Normal Accidents

George Miller can’t make yet another great Mad Max movie, right? Wrong. He can and he did. And we hope he makes them forever.

As we catch up on movies we’ve seen, one of them was Unfrosted. There’s a deep analysis of Jerry Seinfeld’s directorial debut (and its Goo Monster), followed by some light praise of a movie that is memorably bad and worth seeing for its cringe.

Plus, talk of Morgan Spurlock, South Park, Inside Out 2, the growing trend of film entitlement, and how our machine overlords are destroying our lives through our phones.

Show Notes:

Normal Accidents website:
https://www.normalaccidents.com/

George Miller on Mad Max:
https://time.com/6975716/george-miller-furiosa-interview/

Mad Max? Who needs him?:
https://www.ign.com/videos/why-the-mad-max-movies-dont-need-mad-max-anymore

Criticism of Super Size Me:
https://www.chron.com/life/hoffman/article/Ordering-up-some-food-for-thought-1627633.php

Interview with Jerry Seinfeld:
https://www.kevinhershner.com/video-podcasts

Freddie deBoer on the incongruity of mental health discourse:
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/how-convenient-that-kanye-wests-behavior

Obnoxious fan fiction on Inside Out:
https://screenrant.com/inside-out-2-trailer-riley-emotions-nonbinary-theory/

More obnoxious fan fiction about Inside Out:
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/13/riley-inside-out-2-queer-disney-pixar/

Film Threat on the death of Star Wars:
https://filmthreat.libsyn.com/the-acolyte-episode-3-and-the-death-of-star-wars

George Lucas interview at Cannes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M12GmFYyA4g

George Lucas did donate his Star Wars sale money to charity:
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/10/george-lucas-star-wars-4-billion-disney-charity

Freddie deBoer on why art isn’t made for you:
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/not-everything-is-for-everyone

South Park: Joining the Panderverse:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29474455/

Intro Music: https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-fun-punk-opener-14343/

Other Music: https://pixabay.com/music/id-105/ and https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-rock-it-21275/

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We sat down with Chad’s old Virginia Tech classmate Kevin Hershner to discuss his film Normal Accidents. Kevin is a writer, director, and actor living in Los Angeles who is currently pitching the movie—his first feature—to festivals.

Normal Accidents is an auteur satire on “one man, one location” films with a lot of levity. But, it’s also a serious meditation on the intrusive nature of technology and how many of us long for escape and quiet, away from the digital record of our flawed lives, our mistakes, and our regrets. It poses the question, how can we heal our minds and be our best selves when we can’t escape our digital ghosts?

We very much enjoyed it, and we think you will too. Check it out, a link is in the show notes.

The three of us also hung out for a while after the interview to discuss the state of Hollywood blockbusters, the overuse of special effects, and how social media is shaping movies and giving them a shelf life. Plus, you get to hear Kevin’s intriguing take on the underlying meta-themes of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Show Notes:

Normal Accidents website:
https://www.normalaccidents.com

Normal Accidents on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/normalaccidentsmovie/

Kevin’s website:
https://www.kevinhershner.com/

Kevin’s podcasts:
https://www.kevinhershner.com/video-podcasts

Kid Julius short film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqzWrYr0vi8

Intro Music: https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-fun-punk-opener-14343/

Other Music: https://pixabay.com/music/id-105/ and https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-rock-it-21275/

Email the Show: thecinematictangent@gmail.com