Credit Offset
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
Logo by Ross Becker http://www.rossbecker.co.uk/
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2020
19 – Pom Poko
Chay discusses their environmental worries.
Films mentioned on order:
Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, 1994)
18 – End of the Wicked
Chay discusses why ugliness in films is compelling
Films mentioned in order:
End of the Wicked (Teco Benson, 1999)
Antichrist (Lars Von Trier, 2009)
Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1980)
Funny G…
17 – Mo’ Better Blues
Chay discusses how characters talking over each other and then to silence can work well.
Films mentioned in order:
Mo’ Better Blues (Spike Lee, 1990)
16 – Les Vacances De Mousieur Hulot
Chay discusses why Tati’s film is perfect for the hungover.
Films mentioned in order:
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati, 1953)
15 – Obvious Child
Chay discusses abortion as a plot point.
Films mentioned in order:
Obvious Child (Gillian Robespierre, 2014)
14 – Bridesmaids
Chay discusses why they might not have found a film funny.
Films mentioned in order:
Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011)
13 – The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Chay discusses forgiving films.
Films mentioned in order:
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (Paul Tibbitt & Mike Mitchell, 2015)
Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002)
Seven Psychopaths (Martin McDona…
12 – Branded to Kill
Chay discusses opening credits.
Films mentioned in order:
Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki, 1967)
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Stanley …
11 – Mad Max: Fury Road
Chay discusses how great it is for a film to affect you physically.
Films mentioned in order:
Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, 2013)
10 – Death Proof
Chay expresses how they’ve become proud of becoming a better film watcher and also offers up a gendered reading on Death Proof.
Films mentioned in order:
Death Proof (Quentin Tarantino, 2007)
9 – Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Chay discusses binocular shots.
Films mentioned in order:
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (George Miller, 1981)
8 – Far from the Madding Crowd
Chay discusses if directors should frame for a small screen.
Films mentioned in order:
Far from the Madding Crowd (Thomas Vinterberg, 2015)
7 – Shutter Island
Chay discusses continuity errors.
Films mentioned in order:
Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2010)
6 – Child’s Play
Chay discusses why watching James Mason is fascinating.
Films mentioned in order:
Child’s Play (Sidney Lumet, 1972)
Lolita (Stanley Kubrik, 1962)
5 – 20 Feet from Stardom
Chay discusses the unexpected laughs that films sometimes give us.
Films mentioned in order:
20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, 2013)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Gore Verbinski, 2007…
4 – Two-Lane Blacktop
Chay Collins discusses the romanticism of other eras through their technologies and their deaths.
Films mentioned in order:
Two-Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman, 1971)
Inherent Vice (Paul-Thomas Anderson…
3 – Yojimbo
Chay talks about an excellent shot demonstrating a masterful knowledge of how perspective works.
Films mentioned in order:
Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
2 – Chef
Chay discusses why the feeling of hunger is so important to a film viewing experience.
Films Mentioned in order:
Chef (Jon Favreau, 2014)
Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, 2007)
The Wayward Cloud …
1 – Life Itself
Chay discuses why they’re starting a podcast talking about film.
Films mentioned in order:
Life Itself (Steve James, 2014)
Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, 2014)
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