Blade Runner

Published: Sept. 14, 2017, 12:52 p.m.

It is the year 2017. Macintosh and Maud have gotten dinner and need to watch a movie. What better choice than the Ridley Scott sci-fi opus Blade Runner? Especially because Maud hasn't gotten around to watching this cult classic yet... Macintosh laments not watching this on a bigger screen, and we throw out a few small ideas on how to take this movie from good to great. We also discuss Harrison Ford's sexy buzzcut, bow down at the genius of the production designer, and hear Macintosh mispronounce the name "Deckard" repeatedly. I mean, come on, Mac. After the break, we talk about Ingrid Goes West, a nice little indie that does a good job of subverting expectations and features a who's who of young Hollywood. If it's still out near you, and you haven't watched it yet, do so. NEXT WEEK: AMERICAN PIE. You can get email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram (macintosh.and.maud) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/macintoshandmaud/). If you like the podcast, make sure to subscribe and review on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license (more information at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/hk/legalcode). To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/beethoven9/beethoven-9-02-concertgebouw-klemperer-1956-16048.wav