Bit of a break from regular programming here — sorry if you were expecting another scintillating essay on Israel/Palestine. But for the first time, watching a movie motivated me to track down the director and interview him about it, in hopes that I could encourage more people to watch. The movie is called
I watched Jasper Mall last fall but had not encountered anyone else who had until your mention in this podcast. I've always been interested in decaying malls, so I watched. Got way more than I bargained for, though. I was depressed for a week. The old people, yes, but the young, too. "Liked" seems the wrong word, but it's funny how much of it I still vividly remember and think about from time to time.
I'll watch Some Kind of Heaven and hope I don't get equally depressed. Probably not, because after reading the Wiki entry for The Villages, I kind of want to move there! The low crime and low nonsense makes it sound like an American utopia compared to most of the US. The drawback is I don't care for cruise-ship-director type activities. I'll save further comment until I watch.
wow, thank you so much for the recommendation! Gen-X'er here, so that age demo is getting closer on the horizon. Like Nomadland, I loved that it was a personal film. Not everything has to be sociology. Individual psychology is amazing in its own rite. Gonna let the doc settle a bit and then listen to the podcast.
I watched Jasper Mall last fall but had not encountered anyone else who had until your mention in this podcast. I've always been interested in decaying malls, so I watched. Got way more than I bargained for, though. I was depressed for a week. The old people, yes, but the young, too. "Liked" seems the wrong word, but it's funny how much of it I still vividly remember and think about from time to time.
I'll watch Some Kind of Heaven and hope I don't get equally depressed. Probably not, because after reading the Wiki entry for The Villages, I kind of want to move there! The low crime and low nonsense makes it sound like an American utopia compared to most of the US. The drawback is I don't care for cruise-ship-director type activities. I'll save further comment until I watch.
I agree! If you haven't seen this film yet, put down your phone now and watch it. One of the best films I have ever watched.
Haven't listened to the podcast yet, but thank you so much for the recommendation. I've subscribed as a thank you. Some Kind of Heaven was that good.
Will definitely queue this up.
wow, thank you so much for the recommendation! Gen-X'er here, so that age demo is getting closer on the horizon. Like Nomadland, I loved that it was a personal film. Not everything has to be sociology. Individual psychology is amazing in its own rite. Gonna let the doc settle a bit and then listen to the podcast.