EX3 - an existential trilogy: Recent Episodes
robert e g black
a trio of movies-by-minutes podcasts in one feed. the individual shows are minutiae ex machina, the groundhog day project minute by minute, and eternal sunshine of the spotless minute. looking at three movies, one minute at a time, with crossover guests each week.
wittgenstein, caliban, searle, turing, the chinese room, philosophy and the meaning of character names.
exmachina
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hair color continuity, manic pixie dream girls, osidius the emphatic, fever pitch, about time, and joel giving clem what she wants.
guest: luke allen (two minutes about time)
eternalsunshine
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snow added in post, a chicago location, and memorable scenes.
time loops of the week: worst year of my life again, tango
guest: luke allen (christmas actually)
worst year of my life again, episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74pmP-2oV1Q&list=WL&index=47
tango: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo8O8lYDzIU
groundhogday
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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)
exmachina
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cracked ice as metaphor, visiting the charles river, and playing crossover matchmaker to fictional characters.
guest: sean german (spinal tap minute)
eternalsunshine
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woodstock willie's war with the woodstock mayor, rich guys telling the crowd how reality will be, extras, and the groundhog's abilities.
time loops of the week: blood punch, 'twas the night before myxymas, the c-word
guest: sean german (groundhog minute)
groundhogday
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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)
exmachina
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voiceover, the ordering of events, dream logic, david lynch, the cast, and the cuteness
guest: molly bailen (escape from new york minute)
eternalsunshine
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stephen tobolowsky, phil's hair, little miss and mister groundhog, the inner circle, woodstock willie's beef with the mayor, and punxsutawney phil's spiritual trajectory
time loops of the week: rattlestar ricklactica, the dark tower
guest: molly bailen (escape from new york minute)
groundhogday
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programming, caprica, what ava knows about what's going on, and transparency in ava's design
guest: molly bailen (escape from new york minute)
exmachina
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hating a movie the first time, editing, tone, memory, the problems with romcoms, and problematic moments in 80s films
guest: curtis bloes (time bandits minute)
eternalsunshine
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star wars, hanging out with losers, woodstock, betacam, extras, angry bill murray, severance.
time loops of the week: we'll always have paris, happy death day, fifty percent grey
guest: curtis bloes (time bandits minute)
fifty percent grey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9-MoYrXP0o
kiwi!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs
groundhogday
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star wars actors, pornography, the physical design of ava, slavery and the purpose of androids
guest: curtis bloes (time bandits minute)
exmachina
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adult theaters, robert frost, manic pixie girl privilege, effects of the pandemic, blue ruin, choppy editing, to erase or not to erase.
guest: chris frain (this means something)
eternalsunshine
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bumping into people from your past, continuity, remembering ned ryerson, stork day, and easing anxiety through repetition.
time loops of the week: cibo matto - "sugar water", monty python - "it's the mind", everything's gonna be okay - "discoid cockroaches"
guest: chris frain (this means something)
groundhogday
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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)
exmachina
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lost podcast recordings, jim carrey, kidding, the cable guy, super bowl commercials, scott pilgrim, rafi, ghost world, tom waits, brian eno, charlie kaufman, alan moore, made for love, potato people, the lacuna business model and how to exploit it, horribly.
guest: niall mcgowan (bat-minute)
eternalsunshine
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the old man, meet the applegates, stephen tobolowsky, talking heads, and ned the head.
time loop of the week: a nightmare on elm street 4: the dream master, exit strategy
guest: niall mcgowan (bat-minute)
groundhogday
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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)
exmachina
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social media accounts, LIRR cars, shooting with two cameras at once (even inside a car), having a type, the cheshire cat, wanting to be a stalker, and the reality of erasing your memories.
guest: david forsythe (edge of tomorrow minute)
the american cinemtographer article referenced: https://ascmag.com/articles/forget-me-not-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind
eternalsunshine
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insulting people without them noticing, romanian orphans, angela patton, tracking time loops by reading, or a good memory. plus, we invent a very dark smurfs #timeloop game.
time loops of the week: in the mouth of madness, edge of tomorrow
guest: david forsythe (edge of tomorrow minute)
groundhogday
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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)
exmachina
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shyamalan, ephemerality, romcoms as sadie hawkins dance, manic siren nightmare girls, and the red right hand.
guest: james anderson (unabashedjames)
eternalsunshine
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the morning dj bit, zuzu's petals, bed & breakfasts, sooey, ken hudson campbell, and a pretty good set.
