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A Grand Mockery (2024) (feat. Sam Dixon & Adam C. Briggs)

Episode recorded: March 21st, 2026 (03/21/2026)
This is mostly a clip-less episode.
Jay and Ryan are back with talking about A Grand Mockery, an Australian movie shot with Super 8mm films and set in the city of Brisbane, Australia. From there on, they discuss Australian film industry, how feature films rarely shot on 8mm films, and what would be the New Yorker animation equivalent to it. In the midst of it, the movie's directors Sam Dixon and Adam C. Briggs enter in and tell the creative process and inspirations behind A Grand Mockery.
A Grand Mockery is currently distributed by Yellow Veil Pictures. It is now available on video-on-demand and blu-ray. You can purchase the physical copy on Vinegar Syndrome. 
Follow Adam and Sam on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adamcbriggs/https://www.instagram.com/dickos_variety_hour/
And also, please help our co-editor Jessie get her short film Affluenza funded: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aidanserviss/affluenza-a-satirical-short-filmJessie described it as a satirical short film thematically similar to HBO’s Succession with an absurdist element. It’s about the spoiled son of an upper class family who commits a crime that could put his father’s political ambition in jeopardy, so the family hire a doctor to diagnose him for an affidavit. It’s inspired from the real-life case of Ethan Couch, who got away with vehicular manslaughter through non-existence diagnosis called Affluenza. If you like Succession the tv show and interested in the real-life case of Ethan Couch, please help Jessie to get her project off the ground on Kickstarter. The link to the crowdfunding campaign is in the description, and it is currently live until April the 2nd.
And support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ReAnimateTHISPodcast
 
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License)
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Narrator: Dom Valentini
Audio Editor: Jay Whang
 
Movies, shorts, and works that we have discussed (spoilers ahead!):
A Grand Mockery (2024), directed by Adam C. Briggs & Sam Dixon
Eraserhead (1977), directed by David Lynch
Lost Highway (1997), directed by David Lynch
Mulholland Drive (2001), directed by David Lynch
DumbLand (2002), directed by David Lynch
The Nightingale (2018), directed by Jennifer Kent
The Babadook (2014), directed by Jennifer Kent
The Loved Ones (2009), directed by Sean Byrne
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008), Directed by Mark Hartley
Lesbian Space Princess (2025), directed by Emma Hough Hobbs & Leela Varghese
Harvie Krumpet (2003), directed Adam Elliot
Bluey, created by Joe Brumm
Sable: A Ghost Story, created by Ethan M. Aldridge
YOLO (2020-2025), created by Michael Cusack
Bushworld Adventures (2018), directed by Michael Cusack
1981 (2026), directed by Andy & Carolyn London
Tango (1981), directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński
Running Up That Hill [Kate Bush Cover] (2019), directed by Meg Myers
The End of Evangelion (1997), directed by Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki 

This Episode Was Truly Born in Flames (1983)

Episode recorded: February 22nd, 2026 (02/22/2026)
Note: Yes, I made a typo on the thumbnail. And yes some of Brandyn's audio got muted out due to internet connection issue. It was too glitchy that I couldn't hear his explanation. 
Please support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/ReAnimateTHISPodcast
Black history month of February is coming to close and Brandyn of The Most Important Election of Our Lives is back with an Afro-futuristic cult classic movie Born in Flames, directed by Lizzie Borden. It was made during the No Wave Cinema movement right before the indie cinema boom of the 1990s.
What Jay and his animator co-host Ryan Castrillo didn’t expect was the NYC-set movie’s non-conformist storytelling and its surprisingly relevant political theme - and dare to confront the inherent flaws of democratic socialist alternative to then-recent Reagan’s America. To keep themselves warm during the massive blizzard in New York City, each of them share their hot takes and rebel against the conventional opinions (as long as it’s nothing problematic). Jay, Ryan, and Brandyn explore political media with non-conventional aesthetics, animated documentary with lo-fi elements, experimental animation with guerrilla filmmaking elements, and the possibility of animation media that’s rebellious inside-out. This episode was truly born in flames.
Also, check out Hellavision Television’s latest open-call C*NT-A-VISION 2: https://www.hellavisiontelevision.com/open-calls/cuntavision-2-open-call
 
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Narrator: Dom Valentini
Audio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz
 
