Ep. 58: "The Land Before Time" & Don Bluth's Melancholy [w/ Meg Shields]
Pat & Jon on Their Best Behavior
English - July 22, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBTV & Film Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Religious background: check. Depressing artistic oeuvre: check. No, we’re not talking Jon Lemay—we’re talking famed animator Don Bluth, whose work delighted and depressed all manner of children during the 80s and 90s! The boys are joined by film writer Meg Shields (author of a fantastic piece entitled "The Melancholy of Don Bluth") to discuss three of Bluth's early/best films ("The Secret of NIMH," "An American Tail," and "The Land Before Time") and Bluth's overall themes/style. We talk everything from the first tragic 10 minutes of TLBT to the superiority of the the toys at Canadian McDonald’s, as well as what everybody's excited for after Cannes 2021.
Follow Meg on Twitter (@TheWorstNun) and check out her writing at Film School Rejects, where you can also read "The Melancholy of Don Bluth": https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-melancholy-of-don-bluth-1be72847b858/
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