time loops of the week: the time traveler's pig, 11/22/64, looper
guest: james anderson (timeline scavengers)
groundhogday
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the actors, oscar isaac, nathan, charisma, manipulation, programming, and belu water.
guest: james anderson (she's all that minute)
exmachina
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obsession, cinema, missing pieces, prometheus, memories, memento, heaven, and much more.
guest: austion prior (malkovich malkovich minute minute)
eternalsunshine
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pelvic tilt, blood sausage, female agency, romantic comedies, manipulative directors, youtube, digital clocks, i got you babe, richard henzel, and time loops.
time loops of the week: twilight zone - 'replay', the obituary of tunde johnson, groundhog day for a black man, two distant strangers
guest: austin prior (malkovich malkovich minute minute)
groundhogday
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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)
exmachina
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using tropes to destroy those same tropes, ruby sparks, manic girl, sheepish guy, expectations that come from movies, stereotypes, cliques, neurotypicals, neurodivergents, men, women, and critiquing the movies-by-minutes approach.
guest: professor sarah black
eternalsunshine
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bob dylan, hallmark movies and the romanticization of the rural, toxic masculinity and rugged individualism.
time loop of the week: the twilight zone - "try, try"
guest: sarah black (commlion on tiktok)
groundhogday
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caleb's expectations, orchestrating the first meeting, sexual objectification, programming of gender, and packaged individualism.
guest: sarah black, my cohost on pump up the minute and five minute arrival, host of life as a playlist, and my wife.
exmachina
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alone again, finishing out this crazy, interconnected week of podcasts. discussing home alone 2, the original eternal sunshine opening with clem as an old woman, talking over one another, favorite films, and what i want out of podcasting.
eternalsunshine
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it's just me, delving into the history of my groundhog day project blog, twin peaks radio episode 18, blood sausage, and stephanie decastro cursing phil connors.
time loop(s) of the week: christmas... again?! & time freak
groundhogday
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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.
exmachina
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the tick, tick... boom! review: https://www.patreon.com/posts/one-dollar-tick-59733156
the ex machina scene breakdown video: https://youtu.be/ugiuxvntrce
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joel being creepy, art by paul proch, and the definition of insanity.
guest: podcast socialite alice lauren
eternalsunshine
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driving to punxsutawney, imdb goofs being wrong, and how casting bill murray changed the story setup.
time loop of the week: twilight zone - "shadow play"
guest: podcast socialite alice lauren
groundhogday
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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.
guest: podcast socialite alice lauren
exmachina
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repetition, dressing up for the beach, manic pixie dream girls, age ratings, and differentiating character through dialogue.
guest: luke allen (rocking horse media)
eternalsunshine
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groundhog day jokes, bill murray becoming a better person, jarring cuts, rita as rookie vs the original script, pg rating guidelines, tim vine, peter kay, deadpool, and the gypsy curse scene.
timeloops of the week: 12 dates of christmas, about time, a christmas carol.
guest: luke allen (rocking horse media)
groundhogday
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societal programming, religion, the film's reputation, Species, nudity and the male gaze, and film age ratings.
guest: luke allen (the love, rosie podcast)
exmachina
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train commutes, the beach in winter, michel gondry's music videos, charlie kaufman, and the #groundhogday effect.
guest: bubbawheat (it's time to rewind)
eternalsunshine
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the science behind groundhog day, combativeness at work, and the late willie garson.
time loops of the week: premature, primer, infinity man
guest: bubbawheat (it's time to rewind)
groundhogday
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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)
exmachina
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making connections, getting out of a sofa bed, predestination, train schedules, annoying extras, the origins of valentine's day, and manic pixie dream girls.
guests: dave pallas (5 minutes of mystery) & sean german (next scene podcast)
eternalsunhine
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what ifs, talking about groundhog day over and over again, working the bluescreen, lying about the weather, stephen tobolowsky, and classifying time loops.
time loops of the week: palm springs, dark, star trek the next generation - "cause and effect", what if... doctor strange lost his heart instead of his hands, 12:01pm, and timecrimes.
guests: dave pallas and sean german (groundhog minute)
groundhogday
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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)
exmachina
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joel wakes up, his blue pajamas link back to an old groundhog day project blog entry, and the first week of this existential trilogy of podcasts comes to an end.
from concept to screenplay to film to musical, i talk to danny rubin about his career, time loops, and life.
time loop of the week: palm springs.
groundhogday
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.