Movies, shorts, and works that we have discussed (spoilers ahead!):
Born in Flames (1983), directed Lizzie Borden
One Battle After Another (2025), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Killers of Flower Moon (2023), directed by Martin Scorsese
The Warriors (1979), directed by Walter Hill
Network (1976), directed by Sidney Lumet
HAPPYEND (2024), directed by Neo Sora
Zero for Conduct (Zéro de conduite) (1933), directed by Jean Vigo
Frank Film (1973), directed by Frank Mouris and Caroline Mouris
Fritz the Cat (1972), directed by Ralph Bakshi
Gorillaz’s The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God, directed by Damon Albarn & Jamie Hewlett
I Died in Irpin (Я померла в Ірпені) (2024), directed by Anastasiia Falileieva
Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר) (2008), directed by Ari Folman
Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ) (1973), directed Eiichi Yamamoto
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022), directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Chainsaw Man manga series by Tatsuki Fujimoto
paul revere is here (1976), directed by Mary Beams & Susan Rubin
The works of Norm McLaren
Jim Mahfood’s Grrl Scout comics

Going on A Trip to the Moon (1902) with Winsor McCay (feat. Movies Silently)

Episode recorded: January 24th, 2026 (01/24/2026)
To start off the new season, we will be talking about a silent movie and perhaps the oldest movie we have discussed so far. Jay and his co-editor Jessie has invited Fritzi Kramer of Movies Silently, a blog that dedicates to researching silent movies, to discuss Georges Méliès, his famous short film A Trip to the Moon, his intentional colorization, Ted Turner's forced colorization that has led to the creation of National Film Registry, the early filmmaking of his era, the works of Winsor McCay, his legacy on the modern animation, The Great Train Robbery director Edwin S. Porter's live-action adaptation of McCay's Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, Porter's complicity to Topsy's electrocution, how the global filmmaking community connected with the inventor Thomas Edison, and whether Méliès's ideas would work better in the medium of animation.
And Jay has opened up a lot of cans of worms.
Because we are discussing silent movies, there are not much of audio clips. And Jay was too busy working on commissioned works that he was unable to finish the narration script, so there are no information narrations from Dom this time. Plus, we have discussed much about Georges Méliès, Winsor McCay, Edwin S. Porter, and Thomas Edison enough throughout the episode.
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
Episode edited by Jay Whang
Movies that we have discussed throughout the episode (possible spoilers ahead):
Flow (Straume) (2024), directed by Gints Zilbalodis
A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune) (1902), directed by Georges Méliès
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (Le Dirigeable fantastique ou le Cauchemar d'un inventeur) (1905), directed by Georges Méliès
Fury of the Demon (La rage du Démon) (2016), directed by Fabien Delage
À la conquête de l'air (1901), directed by Ferdinand Zecca
Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (a.k.a. Little Nemo) (1911), directed by J. Stuart Blackton & Winsor McCay
L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed by Louis Lumière
L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1896), directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière
Gertie the Dinosaur (1914), directed by Winsor McCay
Bug Vaudeville (1921), directed by Winsor McCay
Slumberland (2022), directed by Francis Lawrence
Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (1906), directed by Edwin S. Porter & Wallace McCutcheon
Electrocuting an Elephant (1903), directed by Edwin S. Porter (DON'T WATCH THAT ONE IF YOU LOVE ANIMALS AND VALUE YOUR SANITY! AND F**K EDWIN PORTER!)
Hundreds of Beavers (2022), directed by Mike Cheslik
Les Vampires (1915-16), directed by Louis Feuillade
Irma Vep (1996), directed by Olivier Assayas

NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECIAL 2025

Episode recorded: December 17th, 2025 (12/17/2025)
Jay invited most of the rotating co-hosts along with Brandyn to his apartment in Brooklyn and celebrate the New Year's Eve party. Those who couldn't make it have left their voice messages. From there on, they discuss various things, including what they are looking forward to next year.
Narration: Dom ValentiniAudio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz

