{"id":5003,"date":"2014-05-12T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2025-08-08T04:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:12:01","slug":"ep6-good-movies-bad-directors-bad-movies-good-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/ep6-good-movies-bad-directors-bad-movies-good-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Smug Film Podcast Episode #6 – Good Movies, Bad Directors \/ Bad Movies, Good Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n1:17:43 |\u00a0View on iTunes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On this episode, I am joined by fellow Smug Film contributors John D’Amico and Jenna Ipcar.\u00a0We discuss movies we like by directors we don’t typically like, as well as movies we dislike by directors we typically like.\u00a0As always, we go on tangents along the way, take a quick break for a movie joke by comedian Anthony Kapfer<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0and then close the show with questions from our mailbag.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you enjoy the podcast, be sure to\u00a0subscribe on iTunes<\/strong>, and leave a\u00a0rating<\/strong>\u00a0and a\u00a0comment<\/strong>\u00a0on there as well. Doing this helps us immensely\u00a0<\/em>as far as our ranking on there, which is what allows people to be able to discover us.\u00a0Word of mouth<\/strong>\u00a0is always best of all though, so\u00a0spread the word<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Movie Stuff Referenced in this Episode:<\/strong>
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Spring Breakers<\/a>
\nGummo<\/a>
\nKids<\/a>
\nKen Park<\/a>
\nMister Lonely<\/a>
\nJulien Donkey-Boy<\/a>
\nHarmony Korine on Letterman in 1995<\/a>, 1997<\/a>, and 1997<\/a>
\nThe Bling Ring<\/a>
\nLost in Translation<\/a>
\nThe Virgin Suicides<\/a>
\nSomewhere<\/a>
\nMarie Antoinette<\/a>
\n8 1\/2<\/a>
\nLa Strada<\/a>
\nJuliet of the Spirits<\/a>
\nThe Tree of Life<\/a>
\nStardust Memories<\/a>
\nBreathless<\/a>
\nMasculin Feminin<\/a>
\nAlphaville<\/a>
\nPierrot Le Fou<\/a>
\nA Woman is a Woman<\/a>
\nTrust<\/a>
\nHeathers<\/a>
\nThe Beyond<\/a>
\nFour of the Apocalypse<\/a>
\nThe Long Goodbye<\/a>
\nCalifornia Split<\/a>
\nM*A*S*H<\/a>
\nNashville<\/a>
\nThe Life Aquatic<\/a>
\nSchool of Rock<\/a>
\nSlacker<\/a>
\nWaking Life<\/a>
\nBefore Sunrise<\/a>
\nAlmost Famous<\/a>
\nPirate Radio<\/a>
\nWatchmen<\/a>
\nForrest Gump<\/a>
\nCast Away<\/a>
\nFlight<\/a>
\nBack to the Future<\/a>
\nPlay Misty For Me<\/a>
\nGran Torino<\/a>
\nHigh Plains Drifter<\/a>
\nMystic River<\/a>
\nThe Outlaw Josey Whales<\/a>
\nDirty Harry<\/a>
\nUnforgiven<\/a>
\nYoung Guns<\/a>
\nThe Man with No Name Trilogy<\/a>
\nChangeling<\/a>
\nMillion Dollar Baby<\/a>
\nMoonrise Kingdom<\/a>
\nDon’t Drink the Water<\/a>
\nThe Curse of the Jade Scorpion<\/a>
\nGarfield<\/a>
\nGarfield and Friends<\/a> (TV)
\nGhostbusters<\/a>
\nThe Real Ghostbusters<\/a> (TV)
\nStar Trek: The Animated Series<\/a> (TV)
\nDracula<\/a>\u00a0& Dracula: Spanish Version<\/a>
\nThe Unholy Three<\/a>
\nThe Unknown<\/a>
\nLondon After Midnight<\/a>
\nFreaks<\/a>
\nDon Quixote<\/a>
\nHorror of Dracula<\/a>
\nVampyr<\/a>
\nFrankenstein<\/a>
\nKing Kong<\/a>
\nGodzilla<\/a>
\nBride of Frankenstein<\/a>
\nSon of Frankenstein<\/a>
\nBreaking Bad<\/a> (TV)
\nThe Spirit of the Beehive<\/a>
\nCria Cuervos<\/a>
\nThe Prestige<\/a>
\nThe Dark Knight Trilogy<\/a>
\nMemento<\/a>
\nInception<\/a>
\nThe Return of the King<\/a>
\nSide By Side<\/a>
\nTigerland<\/a>
\nJenna’s Piece on Wolf of Wall Street<\/a>
\nWall Street<\/a>
\nScarface<\/a>
\nBaraka<\/a>
\nSamsara<\/a>
\nKillers of the Sea<\/a>
\nShot Context<\/a>
\nSeven Samurai<\/a>
\nJane Eyre<\/a> by Charlotte Bronte
\nOliver Twist<\/a> by Charles Dickens
\nSay Anything<\/a>
\nRocky<\/a>
\nWet Hot American Summer<\/a>
\nThe Jerk<\/a>
\nRambo: First Blood Part II<\/a>
\nFirst Blood<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you would like to\u00a0sponsor an episode<\/strong>\u00a0of our podcast, you can do so for just\u00a0ten dollars<\/strong>. What a sponsorship means is that, at the beginning of one of our episodes, we will\u00a0plug<\/strong>\u00a0your product, blog, website, movie, or literally anything you want (so long as it’s legal). We will also plug it on the episode’s blog post, much like I did directly above this paragraph. If interested, drop me a line at\u00a0Cody@SmugFilm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"goodbad\"
