King Kong (1933) w/ Graham Skipper
"They said it couldn't be filmed – but it was! See it and ask – what if such a thing could happen?" Horror expert and "literally wrote the book on big monsters" author Graham Skipper swings by the pod to talk everyone's big ape buddy King Kong. We'll talk the birth of the blockbuster, palpable personality in a stop-motion creature, and why the Kong iconography remains so powerful 90 years later.
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"They said it couldn't be filmed – but it was! See it and ask – what if such a thing could happen?"
Horror expert and "literally wrote the book on big monsters" author Graham Skipper swings by the pod to talk everyone's big ape buddy King Kong. We'll talk the birth of the blockbuster, palpable personality in a stop-motion creature, and why the Kong iconography remains so powerful 90 years later.
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Hosts:
Michael Natale
Tom Lorenzo
Producer:
Kyle Lampar
Guest:
Graham Skipper
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