Dogville (2003) - Podcast's First Season Finale

Episode recorded: November 1st, 2025 (11/01/2025)
This episode is dedicated to Scout's grandmother Susann Tafoya (1937-2025). May she rest in peace. 
We have finally reached the season finale, so Jay and Meredith will be talking about another Lars von Trier movie to bookend the very first episode. Jay brought his former mentor at the City College of New York, Emmett Goodman, along with the past guest Scout Tafoya, who was also a cast member in Jay's previous work The Tragic End of Rodney & Madlyn U., which also starred Meredith, as last-minute minute guests. (However, Scout was only available temporarily due to a different commitment and left in the middle of the recording).
Check out Emmett Goodman's works: https://www.emmettgoodman.com/
Check out Scout Tafoya's The Unloved videos on RogerEbert.com: https://www.rogerebert.com/features/the-history-of-the-unloved
And Scout's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/honorszombie
Together, we discussed Lars von Trier's Dogville, a 3-hours long idiosyncratic retelling of Bertolt Brecht's song Pirate Jenny set in an isolated American town with a very few props. We talked about the use of sexual violence as a narrative crutch, timelessness of American suburban facade , the surprisingly relevant politics regarding how the US today treats migrants and refugees, how von Trier applied Brecht's distancing effect, how to bring it into a medium of animation through mixed-media, and Lotte Reiniger's body of works. Jay wants an answer to the question that nobody has asked before: why there are only few animated works with a Brechtian distancing effect (Verfremdungseffekt)?
The original guest for this episode, Devon Manney, whose recent animated short The Wings was partially inspired from works of Bertolt Brecht, has backed out a day before the recording due to an emergency. That being said, Devon Manney agreed to answer some questions that Jay wanted to ask him on the show. Jay read Devon's responses during the podcast in regards to the possibility of using Brecht's distancing effect in animation (and why animation filmmakers don't use it often as live-action filmmakers). 
Please check out Devon's short The Wings: https://vimeo.com/1053227103?fl=pl&fe=sh
Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead):
Dogville (2003), directed by Lars von Trier
Irréversible (2002), directed by Gaspar Noé
The Wings (2025), directed by Devon Manney
My Love Affair with Marriage (2022), directed by Signe Baumane
The Girl Without Hands (La Jeune Fille sans mains) (2016), directed by Sébastien Laudenbach
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) (1916), directed by Lotte Reiniger
Die Nibelungen (1924), directed by Fritz Lang
Rooty Toot Toot (1951), directed by John Hubley
BoJack Horseman, created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Neon Genesis Evangelion, created by Hideaki Anno
The works of Stan Brakhage
The works of Robert Breer
The works of Greg & Myles McLeod
The works of David O'Reilly
Most of sources that I have cited:
Khoshniat, Ahmad. “Bertolt Brecht’s Soul in the Body of Experimental Animation: Common Audiovisual Strategies between Epic Theatre and Robert Breer’s Short Animations.” AVANCA | CINEMA, no. 13 (October 30, 2022). https://doi.org/10.37390/avancacinema.2022.a369.
Willett, J. (Ed.). (1977). Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic (13th ed.). HILL and WANG.
Fusini, Letizia. “Cross-Cultural Encounters in World Theatre: Bertolt Brecht, the ‘Alienation’ Effect and Chinese Drama.” The Theatre Times, May 20, 2018. https://thetheatretimes.com/cross-cultural-encounters-world-theatre-bertolt-brecht-alienation-effect-chinese-drama/.
Fox, Jesse David. “BoJack Horseman’s Raphael Bob-Waksberg on Why Puns Are like ‘math, Sex, and Comedy’ All in One.” Vulture, July 26, 2016. https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/bojack-horseman-has-so-many-puns.html.
Rosenfield, Esther. “‘the End of Evangelion’ and Stan Brakhage.” Medium, April 4, 2019. https://medium.com/@EstherRosenfield/the-end-of-evangelion-and-stan-brakhage-e57fb668181f.
Sergeant, Alexander. “Before Walt Disney, There Was Lotte Reiniger – the Story of the World’s First Animated Feature.” The Conversation, October 3, 2025. https://theconversation.com/before-walt-disney-there-was-lotte-reiniger-the-story-of-the-worlds-first-animated-feature-125091.
Benjamin, W. "The Author as Producer," (27 April 1934) collected in Understanding Brecht. Verso: 1998. pp. 85-103
Information segments narration: Dom ValentiniAudio Editor: Jay Whang

