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Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar Noé, Rachel Brosnahan, Amy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

Ep744: IndieSeen: GOODBYE, DRAGON INN

Ep744: IndieSeen: GOODBYE, DRAGON INN

Ian Simmons

This month, Ian and Sujewa look at a very unusual movie about movies: Ming-Liang Tsai's Goodbye, Dragon Inn!

The guys return to their Slow Cinema roots with this glacially paced drama centering on the closing of a Taiwanese art theatre. Sujewa says it works as a rare example of Buddhist art-as-cinema. Ian appreciates its commitment to capturing a very specific cultural moment in time.

But does it work as a movie?

Find out in this lively lesson in patience and world religions--which also features a surprising update on Sujewa's film, The Secret Society for Slow Romance!

Timestamps:

  • Intro: 0:00 - 0:10

  • Slow Romance Update: 0:11 - 13:11

  • Goodbye, Dragon Inn Discussion: 13:12 - 45:43

  • Outro: 45:44 - 48:29

Show Links:

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