Ep. 65: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) or ‘It’s Not All True’

On a very special episode, Zach welcomes podcasters Chloe Riggs and Erin Mullane (Required Viewing with Erin and Chloe) to suss through the rubble of a great cinematic injustice as they examine with great vigor what is left of Orson Welles’ 1942 motion picture, ‘THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS’.

Once the gaiety and hearty laughter settles to a tempered state, the three intrepid broadcasters shall learn more of Orson’s life up until the production of the film, discover the turbulent history of the physical and post production, analyze and scrutinize what is left of the plot and what has been cast into oblivion, do their very best to fill in the gaps made by RKO and others, and find themselves faced with the troubling reasons the film was butchered. Within it all, they shall learn a hard lesson that history has far too often experienced time and time again in the pursuit of the cinematic arts versus the domination of the business motive.

But within all of this, there is still much revelry and BALLYHOO provided as the trio ponder over the modernism’s that could have served as dialogue, discover Foods that Orson would have enjoyed in today’s mass selection of stoner foods, and find more than one way to tell George Amberson Minafer to ‘Go to Hell’ as the vernacular would ultimately assume.

Plus: Zach stands up for House of Gucci, much to the rightful dismay of everyone.

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Be sure to listen to Erin and Chloe on ‘The Required Viewing Podcast- With Erin and Chloe’, now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Listen in as they examine the films you should have within your healthy and hearty film education!

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