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The podcast show where me, my co-host, or our possible guest talk about movies, and discuss how to adapt one live-action movie into an animation.If you have any question or interested in being on the show, please email: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.comYou can follow us here: https://bsky.app/profile/reanimatethispod.bsky.social
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Correction - Around 38:40, Jay has said "disruptive thoughts,” when he meant “intrusive thoughts.” Episode recorded: June 3rd, 2026 (06/03/2026) 01:00 - Podcast starts. 02:30 - About Joseph Mbah himself. 03:20 - How Joseph’s filmmaking journey started. 10:28 - How Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight made Joseph become a film director. 15:40 - Joseph Mbah’s views on recent animation (including Sony Pictures Animation’s Goat). 25:24 - About Whispers Bind, its behind-the-scenes, and how Joseph ended up becoming the movie’s lead actor. 33:48 - Joseph’s favorite behind-the-scenes story. 35:40 - Joseph’s personal favorite of his filmography. 36:50 - What if someone or some studio from any part of the world made the animated adaptation of Whispers Bind? 39:00 - What’s Joseph Mbah currently working on? Film director Joseph Mbah has reached out to Jay on Podmatch and he wants to talk about his latest movie Whispers Bind, which will be available on Roku and Fawesome. Because of that, this will be the podcast’s first Special Interview episode where filmmakers, film scholars, or animators share their creative journey, their works, their knowledge in movies, and thoughts on the world of animation. For more information on Joseph Mbah’s movie Whispers Bind: https://www.paradoxuniverse.net/ Trailer for Whispers Bind: https://vimeo.com/1102698686/a0824bb9bc?fl=pl&fe=sh Joseph Mbah’s instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/joseph_mbah Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission) Audio Editor: Jay Whang
Note: We were supposed to have guests, but they were no-shows. Because of that, Jay forgot to share a couple things during the podcast and it’s too late already. Episode recorded: May 16th, 2026 (05/16/2026) Madzy Williams is back. And one of our former co-hosts has suggested we look into a vampire action flick From Dusk Till Dawn, made by our favorite film director Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino based on an idea from special effects artist Robert Kurtzman. To contextualize the independent filmmaking of the time of its release, we also look into Rodriguez’s first feature film El Mariachi, which made its headline for its small budget of $7000. Jay and Madzy talk about their favorite Rodriguez’s movies, the indie movie boom of the 90s, and its similarities with the indie animation boom of the 2020s. Jay has also expressed his annoyance at people comparing last year’s Sinners with From Dusk Till Dawn for their superficial similarities. El Mariachi is currently distributed by Columbia Pictures. It’s now available on video-on-demand, Blu-Rays, and DVDs from Arrow Videos. From Dusk Till Dawn is currently distributed by Miramax through Paramount Pictures. It’s now available on video-on-demand, Blu-Rays, and DVDs from Paramount Home Entertainment. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ReAnimateTHISPodcast For inquiries: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com Some promotions, shout outs, and fundraising: Jay is now working as one of the observers at the Troma Entertainment, the studio behind The Toxic Avengers and Sgt. Kabukiman. TROMA-THON '26 is going to happen from July 17th to 18th at the Mahoning Drive-in Theater in Lehighton, PA. If you want to see Jay in person, please come to TROMA-THON '26 where you also get to watch some Troma movies. https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/mahoningdrivein/Troma26 The submission for Tromadance Film Festival 2026 is still open. If you have made a DIY short film that feels like a Troma production, then please submit your entries now at Tromadance’s Film Freeway page. It will be closed on June 20th. The submission is absolutely free. Tromadance will be held at the Pine Box Rock Shop from September 4th to 6th. https://filmfreeway.com/TromadanceFilmFestival Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License) Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission) Narrator: Dom Valentini Audio Editor: Jay Whang Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead): From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), directed by Robert Rodriguez El Mariachi (1993), directed by Robert Rodriguez Bedhead (1991), directed by Robert Rodriguez Four Rooms (1995), directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino Spy Kids (2001), directed by Robert Rodriguez Sin City (2005), directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller Planet Terror (2007), directed by Robert Rodriguez Machete (2010), directed by Robert Rodriguez Red 11 (2019), directed by Robert Rodriguez Sinners (2025), directed by Ryan Coogler The Terminator (1984), directed by James Cameron Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), directed by John Carpenter Escape from New York (1981), directed by John Carpenter VFW (2019), directed by Joe Begos The Amazing Digital Circus (2023-2026), created by Gooseworx Sources: Rodriguez, R. (1996). Rebel without a crew: Or how a 23-year-old filmmaker with $7,000 became a Hollywood player. Plume.
