Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Kimi + Top 5 Hitchcockian Movies

Steven Soderbergh’s “Kimi” (2022) is a timely movie about invasive technology and Covid-19—and a Hitchcockian throwback to the era of paranoid thrillers. Speaking of Hitch, his work inspired *many* movies. So many there's a name for it. We list our top five favorites. Social media Instagram @thefilmographers Bluesky: @thefilmographers.bsky.social Letterboxd @filmographers Website: https://filmographerspodcast.com/ Join our Pateron! patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Credits Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts Kevin Lau, producer Gompson, theme music Cosmo Graff, graphic design Time stamps: 0:00 – A movie about life during Covid-19 1:10 – “I once made a movie, rather tongue-in-cheek, called ‘Psycho’” 2:39 – Keir’s one-sentence description 3:09 – “Bad ideas do scale faster than good ideas” 5:06 – How “Kimi” came together 11:55 – “The idea occurred to David Koepp before Covid” 14:15 – Keir’s review 19:01 – Mike’s review 24:17 – Top 5 Hitchcockian Films 25:14 – Mike: “Diabolique” 26:54 – Keir: “The Third Man” 28:26 – Mike: “Peeping Tom” 30:28 – Keir: “Cape Fear” 31:08 – Mike: “Blow Out” 31:52 – Keir: “Body Double” 32:33 – Mike: “Kimi” 33:39 – Keir: “Get Out” 34:41 – Mike: “With a Friend Like Harry” 36:12 – Keir: “Parasite” 37:08 – A mutual also-ran: “Under the Silver Lake” 39:50 – Mike’s honorable mentions: “Charade,” “Night Train to Munich,” & “Repulsion” 40:10 – Keir’s honorable mentions: “A Simple Plan,” “The Big Clock,” & “Breakdown” 41:23 – “Everybody else is sort of muddle-headed and bird-brained” 42:03 – Cliff Martinez channels Bernard Herrmann 45:35 – Is what Soderbergh’s doing . . . worth it? 57:00 – Critical response 57:50 – “A nifty little addition to the shut-in canon” Sources: https://collider.com/kimi-steven-soderbergh-zoe-kravitz-interview-filming-style-tech-fears/ https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/the-film-comment-podcast-steven-soderbergh-on-kimi/ https://www.npr.org/2022/02/11/1079849080/kimi-review-steven-soderbergh-zoe-kravitz https://www.forbes.com/sites/anharkarim/2022/02/07/kimi-screenwriter-on-depicting-the-pandemic-and-recalling-spider-man/ https://collider.com/kimi-steven-soderbergh-zoe-kravitz-interview-filming-style-tech-fears/ https://ew.com/movies/zoe-kravitz-steven-soderbergh-kimi-interview/ https://www.ign.com/articles/kimi-trailer-steven-soderbergh-interview-zoe-kravitz