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Eye of the Duck Wondery
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4.8 • 69 Ratings
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A podcast about movies and the scenes that make them special.
Each week, hosts Dom Nero and Adam Volerich explore a movie by finding the scene at its core–what David Lynch calls an "Eye of the Duck" scene.
Join Dom and Adam as they celebrate cinema's greatest scenes, charting franchises such as Alien, The Evil Dead, and Indiana Jones, and major movements in film history, like '80s Dark Fantasy, Winter Horror, and Cyberpunk.
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
What does a scanner see? Into the head? Down into the heart? It's A SCANNER DARKLY. Richard Linklater's take on a Philip K. Dick classic brings us one of the funniest and most heartfelt additions to our cyberpunk series. Listen in!
Next week, we take a break from cyberpunk for a very special announcement!. Join the conversation on Eye of the Discord at https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx
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Special Features
The Weight of the Line
The Austin Chronicle Richard Linklater Interview
A Scanner Darkly Production Notes
IGN A Scanner Darkly Production History
MovieWeb Robert Downey Jr. Interview
Salon Keanu Reeves Interview
Richard Linklater on Alex Jones
Philip K Dick on A Scanner Darkly
Wired A Scanner Darkly Production History
PopMatters Graham Reynolds Interview
Credits:
Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.
This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.
This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.
Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich. You can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop
The "Adam's Blu-Ray Corner" theme was produced by Chase Sterling.
This miniseries was programmed with the help of Nik Long.
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Minority Report (2002) with Patrick (H) Willems
Everybody runs, but nobody runs like Tom Cruise. Prolific video essayist Patrick Willems (!!) joins us for this extra-long MINORITY REPORT episode. We're going deep on Steven Spielberg's second entry into the cyberpunk genre, and this time, there are surveillance spiders...and sticks that make you puke!
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AI Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Spielberg, Kubrick, and one of the greatest child actor performances of all time. It's AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE! Our cyberpunk series welcomes the 21st century with one of its most captivating and heartbreaking entries. Listen in!
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eXistenZ (1999)
Bio-ports, ski boots, and guns that shoot teeth... it's eXistenZ! A film that asks, "what if your VR headset had a pulse?" Cringe with us as we break down David Cronenberg's disgusting and prescient cyberpunk thriller.
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The Matrix (1999)
This week, it's here... THE MATRIX! Built on bullet-time and broken ribs, The Wachowskis' groundbreaking and endlessly impactful classic brought cyberpunk to the masses, for better or worse... Take the red pill with us and listen in.
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Dark City (1998)
This week we enter a world where you're only known by strangers and the only constant is change... it's DARK CITY! Join us as we continue our cyberpunk series with Alex Proyas' blend of film noir angst and sci-fi surrealism.
Customer Reviews
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I was only introduced your show recently, and I am absolutely loving catching up with it. That said, and for the record, “MONSTER” is soo not a forgotten film. You guys make me feel so old. Aside from that, keep it going!
Loved the podcast until they got lazy:
Really enjoyed some of the episodes on 2001 and Interstellar and a few of my perennial favorites. They have a keen eye for film at times. But sometimes it seems like they can’t help themselves but backslide into the worn out, trite talking points of the cultural left. They do the frankly boring and lazy thing of making every bit of analysis of a film into political commentary (favoring the predictable side). So it’s a shame they masquerade as film critics when they really just want to dunk on people politically.
Eye of the Duck is a legend in the making
A binge-worthy podcast all about film. It’s hard not to be impressed with their individual and collective takes on movies, the in-depth production histories, and the overall content provided by Adam and Dom.
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