The Whale

And the Winner Should Have Been...

It's a bit late (Bob's fault), but we're working to at least stay close to our intended schedule. This episode we talk about The Whale and clearly our conversation predated the Oscar awards (a bit interesting to hear our predictions after the fact). As always SPOILERS ABOUND! (We even spoil The Wrestler.)
00:10 Dudes chatting
01:45 The Whale
02:59 Plot synopsis
06:00 Aronofsky's interest in individuals in forms of isolation
08:43 The movie is not about justifying characters or them overcoming problems
10:22 Honesty and/or authenticity
12:33 Spoilers begin in earnest!
14:48 I Told Me So - Gregg Ten Elshof
18:22 Liz as enabler/codependent
20:32 Other characters - daughter Ellie
25:50 Charlie chose this life
28:27 Sometimes authenticity is bad, actually
32:44 The missionary
37:00 Brief spoilers of The Wrestler - skip to 37:31 to avoid
39:39 What's the deal with the title?
44:09 What do we think in sum about this film?
48:53 Oscar noms and chances
50:52 Authenticity in acting?
57:13 Actually, Letterboxd doesn't do this, at least not free accounts

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Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode