Jonathan Freilich Presents

The Double MacGuffin

The Double MacGuffin is a podcast series of conversations on film with Henry Griffin and Jonathan Freilich . There has been a two year hiatus from the first set originally published on Nolascape. Those will be migrated here. Those before 2020 have a slightly different format: they are on one movie. In our continuation it will be a double feature: two films discussed.

Double MacGuffin Ep. 4- Savage Messiah (Ken Russell) & Nightwatching (Peter Greenaway)

This week the theme of the podcast is biopics about visual artists.

Henry Griffin chose Ken Russell’s, Savage Messiah (1972) about French sculptor, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. The film features the young Helen Mirren and Dorothy Tutin.

Jonathan Freilich picked Peter Greenaway’s, Nightwatching (2007) about Rembrandt’s painting of the Nightwatch and the murderous circumstances hidden in the painting. The film stars Martin Freeman as the Dutch master.

Two really interesting movies by iconic and singular British filmmakers.

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