Episode 2: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Episode 2: We discuss On Becoming a Guinea Fowl by Rungano Nyoni, a film that premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
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We discuss (at length) whether or not the movie is a comedy. Discuss family secrets in the movie and our own family secrets!
Your hosts offer many thoughts and opinions about what the movie is about thematically (silence, hypocrisy, denial). Consider surreal vs. dream sequences in the movie and different theories of the movie. We talk about why we do not believe this movie is a #metoo movie at all.
We try to discuss the categories and overlapping ideas of identity especially hyphenated transnational identities and how that relates to POV and perception.
Also included a horror story of how Charlene paid $7.50 for sparkling water at the movie theater and the fact Jackie saw the whole movie for only $.50 more ($8.00).
COMPLETE SHOW NOTES:
Interviews and Q&A’s with the cast and crew referenced throughout the episode:
Q&A with Rungano Nyoni, Susan Chardy (Shula) and Elizabeth Chisela (Nsansa)
Curzon Film Podcast - Interview with Rungano Nyoni
Nothing Concrete: Interview with Rungano Nyoni on I Am Not a Witch
The Last Thing I Saw: Cannes 2024 Recap including On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Time Stamped Notes:
1:22 I Am Not A Witch (Rungano Nyoni’s first film, premiered at Cannes 2017)
3:24 AMC Class Action Lawsuit of which Charlene was a benefitee
4:10 Evidence of Lincoln Square AMC Razzle Dazzle
4:22 Evidence of AMC Kips Bay CVS Vibes
5:30 Eileen (2023, Directed by William Oldroyd)
5:40 Mean Girls The Musical (2024, directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr.)
7:14 Meg Ryan and Greg Kinnear’s amicable break up in Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail (1998)
8:57 Timothee Chalamet’s tiny waist Wonka Costume
9:13 Massive Flagship AMC on 42nd Street
9:57 Joy Ride (2023, directed by Adele Lim)
10:06 Brigsby Bear (2017, directed by Dave McCary)
15:02 Shula dressed as Missy Elliot
16:58 Diary of a CEO Podcast Shula listens to
19:10 Jason Bateman's expressions of disbelief in Arrested Development
19:53 Sandra Oh and Awkwafina’s dynamic in Quiz Lady
22:10 Q&A including Susan Chisela (Shula’s Cousin) that Charlene references
34:40 Discussion of Surrealism in On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
52:50 The Farewell (2019, directed by Lulu Wang)
53:00 Minari (2020, directed by Lee Isaac Chung)
53:12 The Irish Film Board
54:35 The Joy Luck Club (1993, directed by Wayne Wang)
58:48 A Discussion About Black Welsh Film
59:45 Malin Lindholm, production designer of I Am Not a Guinea Fowl
1:06:20 The Bechdel Test
1:07:24 Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, directed by James Foley), a movie with an all male cast
1:08:28 She Said and the Canon of #MeToo films
1:09:11 Carey Mulligan screams expletives
1:10:42 Justin Chang’s review of I Am Not a Guinea Fowl for the New Yorker
1:11:41 Justice for Mean Girls the Musical, a great film with marketing that left much to be desired
1:13:13 Bob Trevino Likes It
1:13:22 Sister Midnight
1:13:48 All We Imagine as Light (2024, directed by Payal Kapadia)
1:14:12 Superhero movie where Florence Pugh (?) has a russian accent (??)
1:14:38 We Come to This Place for Magic
1:15:44 La Chimera (2023, directed by Alice Rohrwacher)
1:16:00 The Florida Project (2017, directed by Sean Baker)
1:16:19 Charlene found the secret private movie theater!
1:16:53 Girls Will Be Girls (2024, directed by Shuchi Talati)
THANK YOU for listening!
