{"id":1063,"date":"2016-03-08T17:07:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2016-03-09T03:46:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T03:46:26","slug":"ken-and-robin-consume-media-rediscovered-photos-wonder-woman-and-a-classic-in-70mm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/ken-and-robin-consume-media-rediscovered-photos-wonder-woman-and-a-classic-in-70mm\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken and Robin Consume Media: Rediscovered Photos, Wonder Woman and a Classic in 70mm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"March 8, 2016<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ken and Robin Consume Media is brought to you by the discriminating and good-looking backers of the Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff Patreon<\/a>. Each week we provide capsule reviews of the books, movies, TV seasons and more we cram into our hyper-analytical sensoriums. Join the Patreon to help pick the items we\u2019ll talk about in greater depth on our new podcast segment, Tell Me More.<\/p>\n

The Pinnacle<\/h2>\n

2001: A Space Odyssey<\/strong><\/a> (70mm) (Film, US, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) One of the few films to achieve the actual sublime, 2001 demands to be seen in its original 6-track sound and 70mm format. Petition your local art house cinema today! Try to forget Clarke\u2019s novel<\/a> and watch it on the nonverbal level it\u2019s written and filmed at. –KH<\/p>\n

Recommended<\/h2>\n

Europe in Autumn<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (Fiction, David Hutchinson, 2014) Magical-realist spy novel set in Europe ca. 2050 as it disintegrates back into microstates. Plausible tradecraft and arch tone disguise the growing weirdness in the life and world of chef-courier-smuggler Rudi until the vertiginous fourth-act turn. –KH<\/p>\n

Finding Vivian Maier<\/strong><\/a> (Film, US, John Maloof & Charlie Siskel, 2013) Man buys a cache of photo negatives at auction, leading him to discover the work of a world-class street photographer who worked in reclusive secrecy until her death, supporting herself as a nanny. Documentary investigation into the layers of mystery surrounding the life of its subject finds revelation within revelation, not all of them redemptive.–RDL<\/p>\n

The Secret History of Wonder Woman<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (Non-fiction, Jill Lepore, 2014) New research into the unconventional family life of Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston traces the surprising mix of early feminism, psychology, showmanship and kink behind comics\u2019 iconic superheroine. Engagingly fills in the blanks on a secrecy-shrouded founding figure of geek culture. –RDL<\/p>\n

Vanishing Point<\/strong><\/a> (Film, US, Richard C. Sarafian, 1971) Enigmatic man (Barry Newman) hired to drive a car from Colorado to San Francisco turns the gig into a quixotic, Benzedrine-addled multi-state police pursuit. Drive-in exploitation meets the American New Wave in this existential distillation of 70s culture. \u2014RDL<\/p>\n

The Weapon Makers<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (Fiction, A.E. van Vogt, 1952) Like KARTAS itself both Canadian and nuts, Van Vogt wrote crazy dream-logic stories in a seemingly straight-up SF idiom, but I hadn\u2019t known he\u2019d written a sequel to The Weapon Shops of Isher<\/a>. This novel nearly blows up that one while dropping a half-dozen mindfreezing revelations into 220 pages, then stops. Or wakes up. –KH<\/p>\n

The Witch<\/strong><\/a> (Film, US, Richard Eggers, 2016) This eerie film about \u201cthe witch of the wood\u201d harrowing an exiled Puritan farm family tells its very standard horror story with very gripping freshness, not despite but because of its 400-year-old idiom. Score and casting are particular triumphs. –KH<\/p>\n

WTF Podcast Ep. 638, Sacha Baron Cohen<\/strong><\/a>. Baron Cohen notoriously ducks interviews as himself in favor of in-character appearances, so this long talk with the maestro of in-depth comedy chat provides a rare opportunity. Like Steve Martin, the real self turns out to be studious and thoughtful, especially when delving into his background in classical clowning and buffon<\/em>. \u2014RDL<\/p>\n

Good<\/h2>\n

How Strange to be Named Federico<\/strong><\/a> (Film, Italy, Ettore Scola, 2013) Through mix of documentary and biopic techniques, the director (We All Loved Each Other So Much, La Nuit de Varennes) recalls his lifelong friendship with Federico Fellini. The most interesting bits aren\u2019t about their respective filmmaking careers but their shared background as cartoonists for the satirical magazine Marc\u2019Aurelio. Its elegiac passages take on an extra poignancy knowing Scola passed away a few weeks ago.–RDL<\/p>\n

Hunting Che<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Non-fiction, Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer, 2013) Tells the story of the capture of Che Guevara in Bolivia in 1967 from the unusual perspective of the US Green Berets who trained the Bolivian Army Rangers who got him. The Bolivian hunters and their CIA allies also get spotlight time. Too journalistic (just say \u201cno\u201d to invented dialogue and inner thoughts) for hardcore military history buffs, but provides a wealth of previously unknown detail about this paradigmatic brushfire mission. –KH<\/p>\n

Okay<\/h2>\n

Warrior: Frank Sturgis, CIA\u2019s No. 1 Assassin-Spy<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Non-fiction, Jim Hunt and Bob Risch, 2011) Hunt is Sturgis\u2019 nephew, so when he provides Uncle Frank with his alibi for November 22, 1963, it\u2019s not that convincing. Neither is the book\u2019s slapdash research, but goodness me did Uncle Frank have a life! From running guns to Fidel to trying to kill him, to Watergate and Angola, it makes you want to read a better book on Sturgis that doesn\u2019t exist. –KH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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