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One of the very last original American film exchanges exists in Oklahoma City, and after a century of being used as a movie theater it's now less than a month away from being discontinued. Luckily, the Oklahoma Film Exchange has been created to keep that from happening.

Why should Oklahomans and non-Oklahomans alike care about preserving this piece of film history?

Well, Dalton Stuart and Nick Sanford are here to give you the big pitch - the historical context of this little theater, the cultural importance of keeping it going, and why the Oklahoma Film Exchange, with a little bit of financial help, can turn it into a hub for movie lovers inside and outside of the state for the foreseeable future.

Go to SaveFilmRow.com to learn more, or go straight to the Indiegogo to donate now, and remember to spread the word! The help is needed, the help is appreciated!

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Happy 2025! All things must end, and Death By Movies says farewell and rings in the new year with a mammoth, star-studded celebration of one of the most emotionally impactful movies of all time - Steven Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - and why we need movies, both individually and culturally.

Thank you all so much for listening to and supporting the show. Talk movies with the people you love - there's nothing better in the world.

00:00 - Intro and waxing poetic.

21:24 - Chat Pile frontman Raygun Busch returns to talk about why E.T. means so much to him, argue about Close Encounters and the Avatar movies, rank his ten favorite Spielberg movies, and more!
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1:36:34 - OKC film and music reviewer Brett Fieldcamp (KGOU and The Oklahoma City Free Press) had insanely never seen E.T. before, but with great authority still sheds some light on the musical approach of John Williams, talk about fatherhood and the depiction of children in Hollywood movies, deconstruct Papa Steve's strengths and weaknesses, and more!
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03:20:50 - Artist/philosopher Shawn Barfield interrogates the mood setting of the early 1980s, comparing and contrasting Spielberg's work to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and George Lucas's Star Wars, considers what kind of art changes the world, and more!
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03:47:16 - Kirsten Therkelson had also insanely never seen E.T. before, and things sure get kooky as we get into safety practices for children on set in Hollywood movies, Mac and Me, the cycles of sincerity and irony reflected in pop culture, and more!
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04:52:30 - Resident little stinker and GoodTrash co-host Dalton Stuart helps land the plane by answering absolutely cocaine-fueled mailbag questions, how cinema has and hasn't evolved, where film culture and discourse is now, and what we hope the future holds.
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Andrew McDonald (andrewww.mp4) stops by to bid a final farewell to the podcast he helped build with the second to the last episode of the feed, and of course we're talking about Peter Jackson's J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

We dig into foundational things, like Tolkien's preference of applicability over allegory, what his background as a linguist did in shaping the story, the bazooka this fires at Joseph Campbell's hero's journey, the interconnectedness of existence, and why The Lord of the Rings might be the best story ever told.

We also dive into Peter Jackson and team's adaptation choices, his directorial style (or lack thereof), Howard Shore's transcendent score, the simple structure of The Fellowship of the Ring, the insane structure of The Two Towers, the ethics of the Return of the King post-production, and much, much more.

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Lord of the Rings: How Music Elevates Story

Why TV Is Wrong For Tolkien

Helm's Deep: How To Film An Epic Battle

How Ian McKellen Acts With His Eyes

Middle Earth and The Perils of Worldbuilding

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Tolkien

Tolkien's Secret Vice

The Complete Philosophy of The Lord of the Rings

Heroism and Moral Victory - The Lord of the Rings

Peter Jackson's Most Profound Change to the Lord of the Rings

A Mythology of Hope - The Lord of the Rings

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