Episode recorded: April 18th, 2026 (04/18/2026) April is the Armenian American Heritage Month, this means Jay is going to talk about The Color of Pomegranates, that one Armenian movie he mentioned in last year’s Halloween Special. Before that, he invited two creatives of Armenian background - one is his close friend and another is a novelist who has his latest novel publishing soon. Mari Vial-Golden is a theatre actress while Joe Kassabian is a military history podcaster with his gunpowder fantasy novel The Highlands Burn soon coming out. By pure coincidence, The Color of Pomegranates is about a real-life ashugh Sayat-Nova, and the main character of The Highlands Burn is named Sayat. Before going into Sergei Parajanov’s tableau vivants movie, Jay is going to ask Joe about the inspirations behind his upcoming novel. After that, we will deep dive into Parajanov's filmography, his influences from illustrated manuscripts, Armenia’s rich animation culture, and whether The Highlands Burn would be considered as “the first Armenian anime”? And sorry for Jay explaining the summary of these Armenian shorts poorly. The Color of Pomegranates is currently distributed by Janus Films. It is now part of the Criterion Collection and available on video-on-demand, streaming, blu-ray, and DVD. Mari’s website: https://www.marivialgolden.com/ Joe Kassabian’s social media profile: https://bsky.app/profile/jkass99.bsky.social Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast’s Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Pre-order Joe Kassabian’s The Highlands Burn: https://a.co/d/09pahrj0 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ReAnimateTHISPodcast For inquiries: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com Some promotions, shout outs, and fundraising: Scout Tafoya’s Stubborn Beast GoFundMe page: https://gofund.me/383ef7b6b Link to the ticket page for the premiere of Ryan’s short Dork at the Coney Island Film Festival: https://www.coneyisland.com/2026-ciff/program-7 Link to the ticket page for the New York City screening of Hellavision Television’s CUNT-A-VISION 2.0: Fix Your Heart Or Die: https://restlessnites.com/events/hellavisioncuntavision21may2026 For info on more screenings of Hellavision Television’s CUNT-A-VISION 2.0: Fix Your Heart Or Die: https://www.hellavisiontelevision.com/episodes/cunt-a-vision-2-0-fix-your-hearts-or-die https://www.hellavisiontelevision.com/links ARMOR Coalition: https://www.instagram.com/armorcoalition/ The Garod Collective: https://www.instagram.com/garod_collective/ Arshak Makichyan: https://www.instagram.com/makichyan.arshak/ Warren Manvelyan: https://www.instagram.com/warren.manvelyan/ Anoush Ter Taulian: https://www.instagram.com/anoushforjustice/ (for funds to help the displaced people of Artsakh): https://venmo.com/u/anoushforjustice https://freearmenianprisoners.com/ For Vrej Khatchatyran’s education fund: https://donorbox.org/my-sweet-land-vrejs-fund Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - <a href='https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod
Episode recorded: March 21st, 2026 (03/21/2026) This is mostly a clip-less episode. Jay and Ryan are back with talking about A Grand Mockery, an Australian movie shot with Super 8mm films and set in the city of Brisbane, Australia. From there on, they discuss Australian film industry, how feature films rarely shot on 8mm films, and what would be the New Yorker animation equivalent to it. In the midst of it, the movie's directors Sam Dixon and Adam C. Briggs enter in and tell the creative process and inspirations behind A Grand Mockery. A Grand Mockery is currently distributed by Yellow Veil Pictures. It is now available on video-on-demand and blu-ray. You can purchase the physical copy on Vinegar Syndrome. Follow Adam and Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamcbriggs/ https://www.instagram.com/dickos_variety_hour/ And also, please help our co-editor Jessie get her short film Affluenza funded: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aidanserviss/affluenza-a-satirical-short-film Jessie described it as a satirical short film thematically similar to HBO’s Succession with an absurdist element. It’s about the spoiled son of an upper class family who commits a crime that could put his father’s political ambition in jeopardy, so the family hire a doctor to diagnose him for an affidavit. It’s inspired from the real-life case of Ethan Couch, who got away with vehicular manslaughter through non-existence diagnosis called Affluenza. If you like Succession the tv show and interested in the real-life case of Ethan Couch, please help Jessie to get her project off the ground on Kickstarter. The link to the crowdfunding campaign is in the description, and it is currently live until April the 2nd. And support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ReAnimateTHISPodcast Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License) Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission) Narrator: Dom Valentini Audio Editor: Jay Whang Movies, shorts, and works that we have discussed (spoilers ahead!): A Grand Mockery (2024), directed by Adam C. Briggs & Sam Dixon Eraserhead (1977), directed by David Lynch Lost Highway (1997), directed by David Lynch Mulholland Drive (2001), directed by David Lynch DumbLand (2002), directed by David Lynch The Nightingale (2018), directed by Jennifer Kent The Babadook (2014), directed by Jennifer Kent The Loved Ones (2009), directed by Sean Byrne Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008), Directed by Mark Hartley Lesbian Space Princess (2025), directed by Emma Hough Hobbs & Leela Varghese Harvie Krumpet (2003), directed Adam Elliot Bluey, created by Joe Brumm Sable: A Ghost Story, created by Ethan M. Aldridge YOLO (2020-2025), created by Michael Cusack Bushworld Adventures (2018), directed by Michael Cusack 1981 (2026), directed by Andy & Carolyn London Tango (1981), directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński Running Up That Hill [Kate Bush Cover] (2019), directed by Meg Myers The End of Evangelion (1997), directed by Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki
