July 8, 2023

Comfort Films 83: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Comfort Films 83: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

This week, Martin from Film vs. Film Podcast joins us as we kick off a month of westerns with the movie that totally changed the genre, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the title characters. We talk about the perfectly balanced William Goldman screenplay that is equally hilarious and tragic, the exceptional director-cinematographer team-up of George Roy Hill and Conrad Hall, the iconic pairing of Newman and Redford that makes this film as much a buddy movie as a western, whether the relationship between Butch, Sundance, and Etta is a love triangle or a love circle, the "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" musical interlude, metafilm moments, the western as American mythology, and the many things to love about this once-dominant film genre. Saddle up your horses and give us a listen!

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Martin Harries

I am an amateur filmmaker, writing and directing my own films. I’ve made documentary films for mental health groups and teaching documentaries in India and Laos. Now the host of the Film vs Film Podcast.

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It's our 100th episode!! To celebrate, we welcome back one of our earliest guests, the great Kate Duffy, to discuss a film that has been our number one requested comfort film over the course of the show. We talk about …

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Comfort Films 102: Interview with Writer/Director/Composer John Harri…

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Comfort Films 108: Sense and Sensibility (1995)

For the second episode of our Jane Austen adaptations month, we welcome first-time guest and world class soprano Jessica Sandidge to discuss her top comfort pick, Sense and Sensibility! This film was Emma Thompson's first fea...

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