Episode #85 - Jeff Lambert (Stranger Than Paradise)

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"The things that were not being protected were home movies, industrial films, education films, avant-garde films, and the like—what we now call orphan films."

In our growing and expanding media moment, cinephiles are recognizing more and more that only watching theatrically released feature films limits one's cinematic worldview. Whether it be amateur home movies, the avant-garde, or even instructional demonstrations, these films can both inspire a new way to look at art and history. One organization has helped spearhead this movement: The National Film Preservation Foundation, now led by its Executive Director Jeff Lambert. Jeff joins the show to discuss his first wave of cinephilia at the video store to his eventual job at the NFPF, explaining the various tasks to distribute funding to archives to keep our national history alive. Plus, the two examine the film-digital divide from the archival perspective, the building of an avant-garde canon, and Jeff's predilection for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Finally, the two dive into Stranger Than Paradise, Jim Jarmusch's 1984 film and discuss how the film that birthed hundreds of hipster indies still remains unique to this day.

0:00-3:23 Opening

4:12-9:13 Establishing Shots — Jet Pilot

9:59-48:39 Deep Focus — Jeff Lambert

49:24-51:51 Sponsorship Section

53:32-1:09:21 Double Exposure — Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch)

1:09:25-1:11:04 Close 

Episode #50 - Mike D'Angelo (Buffalo '66)

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"I've always been interested in as much in the prose as the actual ideas."

Before film criticism and cinephilia moved from print and theaters to the screen and discussion boards, Mike D'Angelo was already there forming its basis for a serious minded engagement with movies. Mike sits down for this 50th episode of The Cinephiliacs to discuss his original path as a screenwriter and an actor, how he moved from an online phenomenon to a full time film critic, and the way the Internet helped in shaping his uniquely crafted voice. Peter also talks with Mike on his walk out policy, his obsession with puzzlebox movies, and the importance of rhythm in cinema. Finally, they look at one of the strangest American indies of recent memory—Vincent Gallo's Buffalo '66—and how the director-star constantly surprises by both engaging and then breaking with indie conventions.

0:00-2:29 Opening

3:53-8:32 Establishing Shots - Robert Greene's Actress

9:18-1:07:04 Deep Focus - Mike D'Angelo
1:07:54-1:09:36 Mubi Sponsorship - Edvard Munch

1:10:53-1:31:03 Double Exposure - Buffalo '66 (Vincent Gallo)

1:31:08-1:33:28 Close  / Outtakes

Read Mike D'Angelo on his website, The Man Who Viewed Too Much, and on Letterboxd.

Buffalo '66 is available for rental on Amazon and iTunes.