 revenge opus Oldboy. For comparison we have Spike Lee’s American remake from 2013 and it’s all very interesting to say the least. Also we have some Icelandic horror, Danish crime and of course a white Russian in a hot-tub. Our conversation about OLDBOY starts at 24:30 Check out the full list of movies mentioned in this episode by visiting our list on Letterboxd: bit.ly/TCP020 This episode contains a sound clip from OLDBOY (2003). The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.
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The craftsman, the visionary, the genius: It's episode twenty and we are still with Korean director Park Chan-wook. This time it’s his classic 2003 revenge opus Oldboy. For comparison we have Spike Lee’s American remake from 2013 and it’s all very interesting to say the least. Also we have some Icelandic horror, Danish crime and of course a white Russian in a hot-tub. Our conversation about OLDBOY starts at 24:30 Check out the full list of movies mentioned in this episode by visiting our list on Letterboxd: bit.ly/TCP020 This episode contains a sound clip from OLDBOY (2003). The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.
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