Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 2: Slumdog Millionaire (+ WALL-E and films of 2008)

Update: 2024-08-09

Description

In Part 2 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid pick up in the midst of the Crisis of 2008 to examine the films that hit it big that year and discover why those films thrived in the chaos.

Topics and films mentioned:

Wikipedia: 2007–2008 financial crisis

Slumdog Millionaire, 2008, directed by Danny Boyle

Trailer: Slumdog Millionaire

Poster #1: Slumdog Millionaire

Poster #2: Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture

Wikipedia: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Wikipedia: Cool Britannia

Star Wars, Braveheart, The Matrix, The Hunger Games

The Devil Wears Prada, 2006, directed by David Frankel

The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006, directed by Gabriele Muccino

The Dark Knight, 2008, directed by Christopher Nolan

Iron Man, 2008, directed by Jon Favreau

WALL·E, 2008, directed by Andrew Stanton

Oh, Bloody Life, 1984, directed by Péter Bacsó

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Act 1, Part 4: The Anti Hero's Journey

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Act 1, Part 2: Voiceovers

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Act 1, Part 1: The Basics

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Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 4: The Social Network, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (+ films of 2010)

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Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 3: Up in the Air (+ films of 2009)

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Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 2: Slumdog Millionaire (+ WALL-E and films of 2008)

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Patter, Part 2: Trivia + Screwball comedies, the 60s, neo-noir, and more!

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Act 1, Part 3: The Bad

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Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 2: Slumdog Millionaire (+ WALL-E and films of 2008)

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Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 2: Slumdog Millionaire (+ WALL-E and films of 2008)

Post Script

Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 2: Slumdog Millionaire (+ WALL-E and films of 2008)