Half of God’s Face Podcast

Austin and Zach talk about movies, history and other related subjects.

Half of God’s Face Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Austin and Zach, with 35 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Austin and Zach hosts Half of God’s Face Podcast, a arts show with 35 episodes published.

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  Episode #36

  Written by Charlie Kaufman

  Sep 27, 20262h 51m

  Episode 36. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a discussion of the career and works of genius screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Featuring special guest Youssef Gouda! 5 minutes 42 seconds: on our impressions of Kaufman when we first discovered him. 21 minutes: on Kaufman's early life and career in Hollywood. 25 minutes 52 seconds: on Being John Malkovich. 40 minutes 2 seconds: on Kaufman and surrealism. 49 minutes 14 seconds: on Adaptation. 1 hour 1 minute 49 seconds: on Human Nature. 1 hour 14 minutes 26 seconds: on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. 1 hour 31 minutes 7 seconds: on Anomalisa. 1 hour 37 minutes 59 seconds: on Orion and the Dark. 1 hour 47 minutes 47 seconds: on I'm Thinking of Ending Things. 2 hours 16 minutes 1 second: on Synecdoche, New York.

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  Episode #35

  The Secret Life of Terrence Malick

  Aug 26, 20262h 18m

  Episode 35. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a discussion on the life and career of Terrence Malick! Opening minutes are about what our first impressions seeing Malick movies were. 7 minutes 35 seconds: on Malick's early life and journey to becoming a filmmaker and artist. 23 minutes 32 seconds: on Badlands and Malick in the 70s. 36 minutes 3 seconds: on Malick's 20 year absence from directing. 45 minutes 47 seconds: on The Thin Red Line. 1 hour 3 minutes 41 seconds: anecdote about how the voice-over for Days of Heaven came about. 1 hour 8 minutes 50 seconds: on Malick's relationship with Heidegger in his films. 1 hour 11 minutes 42 seconds: on The Tree of Life. 1 hour 23 minutes 23 seconds: on Knight of Cups. 1 hour 49 minutes 15 seconds: on the ending of The Tree of Life. 2 hours 4 minutes 10 seconds: on Voyage of Time. 2 hours 6 minutes 16 seconds: on what Malick has been working on the last 7 years.

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  Episode #34

  Her Private Hell reaction

  Aug 5, 20261h 38m

  Episode 34. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a conversation about the new Nicholas Winding Refn movie Her Private Hell. 5 minute 6 second mark: on Too Old to Die Young. 13 minutes 26 seconds: Her Private Hell reaction begins. 16 minutes 51 seconds: on the plot of Her Private Hell. 26 minutes 59 seconds: on the film within a film. 35 minutes 32 seconds: on Charles Melton's role in the film. 46 minutes 23 seconds onwards: "Oh the girls are gonna go out on the town." 53 minutes 19 seconds: getting into spoilers for the film, and talking about one of the craziest scenes in cinema history. 1 hour 6 minutes 38 seconds: on the ending of Her Private Hell. 1 hour 14 minutes 35 seconds: on where Refn stands compared to other directors working today. 1 hour 26 minutes 43 seconds: on the score of Her Private Hell. 1 hour 28 minutes 7 seconds: "Style never stops."

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  Episode #32

  Disclosure Day reaction

  Jun 27, 20261h 39m

  Episode 32. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a reaction to Steven Spielberg's new film Disclosure Day. First 14 minutes are spent discussing how Spielberg has made so many classics, and how he fits within the ranks of other cinema pioneers. At 14 minutes 17 seconds onwards we talk about the plot of Disclosure Day. 15 minutes 50 seconds on Spielberg's use of the MacGuffin technique. 18 minutes 49 seconds on Philip K. Dick's influence on Spielberg's work. 25 minutes 33 seconds on Spielberg making a movie set in the present day. 34 minutes 33 seconds on Spielberg drawing from documentary sources regarding UFOs and aliens to write the script. 44 minutes 23 seconds: "I think if you don't like this movie you don't like Steven Spielberg." 46 minutes 38 second mark SPOILER ALERT: the scene that makes or breaks if you like the movie. 1 hour 5 minutes 3 seconds onwards on the ending of Disclosure Day. 1 hour 9 minutes 49 seconds on the discussion about actual disclosure of alien life taking place in recent years. 1 hour 14 minutes 15 seconds pushing back on the idea Spielberg is making one specific point with the film. The reality being he's setting the stage for moments depicting people lost in "the suspension of reality" all together. 1 hour 27 minutes 3 seconds on Disclosure Day being a spiritual film.

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  Episode #31

  Obsession / Backrooms reaction: "Barbenheimer for sickos"

  Jun 6, 20261h 22m

  Episode 31. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a reaction to both Obsession and Backrooms. In it we compare the two movies' plots, while also analyzing the impact their combined box office successes will have on film culture, and the horror genre. First half of the episode we talk about Obsession, while at 38 minutes 55 seconds we shift to discussing Backrooms.

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