This week Sean and James begin an ongoing series by looking at modern takes on Westerns. Specifically the 1992 movie Unforgiven
directed by Clint Eastwood, and the HBO series Deadwood.
Modernising a Genre – Westerns
The Darjeeling Limited
James and Sean talk about the 2007 movie The Darjeeling Limited, directed by Wes Anderson, starring Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody.
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Images of Dystopia
Sean, Tim, James, Sebastian and Amy talk about Brave New World by Aldoulus Huxley along with other works that involve Dystopia. Including 1984 by George Orwell, the movie Gattaca and others.
Show Notes
Czech Dream, the Czech documentary that Tim referred to in the show.
Robert Rauschenberg
James, Amy and Sean talk about Robert Rauschenberg and the exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia.
Show Notes
Overview of Exhibition including pictures of the works mentioned: http://www.nga.gov.au/Rauschenberg/index.cfm
Example of ‘Combine’: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rauschenberg/bed.jpg.html
Titus Andronicus – William Shakespeare
Simon, Sean, Sebastian and James talk about the play Titus Andronicus and the 1999 movie Titus directed by Julie Taymor and try and figure out if it was the moops or the moors.

