Episode 7: Brendan Hodges (On Hiatus Film Critic for Metaplex/RogerEbert.com) and Jedidiah Ayers (Author of Fierce Bitches and Peckerwood)
About the episode:
First up in this two-part episode, I join film critic on sabbatical with bylines at Roger Ebert dot com and the Metaplex Brendan Hodges. Brendan and I wrestle with Mohicans impact and resonance and talk about how the rug is pulled out from us when we're expecting a Hawkeye versus Magua face-off. To close the episode, I join the author of Fierce Bitches, Peckerwood and curator of noir literature film and culture blog - Hardboiled Wonderland - Jedidiah Ayres. Jed and I discuss the many iterations of Mohicans through the ages and reconvene for an emergency chat about Russell Means' electrifying account of his experience behind the scenes.
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About the show:
THE LAST (12 minutes) OF THE MOHICANS is a twelve-episode limited podcast series focusing on the climax of the Michael Mann’s 1992 epic The Last of the Mohicans. The format of the podcast, which slightly differs from ONE HEAT MINUTE, utilises the entire final twelve-minute climax of Mohicans as a portal to explore the themes of the movie, the cross-section of political apparatuses, colonial superpower wrangling, and Mr Mann’s riff on the “great American hero.” With an Academy Award-winning score from Randy Edelman and Trevor Jones, iconic performances, stunning cinematography from Dante Spinotti, a relentlessly paced script from Mann and co-writer Christopher Crowe and masterful orchestration from Mann; the film’s extended finale - triggered by the delivery of tribal justice until the credits roll - is arguably one of the greatest endings to almost any movie ever.
About the movie:
The Last of the Mohicansis adapted (and significantly altered from) James Fenimore Cooper novel, set in 1757, Mohicans follows three trappers who are inadvertently drawn into the French and Indian War when they rescue the daughters of British Colonel and their British Captain escort from an ambush. It stars Academy Award Winner Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Academy Award Winner* Wes Studi, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May and Steven Waddington.
ABOUT JEDIDIAH AYRES
JEDIDIAH AYRES IS THE AUTHOR OFFIERCE BITCHES, PECKERWOOD. HE WRITES ABOUT CRIME FICTION AND FILM ON THE BLOG HARDBOILED WONDERLAND.
TWITTER:@JEDIDIAHAYRES
ABOUT BRENDAN HODGES
I LOVE MOVIES AND WRITE ABOUT THEM ON THE INTERNET. I HAVE WRITTEN FOR A NUMBER OF ONLINE PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING ROGEREBERT.COM, HOLLYWOODCHICAGO.COM, LIVEFORFILMS.COM AND KEEPING-IT-REEL.COM. PRIMARILY, I HAVE WRITTEN FOR MY OWN WEBSITE AND BLOG, THE METAPLEX.COM.
YOU CAN FIND MY FREELANCE WORK HERE. OTHERWISE, YOU CAN READ SELF-PUBLISHED MOVIE REVIEWS HERE, MY TOP TEN LISTS HERE, OR MY NETFLIX PICKS SERIES HERE. OR, FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: @metaplexmovies.
