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Guerilla Film History Now

Guerilla Film History Now

By Guerilla Film History Now

Two film nerds take you through the history of film and media every week or so! Feel free to join our growing community, we'd love to have you!
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Episode 11: Streaming Killed the Video Store

Guerilla Film History NowJun 03, 2021

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Episode 11: Streaming Killed the Video Store

Episode 11: Streaming Killed the Video Store

People of Earth, Welcome! Please like, follow, and rate us on whatever platform you're listening to us on. It helps out the show more than you could ever know. If you think this show is funny, please share it with your friends!

Well, we decided to end the season on an odd note. We've gone through the eras, and we've grown WAY faster than we thought we would. We share some of that with you, by shouting out all the countries you cats are living in and some of our other analytics thanks to Anchor.fm! Then, we bookend the series with a little stream of consciousness / banter on the death of the video store, streaming, and the state of cinema as we see it today. Spoiler alert: its a postmodern wasteland.

Grab your wallet chain, a stolen CD, and a dollar store DVD. This is America, baby and its Guerilla Film History NOW!

Jun 03, 202101:20:34
Episode 10: The 90s Flashback Episode

Episode 10: The 90s Flashback Episode

People of Earth, Welcome! Make sure you like this episode, follow us on whatever platform you're listening on, and give us a review. It helps out the show IMMENSELY. 


This week, Marc and Pete talk about the two films that made them want to be film nerds before speeding through the 90s and early 00s like a runaway bus. We go over T2: Judgement Day, Space Jam, Double Jeopardy, Armageddon, the list just keeps going, people! We're only one episode away from our first season's finale! So strap in, grab some gushers and DO THE DEW! ITS GUERILLA FILM HISTORY NOW!

May 20, 202101:08:33
Episode 9: A Neon Overview of The 80s

Episode 9: A Neon Overview of The 80s

People of Earth, welcome! Don't forget to like and follow us on your favorite platforms! Please consider rating and leaving a review for this episode. It means more than you could ever know.


This week, Marc and Pete talk about the 1980s. This is the era where the franchise is truly born. The former model of contracted movie star has been remolded into actors and actresses that are genre stars. And the money-balling of movies begins anew. 


But we also talk about the academy space during this time, and the emerging American indie scene that would bleed into the 1990s, particularly Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing." 


Did you know Cocaine Psychosis is a real thing?! Neither did we! ITSGUERILLAFILMHISTORYNOW!

May 14, 202157:16
Episode 8: When the Wave Comes Crashing Down

Episode 8: When the Wave Comes Crashing Down

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This week, Pete and Marc discuss Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part I and II, as well as Apocalypse Now!, to show what happens when things go right and wrong with an Auteur director. We then compare that to Ridley Scott's Alien, and Ridley Scott himself, whom still seems to have a blank check in Hollywood. Marc then goes off on Michael Cimino and how he single handedly destroyed United Artists with Heaven's Gate. Finally, the guys talk about the godsends of the upcoming Blockbuster Era, Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas, and how corporate comes in to crack down on these hippie-dippie, drug-addled artists. 



Make sure that little velcro strap on your boogie board is nice and tight. The water is choppy and the real surfers are on their way, its Guerilla Film History Now!



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May 08, 202101:00:31
Bonus 1: Let's Talk About Auteur Theory

Bonus 1: Let's Talk About Auteur Theory

WARNING: Episode is censored, but this might not be appropriate for work, so we're throwing the #NSFW tag here. You've been warned!


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This week, we talked so much we had another episode worth of talking to do! Pete and Marc have a great discussion on Auteur Theory, what makes an Auteur more than a director, and we tell your boss to go F*** themselves. Go out there and make some art already!

May 04, 202126:59
Episode 7: The Second Wave of Adolescence

Episode 7: The Second Wave of Adolescence

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This week, Marc and Pete discuss the new Mortal Kombat movie and violence in media before diving into The American New Wave. This is an era we think can be best described as "Film's Adolescence." Gone are the days of the Hays Code and here are the days of Haze Strains, because its sex, drugs and Rock N' Roll, Baby! We discuss The Graduate, Easy Rider, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and the emergence of Method Acting and American Auteur directors. Finally, we talk about how people might misinterpret this movement as only about the explicit content of sex and violence, but more as a statement on how the world was, where it was going, and trying to answer questions most people didn't even care to think about. 



It's time to throw that fist in the air and tell The Man he's a square, because its Guerilla Film History NOW!



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Apr 29, 202101:00:45
Episode 6: The New Wave Forms

Episode 6: The New Wave Forms

People of Earth, welcome! Don't forget to rate, follow, and leave a review wherever you're listening today. It helps the show a trillion times more than you expect, and we're great at math...We're not but it helps. This week, we start off talking to Marc about his upcoming project, Bar'd: The Prison Diaries of Edwin Drake. You can find the teaser trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cco7RT9sckE&t=4s We discuss the formation of The French New Wave and its effects on the Film Industry and art form. Along the way, we relate the New Wave to South Korean Horror, and muse if the American New Wave was behind, or affected, by the French New Wave. Get your surfboards ready for this Brand New Wave, it's Guerilla Film History NOW! Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtiHHy20w3U
Apr 22, 202101:04:30
Episode 5: Hollywood's Little Black List

Episode 5: Hollywood's Little Black List

People of Earth, Welcome! Thanks again for supporting the show. Don't forget to like, follow, and rate/review us on your favorite platforms. They really help out the show! This week, we start with an intro from Pete discussing the show format changes thus far, and where we think we're heading. Marc and Pete then discuss Falcon and the Winter Soldier before going into the Hollywood Black List. These 10 artists were barred from Hollywood from the beginning of the 2nd Red Scare all the way until 1960. We have a talk about Kazan and On the Waterfront, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Martin Scorsece's Silence, and Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus. During those, we talk about the charges, how the politics of the time shaped Film forever, and how these films in particular comment on the complexity and morality of confession.  We're making a list, we're checking it twice, it's Guerilla Film History Now! Sources: https://anchor.fm/g-film-history-now/episodes/Hollywoods-Little-Black-List-euvi0m https://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/schrecker-blacklist.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-Un-American-Activities-Committee https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/815/house-un-american-activities-committee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKwp4NiJSI https://books.google.com/books?id=4ijWhgff9XEC&pg=PA341#v=onepage&q&f=false https://youtu.be/G_PUUHLknDI
Apr 15, 202146:51
Episode 4: Dial N for Noir
Apr 08, 202101:07:50
Episode 3: The Golden Age of Propaganda
Apr 02, 202101:26:42
Episode 2: Keepin' it Newsreel

Episode 2: Keepin' it Newsreel

In the last episode, we covered the concept of film as an invention and a novelty. After a brief discussion about the Snyder Cut of Justice League, we begin to explore the beginning of the film industry along with the effects of World War I on the art form.
Watch out for Edison's Spy Flies, it's Guerilla Film History Now!

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Mar 26, 202101:07:06
Episode 1: A Horse in Motion

Episode 1: A Horse in Motion

Welcome to the very first episode of Guerilla Film History Now! We take a deep, unstructured dive into the history of performing arts all the way to the Chronophotographic Gun.
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Mar 11, 202101:12:39