Episodes
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Thru the AKOM Lens: Magical Mystery Tour
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Join Phoebe and Kristen as they discuss the influences, cinematic context and lasting cultural impact of Magical Mystery Tour!
CONTENTS
- Influences and Context 2:23
- Critical Reception. Does MMT warrant re-evaluation? 18:50
- Stanley Kubrick - echoes of MMT 44:30
- Weekend - a slice of 1967 art cinema 1:09:21
- Discussion of Magical Mystery Tour 1:25:26
TW: brief mention of a (fictional) sexual assault on a minor in the Kubrick section
Sources
Rob Ager’s analysis of the Bear in The Shining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW2GrG7Zk0U
Juli Kearn’s analysis of A Clockwork Orange: http://idyllopuspress.com/idyllopus/film/co_three.htm#magical
FILMOGRAPHY (movies referenced in the podcast)
- Magical Mystery Tour (1967) The Beatles
- Strawberry Fields Forever (1967) Peter Goldmann
- The Seventh Seal (1957) Ingmar Bergman
- One Plus One (1969) Jean-Luc Godard
- The Trial (1960) Orson Welles
- 8 ½ (1060) Federico Fellini
- Scorpio Rising (1960) Kenneth Anger
- Empire (1966) Andy Warhol
- Running, Jumping Standing Still (1959) Dick Lester
- Weekend (1967) Jean-Luc Godard
- Daisies (1966) Věra Chytilová.
- The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) Stanley Kubrick
- 2001 (1969) Stanley Kubrick
- Barry Lyndon (1975) Stanley Kubrick
- Dr. Strangelove (1964) Stanley Kubrick
- The Astronomer's Dream (1898) Georges Méliès
- Breathless (1960) Jean-Luc Godard
- Tom Jones (1963) Tony Richardson
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) Peter Greenaway
- A Taste of Honey (1961) Tony Richardson
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