Francesco always said, life is like a box of Robert Zemeckis movies. You never know what you’re gonna get.
This week the boys, joined by Ethan Lyon, are back to talk representation and disability in cinema, starting with the American boomer fable Forrest Gump (dir. Robert Zemeckis, 1994).
After that, they talk about the real-life story of circus clown turned Stoke City kit-man Neil Baldwin in Marvellous (dir. Julian Farino, 2014), a tale of brotherly solidarity in the South Korean comedy-drama Inseparable Bros (dir. Yuk Sang-Hyo, 2019), and finally a beloved pre-Code cult horror classic, Freaks (dir. Todd Browning, 1932).
Follow Ethan's work on the Autism Through Cinema podcast: https://www.autism-through-cinema.org.uk/atcpodcast
Ethan will be hosting two relaxed screenings at the BFI in the upcoming weeks, make sure you check them out if you live in London:
Pontypool (2008) – Monday 31 October
The Fly (1986) – Monday 28 November
