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A one-of-a-kind podcast dedicated to the making and legacy of director Jan de Bont's 1994 summer blockbuster SPEED. Hosted by @kristapley.bsky.social.
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A celebration of Speed reaching 30 which encompassed so much more about cinema, storytelling & the 1990s. A terrific podcast project.

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50 MPH
Film Interviews Podcast · 53 Episodes · Updated weekly
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December 31, 2024 at 9:54 AM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

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Wishing SPEED a happy 30th anniversary with the series finale of 50 MPH! Pop the cork in celebrating the conclusion of a year-long project and settle in for the story behind it all.

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50 MPH / One More for the Road - 50 MPH
It's the series finale of 50 MPH! Raise a glass to SPEED on the film's 30th anniversary as we celebrate a year(s)-long endeavor and drive off into the sunset.
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June 10, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Next week on 50 MPH…
June 9, 2024 at 11:41 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

It’s the official 50 MPH commentary track for SPEED! What better way to recap the year than watching along with your humble host, @kristapley, as he tosses out facts and figures while directing you to this or that episode along the way?

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49 MPH / The Official 50 MPH Speed Commentary Track - 50 MPH
The end is nigh for 50 MPH, but before we bring things home, a recap is in order. What better way than the official 50 MPH commentary track for SPEED?
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June 3, 2024 at 3:29 PM
"This movie shouldn't be compelling! It's about courtrooms and corporate malfeasance, tobacco scientists and news guys — and it's crackling. And it leaves you in a place of intense emotion and feeling for this character that you followed the whole time."

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May 31, 2024 at 6:21 PM
"This film could have been a huge folly, and I think it's, instead, maybe the greatest war film ever made. It's this perfect fusion of Malick's spiritual and kind of ecological interests. I think it's one of the greatest movies of all time."

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May 31, 2024 at 6:20 PM
"It's this noir pastiche, basically, that never feels pastiche-y. It never feels like they're playing kind of dress-up. It's completely immersed in the style and the rules and the tropes of that genre and plays by them perfectly, but surprisingly, still."

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May 30, 2024 at 7:08 PM
"I was absolutely mesmerized by this story of connection and human isolation between two souls brought together at random. And the kind of color-coding of it, that a film could use visuals as a kind of language and in such thematic ways."

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May 28, 2024 at 5:32 PM
"It's this sprawling, Altman-esque kind of thing, but it's so infused with who Linklater is. You really feel like a filmmaker is in there talking to you. And he found something special and true and beautiful about nostalgia to work into this movie."

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May 27, 2024 at 9:58 PM
"It has the greatest film editing we've ever seen in a movie, some of the best cinematography we've ever seen in a movie. Whatever one might think of the content, there's just something about the power of the image and the power of montage in that movie."

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May 27, 2024 at 4:34 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

We’ve charted SPEED’s place among the top action movies and debuts of the ‘90s. Now the discussion turns to the decade’s best films, period, as Variety and Guardian film critic Guy Lodge joins the cause for a year-by-year assessment.

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48 MPH / The Best Films of the ’90s - 50 MPH
Rounding out a three-week focus on SPEED's place in the '90s movie canon, 50 MPH welcomes film critic Guy Lodge to discuss the best films of the decade, period.
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May 27, 2024 at 4:33 PM
"I find this movie so emotional that it just sort of reduces me to this day. It’s about fighting for your dreams and breaking boundaries and becoming more than what you were supposed to be. It blows me away.”

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May 23, 2024 at 11:38 PM
"The primal quality that made cinema, cinema for the last 100 years is people asking that question, 'What is going to happen next?' That addiction to storytelling is the engine of cinema, and that’s what Quentin Tarantino brought back in this film."

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May 23, 2024 at 5:07 PM
"KEVIN'S GATE, if you will. But I think he showed everyone on that score. I think it gets too much hate largely because of what it beat at the Oscars. It’s just assured filmmaking and I miss this kind of thing."

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May 21, 2024 at 5:35 PM
“There’s something economical and taut that feels like such a rarity today when I look at this movie. It’s so cool to see all the style that they’re going to apply to THE MATRIX, applied to something this boiled-down.”

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May 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM
“I thought David Fincher made a remarkable choice. It is suffused with this real horror and kind of shivery dread, but it’s less of a propulsive horror ride than either of the first two. It is a real art film: slow, brooding, quiet.”

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May 20, 2024 at 3:18 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

Continuing a three-week analysis of the ‘90s and SPEED’s place among the era’s most indelible movies, Variety chief film critic Owen Gleibefman joins in to discuss the best directorial debuts of the decade!

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47 MPH / The Best Directorial Debuts of the ’90s - 50 MPH
In a continuing series charting SPEED's place in '90s cinema, Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman joins in to discuss the decade's greatest directorial debuts.
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May 20, 2024 at 2:56 PM
"You can view this movie as really pulpy, but I think Ed Harris and David Morse’s performances as these conflicted generals transcend summer silliness and turn this movie into a piece of actual legitimate political cinema."

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May 17, 2024 at 5:14 PM
"This is just a film that encapsulates the bombastic madness and excess of ‘90s action cinema. It’s gleefully disreputable, a movie that is just a big bucket of popcorn flying at you at 100 miles an hour."

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May 15, 2024 at 12:27 AM
“It’s interesting that the ‘80s are the classical era in action filmmaking and the ‘90s are postclassical, because my two picks for number 10 are what I would consider two great subversions and analyses of the action genre.”

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May 14, 2024 at 5:05 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

Are you ready for three weeks of '90s natter? We begin with Philip Gawthorne and Liam Billingham, hosts of the Die Hard on a Blank podcast, as they help us count down the decade's best action movies! (Bonus debate: What even IS an action movie?)

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46 MPH / The Best Action Movies of the ’90s - 50 MPH
It's time to place SPEED in the context of '90s cinema, beginning with an assessment of the decade's best action movies. Featuring the hosts of Die Hard on a Blank.
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May 14, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Buckle up as we SPEED to the finish line.
May 10, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Keanu Reeves: "Let's talk about the fire of Jan de Bont. His dedication and his perseverance and his energy and the inventiveness that he brought to the project."

Sandra Bullock: "It’s because of Jan that I have, probably, my career."

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May 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM
"He’s so brave. It’s so much fun to watch what he gets into next, because you know the last thing that he finished is not going to be anything like the next thing that he starts."

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May 8, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Keanu Reeves on Dennis Hopper: "He was so good. You feel like, when you’re acting with him, it’s almost improvisational. But he’s so on script, and so ridiculously absurd and fantastic. But he was never condescending to the material."

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May 7, 2024 at 6:54 PM