Ep 121 // 20yr Film Retro: ‘The Sixth Sense’

Premiere DateAug 2, 2019
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00:00 Intro
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01:06 START /// 20yr Film Retro: ‘The Sixth Sense’ w/ J. McVay, Jacqueline Soller, & Charles Hinshaw
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03:28 Did you see this when it came out?
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05:04 What was your take on it then?
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08:55 What’s your take on it now? Does it hold up? Has it been influential?
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20:30 What stands out now that didn't stand out then? / vs. ‘Fight Club’ + ‘American Beauty’
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25:32 Have the people involved in the film been successful since then?
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32:07 Do you think the movie will continue to stand the test of time?
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37:13 Favorite scenes or elements / wrapping up /// END
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45:08 1st Person: Devin // Dealing With Rejection
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49:38 “Ender” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) Dead Swords
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60:14 Outro / Credits
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61:03 Finish.
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J. McVay is joined by Jacqueline Soller and Charles Hinshaw to continue a new ongoing project in which they look back on movies from 1999 to discuss how they hold up 20 years later. Third in the series: ‘The Sixth Sense,’ directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

And we’ll take an exclusive early listen to a performance by New Jersey’s Dead Swords, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.

Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.

Host J. McVay
J grew up down in Louisiana and Texas before moving to NYC for college. After college, he decided to stick around, working in film and television production for well over a decade. He came to BTR in 2011 when he…

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