As the lights come up during the credits Chay Collins turns to you and expresses something they personally found interesting or affecting about the film.
A Podcast by Chay Collins
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Chay discusses the most basic of film language – Cuts.
Films mentioned in order:
Oki’s Movie (Sang-soo Hong, 2010)
Chay discusses a want for a film to be a TV series.
Films mentioned in order:
Mad Detective (Johnnie To & Ka-Fai Wai, 2007)
Starbuck (Ken Scott, 2011)
Chay went to the ICO’s event The ‘D’ word on diversity in film programming. They briefly ramble about that and the democratisation of film production.
Films mentioned in order:
Beyond the Lights (Gin…
Chay discusses their dislike for how the film form of Formula 1 has evolved.
Films mentioned in order:
Senna (Asif Kapadia, 2010)
Chay discusses the truley shocking end of Masculin féminin
Films mentioned in order:
Masculin féminin (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966)
Chay’s back, they’re saying yes.
Films mentioned in order:
Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)
Chay talks about feeling down. (Taking a small break whilst I move and reorganise and thought I’d end for the time being on a nice down note, like all the best films)
Films mentioned in order:
S…
Chay tries to discuss what keeps Symbiopsychotaxiplasm together
Films mentioned in order:
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves, 1968)
Chay discusses feeling mediative.
News from Home (Chantal Ackerman, 1977)
Samsara (Ron Fricke, 2011)
Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
Chay discusses choreographed office scenes.
Films mentioned in order:
Anna Karenina (Joe Wright, 2012)
Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
One, Two, Three (Billy Wilder, 1961)
The Producers (Susan Stroman, …
Chay discusses how you can hate a director’s style and then love it.
Films mentioned in order:
Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu, 1953)
An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujirô Ozu, 1962)
Rashômon (Akira Kurosawa, 195…
Chay discusses a film going beyond the vocabulary of cinema.
Films mentioned in order:
The Stranger (Satyajit Ray, 1991)
Chay discusses how slowness and stillness hides the pain.
Films mentioned in order:
L’argent (Robert Bresson, 1983)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
Chay discusses how Inherent Vice tells us what we need to know
Films mentioned in order:
Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)
Chay discusses their experiences with movie marathons.
Films mentioned in order:
Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (David Zucker, 1988)
The Big Lebowski (…
Chay discusses films that make you want to participate in taking drugs through an empathetic association.
Films mentioned in order:
The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas A…
Chay discusses a parodic moment done right
Films mentioned in order:
The Big Lebowski (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998)
Chay discusses when laughter isn’t infectious
Films mentioned in order:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (David Zucker, 1988)
Chay discusses minor characters
Films mentioned in order:
Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
Chay discusses watching a film with a dirty screen
Films mentioned in order:
Citizenfour (Laura Poitras, 2014)
Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)
The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)
Napoleon (Abel Gance, …