1 Year of Interviews – Double Feature Pairings

Full transcript of 1 Year of Interviews – Double Feature Pairings.

0:00KT: It's another week in the For Your Reference household, and it is another life is motherfucking life in. Am I right, Oti? Um, to satiate you friends and lovers. And also if you check your calendars, this time last year, we had our note brunt.

0:18Oti: We did. First interviews.

0:20KT: Fucking wild. Welcome, welcome friends and lovers, the OG day ones. Um, and for those of you that have met us along the way, we have had this podcast since February, 2019, but like Oti said, August, 2022 was our first interview, press junket sort of run. How are you feeling?

0:46Oti: Well, it's been a crazy year, um, both for the pod and our lives.

0:52KT: And wow, our pod and our lives, absolutely. Currently in our catalog, friends and lovers, if you're looking for the usual sumptuous, delicious, um, full review sort of formats that we do, we currently have 200 plus review episodes, um, and overall we have 257, um, episodes on our podcast feed. And 17 of them are interviews, Oti. Um, it's very exciting. We thought we will do something special, um, until we meet you in another similar format. Well, first of all, you, Oti, if I can be nasty and vulnerable and splooshy on the main, if you're nasty. Um, but it's always fun preparing, uh, interviews with you. And especially for the first one, we wanted to have a signature FYR, um, sort of question. And if you're familiar with our formats of our reviews, we always end with a recommendation of if you enjoyed this, or if you wanted to see it done or approached in a different way, you should check out this film slash TV show.

2:04KT: Um, so it's been so fun to be able to ask a lot of the filmmakers, um, this sort of question. So we're going to cut to this compilation, um, in a moment. But I would strongly, strongly suggest friends and lovers that you definitely check out the Jordan Peele episode, just because of the fact that we only had four minutes and right off the top Oti was able to get to black joy. Of course I did. And in our household, we will always champion that folding chairs and otherwise. I don't know where Oti's VPN is. It might be in Alabama, but we will be brawling. We love you. So we love you so much. Friends and lovers. Thank you. Asante, Mālō 'aupito, all of the splooshes, please enjoy this compilation. And thank you so much for your support. We fucking love yous.

3:07KT: We finish off our reviews with the recommendation. So what would you pair with Nope as a double

3:14Jordan: Wow. What would I pair with Nope as a double feature? Um, the original King Kong. And I would be, I, I, I would say this because it, in, it shares a, a spirit in several ways. And it shares a sort of DNA in several ways in that, you know, King Kong, um, you know, was just, you know, one of the great human efforts in, in artistry of all time, when you take into account the illusion, um, that they were able to achieve with what they they had. And at the same time, it is a spectacle of racism. And exploitation. And so in a lot of ways, I feel like this, this film is the answer. My answer to King Kong.

4:00KT: Absolutely. Thank you so much for your time. The spectacle was interesting because sometimes the pain became the commentary and turning it on its head and we absolutely loved it. Right. Grab your lovers. Grab all of. Snacks and really enjoy a double feature of Nope and King Kong. Thank you so much, Jordan Peele.

4:18KT: So we finish off our reviews with the recommendation. So what would you pair with Infinity Pool as a double

4:28Brandon: Oh, um, I have not thought about that at all. And I'm terrible at answering those questions. I'll, I'll say, I'll say The Comfort of Strangers, um, just off the top of my head, but probably there's a better answer than that. I just, I'm awful at recommendations.

4:45KT: No, I love it. We're putting on mask and we're smashing shit. So what would you pair with Red, White & Brass as a double feature?

4:55JP: As a double feature?

4:55Damon: I think my. No, I'm still thinking. Yeah, I'll, I'll go while you're thinking. Uh, yeah, I think my one would be Cool Runnings. Ah, oh nice. Nice. I think that was our kind of, for me that was like one of the more kind of inspirational films for me when we were sort of trying to work out what, what is this kind of film's kind a fish out of water pie, but like this, like seeing these Jamaicans, like in the Winter Olympics, it was kind of like, oh, seeing this group of Tongans kind of

5:28Damon: out in a car park playing the instrument. So it was, it was kind of, there were a lot of parallels, but also I think we wanted to do something similar in terms of, uh, the emotional journey, getting the feels, and also just in terms of tone that it's like, oh, here's a family film. Everyone can go and watch it. It's not, um, it's, it's, yeah, it's a, it's a broad film made for everyone.

