#868: A Conversation with Kogonada (After Yang) / Madness Finals

With his first two films, 2017's “Columbus” and the new AFTER YANG, director Kogonada has established a meditative style of filmmaking that rewards close attention. “After Yang” takes place in a near-future that’s populated by techno-sapiens, clones, and self-driving cars, but its characters struggle with all too familiar things like death, grief, and the meaning of life. In his conversation with the director, Adam asks about Kogonada’s preoccupation with grieving, the quiet, non-confrontational style of his films, and the origins of “After Yang”s thrilling title sequence. We also share a recent review of “Yang” from our sister podcast, The Next Picture Show, hosted by Tasha Robinson, Scott Tobias, Genevieve Koski, and Keith Phipps. Plus, the championship round of Filmspotting Madness - Best of the ‘70s.

0:00 - Billboard
0:58 - Interview: Kogonada
Mitski, “Glide”
47:15 - Next Week / Notes
51:39 - Filmspotting Madness—Best of the ’70s
1:00:12 - The Next Picture Show: “After Yang”
1:27:44 - Outro

LINKS

• AFTER YANG title sequence

• The Next Picture Show

• Filmspotting Madness - Best of the ‘70s

• Camera Man: Buster Keaton, The Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century by Dana Stevens

• Films of Endearment: A Mother, a Son, and the 80’s Films That Defined Us by Michael Koresky

• The Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro: Histories of the Everyday by Woojeong Joo

• “What the Year’s Best Sci-Fi Movie Has To Say About Asian Identity and Adoption” by Sam Adams

• “After Yang Intentionally Subverts Sci-Fi’s Fetishistic ‘Hollow Asian’ Trope” by Leo Kim

• “After Yang is a Gorgeous Movie About the Life and Death of a Robot” by Alison Willmore