The Letterboxd Show20 Kesä 2023

Four Favorites with Georgia Oakley: Juliette Binoche, the perfect club scene, sewing your own Pride flags

Happy Pride Month, folks! On this episode, writer and director Georgia Oakley joins Gemma and Ella to discuss her debut feature Blue Jean, now in theaters across the US. We unspool the past and present queer–and unintentionally political–histories in the UK via Oakley’s film, while also celebrating four more striking female performances in her four favorites: Three Colors: Blue, Safe, A Woman Under the Influence and Morvern Callar. Topics include: coming out as a daily thing, Juliette Binoche’s unpredictable behavior, the greatest performance by any actor ever, lessons from low-budget theater, Cate Blanchett doing things, the hostility of pastel colors, the unknowability of good actors, queer-coded kids films, missing your tube station to process your post-movie thoughts, the one movie that made Ella change her own Four Faves, and the one scene that makes Georgia want to get up in the morning.

Chapters:

Opening credits (00:00:00)
Pride Month plans (00:01:12)
Blue Jean political context (00:06:10)
Three Colours: Blue (00:09:52)
Blue Jean needle drops (00:22:00)
Safe (00:25:25)
Tomboy (00:38:40)
A Woman Under the Influence (00:41:01)
Morvern Callar (00:50:50)
Blue Jean and club scenes (00:55:45)
Closing credits (01:01:35)

Credits: Recorded in Auckland NZ, Los Angeles CA and London UK. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions.

Lists & Links:

List of movies mentioned

Ella’s interview with Georgia on Journal

“What will I do with this life?” by C

“Movies that you (initially) thought were “okay” but hit you so damn hard when they ended” by Hungkat

“The Feminine Grotesque” by Angelica Jade Bastién

Reviews mentioned:

Hari Nef’s Safe review

Issy’s Blue Jean review

Filipe’s A Woman Under the Influence review

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