The Beached White Male Podcast welcomes Scott Young, Creator and President of Culture Connection and the former Director of the City of Angels Film Festival. Ken likes to call Scott the Professor of Cinema. Scott asserts that we are at the end of the "print culture" and we've become a "culture of moving images." Movie images are today's "lingua franca." Some see movies for entertainment or escape, others to process the challenges of their lives - or to enrich. Ken shares four films that have shaped and enriched his life - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Beautiful Mind, Dead Poet Society, and Belfast. Scott shares his list: Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, and Nightmare Alley. As we finished Black History Month, Scott features world-class directors who are also people of color, including Ava DuVernay and When They See Us - the story of the Central Park Five (also known for the award-winning Selma). Charles Burnett produced the film Killer of Sheep (1978) as an MFA film student at UCLA - the story of life in South Central Los Angeles. Gregory Nava's film Selena with a young Jennifer Lopez with Edward James Olmos, the story of a rising Latin singer who reached the pinnacle of stardom and then tragically murdered at age twenty-three. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu directed “Babel" (2006), a collection of stories with Kate Blanchett and Brad Pitt. Rooted in the biblical story of Babel, the stories and the images come together making a powerful punch. Scott ends by sharing some practical advice on how to watch a movie.
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