Neil Burger

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Season 09 | Episode 05

Neil Burger

Writer / Director / Producer

Writer/director Neil Burger discusses a few of his favorite films with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Inheritance (2025)

Tangerine (2015)

North By Northwest (1959)

*Nosferatu (1922)

Nosferatu (2024)

The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Frankenstein (1931) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary

*M (1931)

M (1951)

El Vampiro Negro (1953) – Patton Oswalt’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

*La Dolce Vita (1960)

Lolita (1963) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s review and Saturday Matinee recall

Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

8 ½ (1963) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary

*Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review 

*Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972) – John Sayles’ trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s Werner Herzog: A Guide For The Perplexed, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans (2009) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

*Eraserhead (1977) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary

Mulholland Drive (2001) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blul-ray reviews

*The American Friend (1977) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

A Man Like Eva (1984)

*Raging Bull (1980) – Dan Perri’s trailer commentary

Naked (1991)

High Hopes (1988)

Vera Drake (2004)

Mr. Turner (2014)

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

Trainspotting (1996)

Hard Truths (2024)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

*The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)

Casino (1995)

Raise The Red Lantern (1991)

Not One Less (1999)

Walking Tall (1973)

Walking Tall Part 2 (1975)

Walking Tall: Final Chapter (1977)

Billy Jack (1971)

North Dallas Forty (1979)

Semi Tough (1977) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

The Longest Yard (1974) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s Burt Reynolds tribute

The Revenant (2015) – Dennis Cozzalio’s No Fear: 2015’s Best Movies 

 

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our pals at Movies Unlimited

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Sean Baker

James Bond

Alfred Hitchcock

PBS

Our Robert Eggers podcast episode

Fritz Lang

German expressionist cinema

Peter Lorre

Joseph Losey 

The Prisoner TV series (1967-68)

Federico Fellini

Anouk Aimée

George C. Scott

Peter Sellers

Slim Pickens

Werner Herzog

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Nicolas Cage

The Daily Beast’s piece on Neil, “The Man Crazy Enough to Shoot a Spy Thriller on His iPhone” 

David Lynch

Our David Lynch tribute episode

Wim Wenders

Rainer Werner Fassbender

Martin Scorsese

Mike Leigh

David Thewlis

Zhang Yimou

Robert De Niro

Bo Hopkins

Joe Don Baker

Burt Reynolds

James Rosenquist

Bo Svenson

Mark Rothko 

Jackson Pollock

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Deadwood TV series (2004-06)

24 TV series (2001-10, 2014)

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