5:48JP: Mm-hmm. I think definitely Cool Runnings agree with that one. Uh, also maybe Sister Act 2. Uh, Drumline. Yeah. Sister Act 2. Some aspects really reminded me of that, that whole, you know, that whole, uh, cast in Sister Act 2, they had to create a choir and get to like an end competition, uh, and go up against the church really. Uh, and parents telling them not to sing. You know, that reminded me a lot of that and Drumline for obvious reasons of the instruments and stuff was a lot of fun.

6:25KT: We finished off our reviews with a recommendation. So what would you pair with The Last Daughter as a double feature sort of situation?

6:35Nathaniel: Oh, that's a great question. Um, uh, like documentary or anything, like,

6:44KT: It can be anything, anything that helped you to be inspired or yeah, anything.

6:49Nathaniel: I mean, a lot of the films that were kind of like inspired us, like, obviously, like, like Lion was a great film, like, oh, gorgeous. Yeah, like, and, and I think for us, we had, we had our Lion moment that reunion, uh, ourselves, you know, so like, you know, the similarity in our film of just, like, people who have been separated for so long. And I was even just thinking that. Imagine, you know, like, there's a photo of someone in your house. And, and, and, and, you know, you, they're, they're part of your family, but they're no longer part of your family. And that's what Brenda was in both families.

7:21Nathaniel: Who's this girl in this family and who's this girl in this family. And then after all this time, they reconnect and that relationship, you know, comes back together. And I think. So for me, like, um, Lion was very much a big inspiration, I think emotionally. Mm-hmm. What we were trying to do. And, but it, it just naturally happened that way. I think it does when people come together. So, yeah. Um, yeah, I think, yeah, a Lion would be good pair or any, any of the amazing other, um, Aboriginal stories that have been done, you know, across the years. You know, like I think, um, like we just saw New Boy, um, you know, that table. Oh, gorgeous. Yeah. Story. It was a different story at a different time.

8:00Nathaniel: Um, you know, obviously like, uh, I think Rabbit-Proof Fence is the original Stolen Generation story that a lot of Australians have come to, to, um, to see. And I think this, this continues that story to show that this didn't end, you know, the old days, you know, like this, these, these things are still happening. I think that was also a thing for us that we, um, we're always thinking of this is like, um, this is the continuation of this story in this generation and his living proof in this day and era to show that people are still dealing with the pains of the past.

8:35KT: We usually finish our reviews with a recommendation. So what would you, uh, combine with Kindred as a double feature?

8:45Gillian: Um, oh geez. Yeah. As a double feature. That's an interesting one. I mean, yeah. Look, we referenced Fringe Dwellers in the film, and I would almost say, like, for both of us, um, it's a, it's, it's, it's a really important film in, in the sense of, of us being introduced to seeing Indigenous people on screen. And so I suppose for me, I'd, I'd recommend that one in some ways, because it, it is a snapshot of a time and a place where Aboriginal people were starting to live and be, you know, brought into the fringes of that white world, you know.

9:33Gillian: Um, so maybe I'd say that one could be a really beautiful one. It's a drama, so it's a bit different to a documentary, but maybe that would be a good one to pair it with.

9:41KT: Yeah, tonally, it definitely makes a lot of sense. We usually finish our reviews with a recommendation. So what would you, uh, add with Love Road as a double feature?

