For decades, aspiring filmmakers have used short films as tools for learning their craft. Constrained by tiny budgets, small casts, and limited options for shooting locations, they produce complete stories ranging from five to thirty minutes in length. Visually, the films present like rough cuts. But artistically, they reveal the tendencies of these future auteurs. You might have heard of a few of them: George Lucas, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, Jean‑Luc Goddard. In this episode, we explore the short films of famous directors, so you can appreciate the humble beginnings of these filmmaking giants.

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References

Chaisson, Chris. “Why and How Short Films are Made.” Cup of Tea Critiques, 2022. https://www.cupofteacritiques.com/crumpets/why-and-how-short-films-are-made.

O’Donnell, Rory. “Starting Small: The Early Short Films of Great Directors.” ELFS Japan, 2019. https://elfsjapan.com/blog/starting-small-the-early-short-films-of-great-directors/.

Stefansky, Emma. “10 Great Short Films by Famous Directors.” Screen Crush, 2023. https://screencrush.com/short-films-by-famous-directors/.

“When 15 Famous Directors Made Films with Almost No Money,” n.d. [Film] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhno3dI4W6w.

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You may remember movies like The Mummy, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. These family‑friendly films incited a sense of adventure and stirred the imagination. So, what happened to them? They seem to have disappeared from the movie landscape over the last generation or so. In this episode of the podcast, we take a deep dive into adventure films and explore the demise of this exciting subgenre on the big screen.

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References

Millington, Ceridwen. The Death of the Adventure Movie. Flipscreened. (2022 June 27). https://flipscreened.com/2022/06/27/the-death-of-the-adventure-movie/

Molumby, Deirdre. Whatever happened to the action‑adventure movie? entertainment.ie. https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/whatever-happened-to-the-action-adventure-movie-490312/#:~:text=Action%20adventure%20movies%20have%20in,by%20a%20feeling%20of%20freshness.

The Problem with Adventure Movies Today [Film]. (2022). Like Stories of Old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MtMdAmoZK4.

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Let’s say you’re not a vegan and there is suddenly no meat available because the animals were stricken by a virus and died. We recently saw a screening of director R.T. Thorne’s 40 Acres that presents such a scenario and gives us a glimpse of what could happen when we don’t have something we have taken for granted. This got us thinking about how other films have imagined post‑apocalyptic existence and how some of the stories (perhaps many of them) seem quite conceivable. Join us on this week’s episode of the Cup of Tea Critiques Podcast as we dive into 40 Acres and other imaginings of post‑apocalyptic life.

Duck your head out of the storm shelter and leave us a comment with a list of post‑apocalyptic films that you found compelling!.

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