minutiae ex machina
covering one minute of the film 'ex machina' each tuesday, exploring topics related to philosophy, filmmaking, gender roles, and the meaning of life. one show of an existential trilogy along with 'the groundhog day project: minute by minute' and 'eternal sunshine of the spotless minute'.
update - it just didn't feel the same

autistic shutdown, creative block, covid-19, and thoughts about what won't be talked about.
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โshe's performing for him, but performing for him for nathan, who's watching them both

alex garland as director vs writer; nice guy vs manic pixie dream girl; blue book's internet bros; tropes as programming.
guest: derick mcduff (underrated)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โhe is the chess computer that's only playing chess

benjamin franklin effect, different camera angles for caleb and ava, and caleb's inability to converse.
guest: tyler boudreau (amateur nerds)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โthis film was distributed in the US by A24 and it shows

ava's drawing, confronted tropes, levels of programming, defining genre and expectations... and some beef over #bladerunner
guest: austin prior (malkovich malkovich minute minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โwe have decided that all men are not created equal

how do you test a chess computer, and how do we define human, normal?
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โthere is no traditional turing test

caleb is unsettled, kyoko is precise, nathan is pretending, philosophy is problematic, and it's all political.
guest: evan (left of the projector)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โthis fits right up nathan's thought process

trying not to upset the boss, focus pulling on a silhouette, and introducing sonoya mizuno as kyoko.
guest: eric deutsch (flash gordon minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โthis massive, full-body eye roll

how many levels deep is nathan's manipulation, blade runner and why it matters that caleb is human, ghostbusters and holding your reference over someone's head, star trek's bynars and motivation.
guest: austin prior (malkovich malkovich minute minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โnot a lot of sensible female shoes in nathan's closet

biblical names, anti-eden themes, nathan's sense of history, his art installations, his conscience, pollock's no. 5 1948, and what it is to be human.
guest: father david mowry
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โdo you think he's going to give birth to himself at the end of the film?

choosing sides--caleb or ava; garland cuts; about time, annihilation, men, last night in soho, tusk, antichrist, born on the fourth of july, xtro; masks and masking.
guests: luke allen & chloe griffiths (please be seated)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โhe knows his time is up

rewatchability, fragmentary story structure, voyeurism, 2001, nathan's decor, ava's room, and who is the real nathan?
guest: parker johnston (dick tracy minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โat the start of this awakening

transformation; sleep, light, and noise; angel number 226; caleb's shirt, panopticon and privacy; and access to natural spaces.
guest: sarah black (life as a playlist)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โnothing analytical - just, how do you feel?

book spine database, giorgio morandi, enola gay, bhagavad gita, lucifer, and symmetrical scars.
guest: brian boucher (top gun minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โwhat is the meaning of a word?

wittgenstein, caliban, searle, turing, the chinese room, philosophy and the meaning of character names.
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โthat phrasing sounds like they had sex

citing me; disappearing into a role; nudity and the male gaze; AI, the soul, and the meaning of life; and auteurship.
guest: luke allen (two minutes about time)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โwho's the testor and who's the testee?

is caleb an earlier model, was caleb picked to be gullible, will true AI ever exist, are we born with language, and what is nathan's purpose?
guest: sean german (next scene podcast)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โyou don't get the snacks for free

programming, caprica, what ava knows about what's going on, and transparency in ava's design
guest: molly bailen (escape from new york minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โmy dinner with android

star wars actors, pornography, the physical design of ava, slavery and the purpose of androids
guest: curtis bloes (time bandits minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โit's deliberately cringeworthy

caleb's nationality, organic patterns, post-it notes, minimalism as a sign of wealth, surveillance, titian's 'allegory of prudence', nathan as the devil, joe rogan, and the cracked glass.
guest: chris frain (open the podcast doors, hal)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โit's such a thick onion

what if caleb didn't sign, alan turing, nathan's sexuality, oscar isaac's head, nathan's self-imposed torture, how little time caleb spends with ava, and what tv ava would watch.
guest: niall mcgowan (bat-minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โit's a little too simple for what it's supposed to be

watching mature content on flights, too many light sources, brutalist design, contracts and consent, sunlight in the arctic circle, how convoluted or not nathan's plan is, and removing choice.
guest: david forsythe (edge of tomorrow minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โas if humans aren't just really advanced computers

the actors, oscar isaac, nathan, charisma, manipulation, programming, and belu water.
guest: james anderson (she's all that minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โan onslaught of prickishness

mentalism, american psycho, 28 days later, doublethink, a rat in a maze, silicon valley, ian malcolm, the born sexy yesterday trope, caleb's fate, and ex machina the musical.
guest: austin prior (malkovich malkovich minute minute)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โbecause he watched too many 80s films

caleb's expectations, orchestrating the first meeting, sexual objectification, programming of gender, and packaged individualism.
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guest: sarah black, my cohost on pump up the minute and five minute arrival, host of life as a playlist, and my wife.
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โjust as the film wants

i am alone this week, discussing my old after the film youtube reviews, my recent one dollar review of tick, tick... boom!, and nathan's manipulative introduction to caleb and to the audience.
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the tick, tick... boom! review: https://www.patreon.com/posts/one-dollar-tick-59733156
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the ex machina scene breakdown video: https://youtu.be/ugiuxvntrce
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support my shows on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/lemmingdrops
โ Support this podcast on Patreon โam i gonna get locked in by androids?

android neck noises, doomsday tiny homes, the jurassic park theme and schubert's sonata 21, men and women playing each other, and the male gaze.
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guest: podcast socialite alice lauren
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โthe whole process is fascinating to me

societal programming, religion, the film's reputation, Species, nudity and the male gaze, and film age ratings.ย
guest: luke allen (the love, rosie podcast)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โthe amount of secrecy and restrictions

helicopter travel, large estates, on-set accidents, alex garland's directing tics, the lack of characters named nathan, and caleb as a.i.
guest: bubbawheat (it's time to rewind)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โto reach a certain level of logic

oscar isaac's looks, office divisions, bad coding, and supply runs, among other things, as caleb gets an important email.
guests: dave pallas (five minutes of mystery) & sean german (next scene podcast)
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โ Support this podcast on Patreon โthe levels of programming

an overview of three levels of programming in film as well as connecting this podcast to two others, with passing reference to the allegory of the cave.
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