9:56Oliver: Oh, jeez, um, uh, I'm, well, I'm going to be biased and say, go, go and see, um, Tennessine. Um, yeah, um, for lack of a, I need to see all the other films in the festival first, but, uh, but yes. Love Road and Tennessine, both stories of, um, I suppose love, uh, love. I don't wanna give away too many spoilers, but it's all love. But those spoils of love challenges. Love challenges, let's put it that way. Yeah. Um, you know, you, you'll talk to Amin, but um, yeah, very, very different. Very different story. Different, very different perspective, very different characters. But, um, it's interesting maybe that. Love Road is more told from a perspective of, um, yeah, I guess jazz and, um, and, um, Daniel are more characters maybe that we've, we've grown up with in, in Australia anyway.

11:05Oliver: Uh, and then in Tennessine, the story of immigrants coming to Australia and the struggles with But the relationship phases with that, um,

11:20KT: Well, as it so happened, I happen to double feature Love Road and Tennessine, so I've already done my homework, catch up friends and lovers. We finish off our reviews with the recommendation. So what would you pair with Ajoomma as a double feature?

11:39Shuming: Uh, one of the film I really, uh, I saw, and I know it's play, I'm, I'm actually meeting him on Friday for lunch. Uh, Anthony Shim's Rice Boy Sleeps, um, which is the Canadian, Canadian, Korean, uh, uh, Korean Canadian feature. Uh, there was also, there also premiered in Busan. Um, it is a story about a Korean immigrant, a single mother who moved to Canada with a child, and sort of, it's a beautiful film with a beautiful soundtrack and a really grounded performance from the lead actress. I, we, I watched it for the first time in, in Jeddah at the Red Sea International Film Festival.

12:27Shuming: And they watched my film there also. And then we realized in both films, there's one moment where we had the exact same line. Where when I watched it, I remember I watched it, I was like, Oh, my God, I have that same moment in my film and then, but in a completely different context, but, but it's sort of, we found it so funny because we were like, it's, it's, um, this one moment, it's obviously totally and all of that are completely different. Um, um, but I thought, um, it's, I think it's a beautiful film, um, that, that I highly recommend.

13:09KT: We finish off our reviews with a recommendation. So what would you pair with Tennessine as a double feature?

13:16Amin: Um, at the Sydney, uh, Film Festival.

13:20KT: You can, or any sort of film, even your own other films. Um,

13:24Amin: Okay, right. I'll film my own other film. I'd be a bit biased. Um, I mean, um, I guess there were some inspirations. And, you know, when you said that, like, what would you pair it with? I sort of, those inspirations came to mind. I think Tennessine is definitely different. I mean, it's definitely a different film to those, but, um, I, I would pair it with Burning, uh, which is a much better film. I would say it's a Korean film.

13:58KT: But I can, I can see how these would be paired together. Gorgeous. We finish off our reviews with a recommendation. So what would you pair with Freedom is Beautiful as a double feature?

14:11Angus: Ah, well, I guess one of the most inspiring films that I've ever seen in the same space is a documentary called For Sama, um, which is the story of, um, of a couple who, uh, fled the Syrian conflict. Uh, and Sama was the name of their daughter. Uh, and that film is, uh, a chilling and beautiful film about humanity. And I think, um, a very inspirational film for anyone who wants to try and feel... Uh, what it's like to be in that conflict and to survive and to be helping people all the while. And then finally make it to safety.

14:52Angus: That'd be my, I guess, my, my pairing film because it was certainly a major inspiration for me.

15:02KT: We finished our reviews with a recommendation. So what would you pair with Talk to Me as a double feature?

15:10Danny: Oh, well, it's a good question. Oh, Let Me In.

15:10Michael: What's that? Nice. Oh, Let the Right One In.

15:12Guests: No, what's the, what's the American version? It's Let Me In, right? Oh, Let Me In. I think Let the Right One In is better, I think. Oh, actually, no, no, no, they're both really good. Sorry, yes, yes, I, I agree. Let the Right One In or Let Me In. If only, just for title's sake, Talk to Me. You know, Let the Right One In or let me, stop talking. No, it's good. We'll send it to Bruno Mars. It sounds like a R&B song.

15:38Guests: Yeah. All right. Yeah. Something here. Thank you. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

15:43KT: Well, thank you so much for your time.