Manic Pixie Dream Girls and Elizabethtown | Pop This! Episode 429

Aug 28, 2024

Summary

 

"I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember." We have come to the third movie in our Manic Pixie Girl series, and some say this is the movie where it all began: Elizabethtown. Also discussed: Andrea Warner's broken toe, swimming while injured, and the various films of Cameron Crowe.

 

 

Show notes:

 

The Bataan Death March of Whimsy Case File #1: Elizabethtown (AV Club)

 

I'm sorry for coining the phrase "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" (Salon)

 

The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Elizabethtown (Redux) (Stereogum)

 

 

Recommendations:

 

Lisa:  One Day (Netflix)

Andrea G.:  Loony (music)

 

Andrea W.:  Robot Dreams (movie)

 

 

Music credits 

"Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod

From: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

 

Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod

From: incompetech.com

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

 

"Good Times" by Podington Bear

From:  Free Music Archive

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

 

 

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