S4E02 - Monte Carlo [1930] and Trash Cinema with Katharine Coldiron

Katharine Coldiron, author of Junk Film: Why Bad Movies Matter, joins us to discuss Ernst Lubitsch’s 1930 musical MONTE CARLO. Our wide-ranging conversation covers the evolution of Lubitsch’s formal technique in the early sound era, the film’s extremely naughty lyrical content, and its gentle satire of class and gender roles. In the second half of the episode, we move on to a discussion of “junk movies”: films which, despite a distinct lack of competence on the part of their creators, achieve something of value.

Edited by Sophia Yoon

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Jonathan Mackris joins us to discuss THE SMILING LIEUTENANT. For details as to where to find this film, check out our resources page.

WORKS CITED:

Eclipse Series Essay on Monte Carlo by Michael Koresky

Junk Film by Katharine Coldiron

Anti-Masterpieces by Will Ross

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