Dragon Podcasts Archive

Nicolas Cage plays himself in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," and only his most ardent fans will want to see this silly film about what it means to be a movie star. Although HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano enjoy some of the career-referenced jokes, they agree in this podcast episode that it's so superficial that the film lacks the metaphysical weight of a somewhat similar film, "Being John Malkovitch." Marie and Mike also discuss French director Jacques Audiard's "Paris, 13th District." It's a romantic drama in which the central characters are attempting to make sense of their intertwined relationships. Marie and Mike remark that this black-and-white film resembles earlier French New Wave character studies.