The Conversation Posts

Episode 24 is out! This time Rune and Tryggvi try to understand modern day female superheroes in the shape of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman and SKAM’s muslim teenager Sana. Also, somebody mentions France (again), there are some superhero tears and of course Lena Dunham’s dog.

Our conversation about Wonder Woman starts at 47:25

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This episode contains a sound clip from Wonder Woman. The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.

It’s episode 23 folks, and Tryggvi and Rune are back to their familiar one-on-one format. This time the boys celebrate Hollywood blockbuster season with reviewing tiny, but much lauded Icelandic coming-of-age (sic) film Heartstone. We also have a heated TV-debate with Girls, Master of None and Twin Peaks being involved. And, first time ever: Power napping in a movie theater!

Our conversation about Heartstone starts at 41:33

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This episode contains a sound clip from Heartstone. The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.

Episode 22 is out! This time we have some special guests as the boys from Cinematic Syndrome join Rune and Tryggvi for some across-the-pond chat about Nordic films versus American films. From the north we have Danish dogme film Festen from 1998 and from the US we have 2014 dark thriller Nightcrawler. A clash of cultures? U betcha!

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The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.

Episode 21 is out folks! This time we dive well below the surface into the weird, creepy and wonderful underworld of David Lynch. The sounds, the dreams, the open doors and the garmonbozia: It’s all there when we look at his 1986 classic Blue Velvet and then the much less celebrated 1992 release Fire Walk With Me. Listen, or we send Killer Bob.

Our conversation about Blue Velvet and Fire Walk with Me starts at 19:55

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This episode contains a sound clip from Blue Velvet. The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.

The craftsman, the visionary, the genius: It’s episode twenty and we are still with Korean director Park Chan-wook. This time it’s his classic 2003 revenge opus Oldboy. For comparison we have Spike Lee’s American remake from 2013 and it’s all very interesting to say the least. Also we have some Icelandic horror, Danish crime and of course a white Russian in a hot-tub.

Our conversation about OLDBOY starts at 24:30

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This episode contains a sound clip from OLDBOY. The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.

Episode nineteen is out! This time your hosts Rune and Tryggvi travel deep into the orient to review Park Chan-wook’s delightfully twisted lesbian thriller, The Handmaiden. Also, special appearances from OJ Simpson and Mr. Garrison. A fine blend!

Our conversation about The Handmaiden starts at 24:36

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This episode contains a sound clip from The Handmaiden. The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.

It’s episode eighteen folks! This time much travelled hosts Rune and Tryggvi descend deep into film-geekdom with talk about books, computer games, and museums before tackling Jordan Peele’s new horror film, Get Out. Also, there is some signature pen-clicking and general banter, ending with Captain Obvious teaching us about numbers.

Our conversation about Get Out starts at 35:24 (and a bit of spoiler talk between 57:40 to 1:01:30)

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This episode contains a sound clip from the trailer of Get Out. The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.

Ladies and gents, it’s episode seventeen! This time the mood is a bit sombre as hosts Rune and Tryggvi discuss Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea. But it’s not all doom and gloom as we also have Elmo, some sprightly seniors and a gorgeous young Schwarzenegger. Yeah, and SKAM. Always a little SKAM.

Our conversation about Manchester by the Sea starts at 27:40.

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This episode contains a sound clip from the trailer of Manchester by the Sea. The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.

Snake-cake, whipped meat and heroin? Yes, this can only mean that episode 16 is out. This time Tryggvi and Rune gossip a bit about TV before they visit the old skagboys in Trainspotting 2, who again are up to no good. So, mibbe listen tae whit we’ve goat tae say here, ay? Unless ya cunts’ve goat trouble wi the Queen’s fuckin English, ken!

Our conversation about T2 Trainspotting starts at 19:00.

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This episode contains a sound clip from the trailer of T2 Trainspotting. The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.

Episode fifteen is out! This time Rune and Tryggvi look at the Russian silent classic Man With a Movie Camera before checking out much hyped Oscar-laden musical La La Land. Also, we have the kids turning one year old, overuse of the word awesome and of course Philip the lama, who just gave birth.

Our conversation about LA LA LAND starts at 33:08

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This episode contains a sound clip from the trailer of LA LA LAND. The intro music contains sound bites from The Conversation, Blue Velvet, and Ex Machina.