The Cell (2000) - HALLOWEEN 2025 SPECIAL

Note: We have faced some technical issues before, during, and after the recording. We recorded this episode while Brandyn was on his way back home and taking subways. You are about to hear some roughed audio quality.
Recording date: October 18th, 2025 (10/18/2025)
Brandyn from The Most Important Election of Our Lives is back for this Halloween special episode. We will be talking about one movie of Brandyn's choice, and it is Tarsem Singh's trippy psychological thriller The Cell, starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, and Vincent D'Onofrio. We have gone on several tangents, explored the theme of empathy, depiction of mental illness in the media, shoddy CGIs, talked about the Parajayan influences in Tarsem Singh's works, Meredith's love for the Brothers Quay, and more!
And special shout out to Bailey Wolfe! Listen to The Most Important Election of Our Lives podcast episode featuring her: https://podcasts.apple.com/bo/podcast/gunpla-vs-nato-regulations/id1793488824?i=1000723841922&l=en-GB
Movies & shorts that we have discussed (spoilers ahead!):
The Cell (2000), directed by Tarsem Singh
The Fall (2006), directed by Tarsem Singh
The Silence of the Lambs (1991), directed by Jonathan Demme
The Color of Pomegranates (Նռան գույնը) (1969), directed by Sergei Parajanov
Sanatorium Under the Sign of Hourglass (2024), directed by Timothy and Stephen Quay
Street of Crocodiles (1986), directed by Timothy and Stephen Quay
Information segments narration: Dom ValentiniAudio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz

The Crow (1994) - Grunge-Rock Orpheus

Episode recorded: September 10th, 2025
The September 2025 slot was empty, so Jay and his another rotating co-host Dom filled that up by discussing the movie of the latter's choice - Alex Proyas’s film adaptation of James O’Barr’s indie comic book series of the same name The Crow (1994). 
From now on, we are inserting some scripted segments that give you some background information (about the movie’s summary, director’s biography, etc.). All of the segments are voiced by Dom Valentini himself.
We are going to discuss the 1994 movie starring the late Brandon Lee, that period of time when the city of Detroit was a common punchline, James O’Barr’s original comic book that was influenced by the tragic death of his loved one, the indie comic book scene, Marcell Jankovics’s poetic black-and-white animated shorts, his fascination with mythology, an adult animated movie that actually take the theme of violence seriously, and deconstructing all of the wasted potentials of the 2024 reboot.
And shout out to the Bad Princess Movies podcast!
https://badprincessmovies.podbean.com/
 
Additional credit: that audio clip (25:51) is from this youtube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ysyZF-DZFY
 
Movies and short films that we will (mostly) be talking about (spoilers ahead!):
The Crow (1994), directed by Alex Proyas
The Struggle (Küzdők) (1977), directed by Marcell Jankovics
Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) (1981), directed by Marcell Jankovics
Prometheus (1992), directed by Marcell Jankovics
Princess (2006), directed by Anders Morganthaler
The Crow (2024), directed Rupert Sanders
Into and Outro music: Scorpions sting by Celeste3
https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/scorpions-sting
And please help her out: https://ko-fi.com/pupceleste
If you have questions, suggestions, or interested to be on the show, let Jay know: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com
 

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), The Devil Rides Out (1968), and The Gorgon (1964) (feat. Ali Khamseh)

Episode recorded: August 10th, 2025
Jay and his co-editor Jessie Hymowitz invited Ali Khamseh, a Hammer Horror movie fan from Iran, and talked about three movies of his choice: the underappreciated Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), and two Hammer Horror movies with the great Christopher Lee (The Devil Rides Out and The Gorgon). We talked about the unexpected genre materials from Iran, how Kerry Conran's tragic flop predicted both the blockbuster & low-budget filmmaking trends of the 2020s, the historical context of the old Hammer Horror movies, and the magic of stop-motion animation.
Movies that we will be (mostly) discussing:
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), directed by Kerry Conran
Sin City (2005), directed by Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller
Hundreds of Beavers (2022), directed by Mike Cheslik
The Lion King (2019), directed by Jon Favreau
The Devil Rides Out (1968), directed by Terence Fisher
The Gorgon (1964), directed by Terence Fisher
ParaNorman (2012), directed by Sam Fell & Chris Butler
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), directed by Travis Knight
Stopmotion (2023), directed by Robert Morgan
Please follow Ali here (note: 88 in Ali's usernames meant the Persian calendar year of 1388 when he made his first email account):
His YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJOSmbfG5-nW79Q7I3OyyTw
His 2nd YouTube channel (AK88): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP37QXeEcOQ5vJpQKgnph1w
His Letterboxd account: https://letterboxd.com/AKhamseh88/
His Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/akhamseh88/
His own podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/akhamseh88/
 