\n1:17:43 |\u00a0View on iTunes<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Download Mp3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On this episode, I am joined by fellow Smug Film contributors John D’Amico and Jenna Ipcar.\u00a0We discuss movies we like by directors we don’t typically like, as well as movies we dislike by directors we typically like.\u00a0As always, we go on tangents along the way, take a quick break for a movie joke by comedian Anthony Kapfer<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0and then close the show with questions from our mailbag.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have a movie-related question you’d like answered on the show, leave it in the comments or email us at\u00a0Podcast@SmugFilm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you enjoy the podcast, be sure to\u00a0subscribe on iTunes<\/strong>, and leave a\u00a0rating<\/strong>\u00a0and a\u00a0comment<\/strong>\u00a0on there as well. Doing this helps us immensely\u00a0<\/em>as far as our ranking on there, which is what allows people to be able to discover us.\u00a0Word of mouth<\/strong>\u00a0is always best of all though, so\u00a0spread the word<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Movie Stuff Referenced in this Episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,3667],"tags":[3150,4144,4152,4142,582,691,4151,4128,2100,4140,4179,4148,4154,4164,2838,4189,32,3631,4160,4176,4166,3668,4127,1169,453,2673,4146,4178,4175,4168,4169,399,1826,4156,2357,2356,4132,4145,4157,4177,1530,652,594,95,4131,4137,4130,4129,4188,660,4136,4174,1867,4135,4141,3017,4183,4165,3858,2482,3669,4126,4158,800,4190,4143,414,4155,4008,699,4187,4191,997,4149,639,98,4185,411,104,185,4134,4180,2353,4171,4139,1129,2151,4167,3739,4192,4069,4147,4163,4159,4182,4170,4184,4181,4138,4172,4173,4133,4186,4072,4161,2948,4150,1990,4153,839,3700,4162],"class_list":["post-5003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allposts","category-podcast-episodes","tag-8-12","tag-a-woman-is-a-woman","tag-almost-famous","tag-alphaville","tag-back-to-the-future","tag-baraka","tag-before-sunrise","tag-best-movie-podcast","tag-breaking-bad","tag-breathless","tag-bride-of-frankenstein","tag-california-split","tag-cast-away","tag-changeling","tag-charles-dickens","tag-charlotte-bronte","tag-cody-clarke","tag-cria-cuervos","tag-dirty-harry","tag-don-quixote","tag-dont-drink-the-water","tag-film-podcast","tag-film-podcasts","tag-first-blood","tag-flight","tag-forrest-gump","tag-four-of-the-apocalypse","tag-frankenstein","tag-freaks","tag-garfield","tag-garfield-and-friends","tag-ghostbusters","tag-godzilla","tag-gran-torino","tag-gummo","tag-harmony-korine-letterman","tag-harmony-korine-on-letterman","tag-heathers","tag-high-plains-drifter","tag-horror-of-dracula","tag-inception","tag-jane-eyre","tag-jenna-ipcar","tag-john-damico","tag-julien-donkey-boy","tag-juliet-of-the-spirits","tag-ken-park","tag-kids","tag-killers-of-the-sea","tag-king-kong","tag-la-strada","tag-london-after-midnight","tag-lost-in-translation","tag-marie-antoinette","tag-masculin-feminin","tag-mash","tag-memento","tag-million-dollar-baby","tag-mister-lonely","tag-moonrise-kingdom","tag-movie-podcast","tag-movie-podcasts","tag-mystic-river","tag-nashville","tag-oliver-twist","tag-pierrot-le-fou","tag-pirate-radio","tag-play-misty-for-me","tag-rambo-first-blood-part-ii","tag-rocky","tag-samsara","tag-say-anything","tag-scarface","tag-school-of-rock","tag-seven-samurai","tag-shot-context","tag-side-by-side","tag-slacker","tag-smug-film-2","tag-smugfilm","tag-somewhere","tag-son-of-frankenstein","tag-spring-breakers","tag-star-trek-the-animated-series-dracula-dracula-spanish-version","tag-stardust-memories","tag-the-beyond","tag-the-bling-ring","tag-the-curse-of-the-jade-scorpion","tag-the-dark-knight-trilogy","tag-the-jerk","tag-the-life-aquatic","tag-the-long-goodbye","tag-the-man-with-no-name-trilogy","tag-the-outlaw-josey-whales","tag-the-prestige","tag-the-real-ghostbusters","tag-the-return-of-the-king","tag-the-spirit-of-the-beehive","tag-the-tree-of-life","tag-the-unholy-three","tag-the-unknown","tag-the-virgin-suicides","tag-tigerland","tag-trust","tag-unforgiven","tag-vampyr","tag-waking-life","tag-wall-street","tag-watchmen","tag-wet-hot-american-summer","tag-wolf-of-wall-street","tag-young-guns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5003"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7919,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003\/revisions\/7919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}