All Systems Argo!

By: Jamal B. Barringer and Jessica Hassell
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  • Summary

  • The Oscars set the bar for what makes a good movie, and none more so than 2012 Best Picture Winner Argo. But what makes this film and others like it truly special? Or are they at all? All we need to do to uncover the mystery of Argo is to compare it to the Best Picture winners of the past, present, and future! But to keep it fair, we'll have to rewatch Argo. Each and every time. Forever! Will we find answers or go insane trying? Join us and find out in All Systems Argo!
    Copyright 2023 Jamal B. Barringer and Jessica Hassell
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Episodes
  • The Argo Rule

    The Argo Rule
    May 30 2021
    We don't make the rules, the academy does! But what makes a Best Picture winner truly special? And can something so subjective ever be measured? Yes! Join us as we embark on a never-ending journey to understand the True Neutral of Best Pictures and unravel the never-ending mystery of Argo! “Four Corners {103 & 4/4} ” by Mid-Air Machine From the Free Music Archive, CC BY-SA
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    38 mins
  • Moonlight

    Moonlight
    Jul 12 2021

    Moonlight, Barry Jenkins’s and Tarell Alvin McCraney's loving, melancholic triptych on the subject of Black masculinity, will forever be a part of Academy Awards history (stay gold, Warren Beatty). So too will Argo, for better or worse. Jess and Jamal bring on their producer and editor Ian to discuss the films' contrasting approaches to spatial immersion and the importance of knowing when a scene needs music. Listen to hear the shocking answer to the question: "Are there any Black people in Argo?" MUSIC: "Aim to Stay" by William Ross Chernoff's Nomads [CC-BY]
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Oscars Mandates - Minisode

    The Oscars Mandates - Minisode
    Jul 26 2021

    Back in September 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a new set of inclusion mandates for future Best Picture nominees. In this mini-sode, Jess and Jamal break down what the guidelines could mean for the prestige film industry going forward (spoiler: not much), the pitfalls of checklist diversity, and why these newly proposed rules reek of weak tea. MUSIC: “Lost in the Flame” and “Don’t Need Drugs” by Kid N’ Nasty [CC-BY]
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    36 mins
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