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b'Edgar Wright joins us to talk the films of George Miller!
\\nIt’s an episode of some significance as we welcome Rochelle Siemienowicz on board as the new co-host of Hell Is For Hyphenates. Rochelle and Lee chat about some of the key new releases of this month, including Steven Soderbergh’s hillbilly heist\\xa0Logan Lucky (02:04), Luc Besson’s sci-fi epic\\xa0Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets\\xa0(08:21), Claire Denis’s comedic drama\\xa0Let Sunshine In\\xa0(13:39), and Agn\\xc3\\xa8s Varda’s rural France road trip documentary\\xa0Faces Places\\xa0(18:26).
\\nRochelle and Lee then look at the films and career of the legendary Australian director Dr George Miller, who redefined Oz cinema with the\\xa0Mad Max\\xa0franchise, and went on to make dramatic biopic\\xa0Lorenzo’s Oil, supernatural comedy\\xa0The Witches of Eastwick, dark fairytale\\xa0Babe: Pig in the City, and socially-conscious animated musicals\\xa0Happy Feet and\\xa0Happy Feet Two.\\xa0(24:38)
\\nLee then talks to writer/director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz,\\xa0Scott Pilgrim vs the World, The World’s End,\\xa0Baby Driver) about the influence of Mad Max,\\xa0the generational appeal of George Miller’s films, and what it’s like to receive both filmmaking and medical advice from Dr Miller himself! (47:35)
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