Audio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz
 
Into and Outro music: Scorpions sting by Celeste3
https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/scorpions-sting
And please help her out: https://ko-fi.com/pupceleste
 
If you have questions, suggestions, or interested to be on the show, let Jay know: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com
 

Thoroughbreds (2017) + Perfect Blue (1997) = Getting Rid of Your Step-Dad in a Satoshi Kon Way

Episode recorded: July 19th, 2025 (07/19/2025)
Meredith Nudo is back along with another rotating co-host Alex Beige. We are going to discuss Cory Finley's directorial feature debut Thoroughbreds (2017) and how it is compatible with the overall style of, as Meredith argues, Satoshi Kon's psychological thriller classic Perfect Blue (1997). We're also discussing the challenges of adapting plays into feature films (with Alex Beige, the actual playwright, giving their two cents onto this subject), the filmography of Brian De Palma, the use of ambiguities in movies, and Jay's own ideas of animated adaptation of theatrical plays. And we still miss the late Anton Yelchin.
And also, check out the play Let. Her. Rip..
Movies that we will be (mostly) discussing:
Thoroughbreds (2017), directed by Cory Finley
Perfect Blue (パーフェクトブルー) (1997), directed by Satoshi Kon
Nothing (2003), directed by Vincenzo Natali
Carrie (1976), directed by Brian De Palma
Goodnight Mommy (Ich Seh Ich Seh) (2014), directed by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
Into and Outro music: Scorpions sting by Celeste3
https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/scorpions-sting
And please help her out: https://ko-fi.com/pupceleste
 
If you have questions, suggestions, or interested to be on the show, let Jay know: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com
 

Marquis (1989) - Podcast's first NSFW episode

Episode recorded: June 14th, 2025 (06/14/2025)
This is where me and my new co-host Madzy Williams will be talking about the adult-only, French-language anthropomorphic animal puppet movie about the notorious Marquis during the French revolution and it has a talking peepee. And we discuss how I could turn that into a cut-out animated show made for late-night television audiences.
But here are a few things I would like to share.
One, Meredith will be back next month. We will be talking about a movie that she has mentioned in the end of the first episode.
Two, the composer of this podcast’s intro and outro music, Pupceleste, is soon moving out and need some money. I would like you all to donate some to her moving expenses. Her ko-fi link address is: https://www.ko-fi.com/pupceleste.
Three, there are protests going on around the world. And we recorded this during the NoKing protest on June the 14th. If you are still planning to go outside and participate in local demonstrations, here are my advice: Have your mask up, have your goggles on, bring a water bottle, carry some extra cash, don’t take photos of protestors, have your phone airplane mode on, and write down emergency contact and legal counsel numbers on your arm. Stay safe wherever you are.
Finally, this will be a very special episode in a way that it’s perhaps our first NSFW episode. We will be talking about the lowest of the lows in the history and it will contain some triggering subjects.
To list most of CONTENT WARNINGS: the mention of both actual and alleged sex offenders – such as the Marquis de Sade, Roman Polanski, Bill Cosby, Justin Roiland, and John Kricfalusi, sexual assaults, rape jokes, coprophilia, fascism, furries, a talking penis, and live-action remake of Disney animated movies.
And also, this podcast is not sponsored by Raytheon.
Movies that we mainly talk about in this episode (and spoilers ahead):
Marquis (1989), directed by Henri Xhonneux
Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage) (1973), directed René Laloux
The Tenant (Le locataire) (1976), directed by Roman Polanski
Quills (2000), directed by Philip Kaufman
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma) (1975), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
I would like to give a shout out to French YouTuber Nicolas Delage for spending 4 years to make a video on this movie and meeting with people behind it. His video was very helpful for my research.
https://youtu.be/GRsNPytxMdg
And also, my birthday is coming up. (Yup, I am a Cancer baby!) I would like to receive some gifts form you all listeners. https://throne.com/designergaze
If you have questions, suggestions, or interested to be on the show, let Jay know: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com