Episode 94 - Romeo + Juliet (1996) - a podcast by Movie Podcast

from 2021-11-02T02:00

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Never was there a tale of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ethan and Georgia - as we review arguably the most popular Shakespeare adaptation of all time in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.  We're all applying to be co-writers in our 94th episode as we discuss:


  • Our feelings towards Romeo and Juliet as a play

  • How easy it is to get a co-writing credit

  • How do each of us feel about Luhrmann's hyperreal style of filmmaking

  • If this is anyone's favourite Luhrmann film?

  • We all lose our minds trying to say the name of a specific actor

  • Ian goes mega-English-teacher on this one

  • We try and discuss the difference between fate and free will

  • Which actor steals a key scene by not saying a word

  • Just how far does Georgia's face blindness go

  • Ian proposes contextual reasons to justify Lord Capulet's freakout in the 2nd act of the film

  • Whether or not Beetlejuice is the Best Film Ever.


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Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor


Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/


Timestamps for this episode:


  • 0:00 - Opening Banter
    15:00 - Shoutouts
    28:50 - Deep Dive
    2:14:45 - Endgame

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