Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Jay Coyle and Darren Mooney, with special guest Carl Sweeney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.
This time, continuing our Summer of Scorsese season with a crossover with The Movie Palace, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo.
Martin Scorsese is one of the defining directors in American cinema, with a host of massively successful (and cult) hits that have shaped and defined cinema across generations: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, New York, New York, Goodfellas, Kundun, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street. The Summer of Scorsese season offers a trip through his filmography via the IMDb‘s 250.
Hugo Cabret is a twelve-year-old kid living and hiding in the industrial spaces behind a central Paris railway station. Recovering from the loss of his father, Hugo is desperate to repair the damaged automaton that is the last connection that he shares with his deceased parent. The mystery leads Hugo to a strange and lonely old man operating a kiosk, and into a whole new world.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the Internet Movie Database‘s list of the best movies of all-time.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 20th October 2020.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
- A special podcast episode recorded with Carl. He was a very gracious host.
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- Hugo on the Internet Movie Database.
- Tatiana Siegel at Variety reports on Chris Wedge being hired to direct Hugo, May 2008.
- Kevin McFarland at Wired reports on the genesis and development of Monster Trucks, January 2017.
- Ryan Faughnder at The Los Angeles Times looks at Monster Trucks as the year’s first flop, January 2017.
- Sarah Whitten at CNBC reports on the financial disaster of Monster Trucks and its impact on Paramount, September 2016.
- Brooks Barnes at The New York Times on the regime change at Paramount following the box office failures of Monster Trucks and Silence, March 2017.
- Martin Scorsese talks to The Hollywood Reporter about what inspired him to make Hugo, November 2011.
- Martin Scorsese talks to The Hollywood Reporter about his connection to Hugo, February 2012.
- Manohla Dargis reviews Hugo for The New York Times, November 2011.
- Michael Cieply at The New York Times on the battle between The Artist and Hugo for Best Picture, January 2012.
- Gregg Kilday at The Hollywood Reporter on the Oscar battle waged between The Artist and Hugo, February 2012.
- Melena Ryzik at The New York Times argues that Hugo was the only viable contender against The Artist, February 2012.
- Kevin Jacobsen at Film Trophies on how The Artist won the Best Picture Oscar against Hugo, November 2017.
- Daniel Eagan at The Smithsonian Magazine on the explosion of interest in silent cinema following the success of The Artist and Hugo, December 2011.
- Manohla Dargis at The New York Times on how The Artist and Hugo dominated a season of movies about movies, December 2011.
- Stephen Farber at The Daily Beast on the trend of “movies about movies”, December 2011.
- A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis at The New York Times discuss the awards season of movies celebrating cinema, December 2011.
- Erin McCarthy at Popular Mechanics looks back on the revival of 3D, April 2009.
- Leah Carroll at The Atlantic on the use of 3D photography on The Cave of Forgotten Dreams, April 2011.
- Martin Scorsese ponders the use of 3D with Deadline, November 2011.
- Matt Goldberg at Collider reports on the latest death of 3D cinema, April 2018.
- Martin Loiperdinger on Arrival of the Train as “cinema’s founding myth”, Spring 2004.
- Genevieve Yue discusses the use of cinema history in Hugo for Reverse Shot, October 2014.
- J. Hoberman at The Guardian on the metaphor of cinema as magic in Hugo, February 2012.
- Graham King talks to The Los Angeles Times about the troubled production and release of Hugo, February 2012.
- Ali Gray at The Shiznit on the inevitable box office bombing of Hugo, November 2011.
- Rodrigo Perez at IndieWire looks back on the flops of the year, December 2011.
- Scott Meslow at The Atlantic on the battle between Hugo and The Muppets as a battle between two kinds of kids’ movies, November 2011.
- Seattle Met on the battle between Hugo and The Muppets, November 2011.
- The Muppets releases a trailer riffing on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, September 2011.
- Sandra Gonzalez at Mashable on Kermit the Frog’s new girlfriend, Denise, September 2015.
- Bobbie Johnson at The Guardian goes in-depth on the wonders of Avatar, August 2009.
- E.M. Taboada at No Film School on the trend toward post-conversation 3D, May 2012.
- Paul Bullock at The Huffington Post on post-conversion 3D in Prometheus and The Great Gatsby, May 2012.
- James Cameron talks to The Wrap about converting Titanic to 3D, April 2012.
- James Camerson talks to Wired about converting Terminator 2: Judgment Day into 3D, August 2017.
- Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell discuss Hugo‘s artistry at Observations on Film Art, December 2011.
- Sacha Baron Cohen talks to Movie Fanatic about working with Martin Scorsese on Hugo, November 2011.
- Sacha Baron Cohen talks to NPR about his reception at the Academy Awards while promoting both Hugo and The Dictator, May 2012.
- Sacha Baron Cohen and Martin Scorsese appear on SNL to promote The Dictator, May 2012.
- Dragon Frame reports on the use of stop motion in Hugo, December 2011.
- Computer Graphics World reports on the use of computer-generated imagery in making Hugo, December 2011.
- Mekado Murphy at The New York Times takes a look at the beautiful production design of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, January 2012.
- Henry Fountain at The New York Times on the automaton that inspired the one featured in Hugo, December 2011.
- Abby Ohlheiser at The Atlantic on the loss of so many classic silent movies, December 2013.
- Subarna Ganguly at The Culture Trip looks back on the early films of George Méliès, December 2016.
- Susan King at The Los Angeles Times on how Hugo revived interest in Georges Méliès, November 2011.
- Ken Lombardi at CBS News on how Hugo reflects both the past and the future of cinema, November 2011.
- Martin Scorsese writes at The New York Times about the future of cinema, November 2019.
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