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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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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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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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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how do you test a chess computer, and how do we define human, normal?
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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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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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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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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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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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