Digger (& Verity) : or, How We Need to Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Cinematic Catastrophes #199

Cris, Varun & Ashwin wanted to talk about "Digger" & "Verity" during Dhruv's beloved Spooktober. But two of them bailed out for NO VALID REASON WHATSOEVER, so Dhruv had to subject himself to the horrifically unfunny catastrophe that is Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu & Tom Cruise's "Digger." Arijit joins Dhruv and Cris on this episode to push back against their uncompromising hatred towards "Digger" and its brand of -- in their words -- "unfunny, anti-intellectual postmodernism." Unsurprisingly, the internet discourse surrounding "Digger" is also widely discussed, with Dhruv and Cris doing their level best to convince Arijit why most of the film's (re)appraisals don't hold up. All in all, an extended discussion about (& around) the film -- which, I suppose, is considered a win for the film's intentions, regardless of its actual (cinematic) qualities. Conversely, Cris then -- briefly -- trashes Michael Showalter's "Verity" for not being very trashy. Listen to the full episode to hear a lot of (hopefully) informed bitching and (hopefully) productive discourse. You are most welcome to tell us if it wasn't informed or productive -- we will not quote it back to you and say that you're wrong for thinking so because we intended it to be otherwise! Major spoilers for "Digger" & "Verity"! TIMECODES Introduction: [00:00 - 04:39] The "Digger" Takedown - [04:39 - 24:27] The "Digger" Defense - [24:27 - 32:30] The "Digger" Debate(s) - [32:30 - 01:15:19] The "Verity" Rant (ft. Cris) - [01:15:19 - 01:36:49] Outro - [01:36:49 - 01:39:19] Do hit 'Follow' on Spotify if you haven't already to help the podcast reach more people! Follow our Instagram page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/queenisdead.filmpodcast.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow us on Instagram at: ARIJIT: https://www.instagram.com/_tentinquarantino_/. CRIS: https://www.instagram.com/criscritiques/. DHRUV: https://www.instagram.com/terminalcinema/. You can also follow us on Letterboxd at - ARIJIT: https://letterboxd.com/nostradamus/. CRIS: https://letterboxd.com/crislim/. DHRUV: https://letterboxd.com/aterminalcinema/.