Episode recorded: February 22nd, 2026 (02/22/2026) Note: Yes, I made a typo on the thumbnail. And yes some of Brandyn's audio got muted out due to internet connection issue. It was too glitchy that I couldn't hear his explanation. Please support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/ReAnimateTHISPodcast Black history month of February is coming to close and Brandyn of The Most Important Election of Our Lives is back with an Afro-futuristic cult classic movie Born in Flames, directed by Lizzie Borden. It was made during the No Wave Cinema movement right before the indie cinema boom of the 1990s. What Jay and his animator co-host Ryan Castrillo didn’t expect was the NYC-set movie’s non-conformist storytelling and its surprisingly relevant political theme - and dare to confront the inherent flaws of democratic socialist alternative to then-recent Reagan’s America. To keep themselves warm during the massive blizzard in New York City, each of them share their hot takes and rebel against the conventional opinions (as long as it’s nothing problematic). Jay, Ryan, and Brandyn explore political media with non-conventional aesthetics, animated documentary with lo-fi elements, experimental animation with guerrilla filmmaking elements, and the possibility of animation media that’s rebellious inside-out. This episode was truly born in flames. Also, check out Hellavision Television’s latest open-call C*NT-A-VISION 2: https://www.hellavisiontelevision.com/open-calls/cuntavision-2-open-call Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission) Narrator: Dom Valentini Audio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz Movies, shorts, and works that we have discussed (spoilers ahead!): Born in Flames (1983), directed Lizzie Borden One Battle After Another (2025), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Killers of Flower Moon (2023), directed by Martin Scorsese The Warriors (1979), directed by Walter Hill Network (1976), directed by Sidney Lumet HAPPYEND (2024), directed by Neo Sora Zero for Conduct (Zéro de conduite) (1933), directed by Jean Vigo Frank Film (1973), directed by Frank Mouris and Caroline Mouris Fritz the Cat (1972), directed by Ralph Bakshi Gorillaz’s The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God, directed by Damon Albarn & Jamie Hewlett I Died in Irpin (Я померла в Ірпені) (2024), directed by Anastasiia Falileieva Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר) (2008), directed by Ari Folman Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ) (1973), directed Eiichi Yamamoto Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022), directed by Guillermo Del Toro Chainsaw Man manga series by Tatsuki Fujimoto paul revere is here (1976), directed by Mary Beams & Susan Rubin The works of Norm McLaren Jim Mahfood’s Grrl Scout comics
Episode recorded: January 24th, 2026 (01/24/2026) To start off the new season, we will be talking about a silent movie and perhaps the oldest movie we have discussed so far. Jay and his co-editor Jessie has invited Fritzi Kramer of Movies Silently, a blog that dedicates to researching silent movies, to discuss Georges Méliès, his famous short film A Trip to the Moon, his intentional colorization, Ted Turner's forced colorization that has led to the creation of National Film Registry, the early filmmaking of his era, the works of Winsor McCay, his legacy on the modern animation, The Great Train Robbery director Edwin S. Porter's live-action adaptation of McCay's Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, Porter's complicity to Topsy's electrocution, how the global filmmaking community connected with the inventor Thomas Edison, and whether Méliès's ideas would work better in the medium of animation. And Jay has opened up a lot of cans of worms. Because we are discussing silent movies, there are not much of audio clips. And Jay was too busy working on commissioned works that he was unable to finish the narration script, so there are no information narrations from Dom this time. Plus, we have discussed much about Georges Méliès, Winsor McCay, Edwin S. Porter, and Thomas Edison enough throughout the episode. Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission) Episode edited by Jay Whang Movies that we have discussed throughout the episode (possible spoilers ahead): Flow (Straume) (2024), directed by Gints Zilbalodis A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune) (1902), directed by Georges Méliès The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (Le Dirigeable fantastique ou le Cauchemar d'un inventeur) (1905), directed by Georges Méliès Fury of the Demon (La rage du Démon) (2016), directed by Fabien Delage À la conquête de l'air (1901), directed by Ferdinand Zecca Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (a.k.a. Little Nemo) (1911), directed by J. Stuart Blackton & Winsor McCay L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed by Louis Lumière L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1896), directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière Gertie the Dinosaur (1914), directed by Winsor McCay Bug Vaudeville (1921), directed by Winsor McCay Slumberland (2022), directed by Francis Lawrence Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (1906), directed by Edwin S. Porter & Wallace McCutcheon Electrocuting an Elephant (1903), directed by Edwin S. Porter (DON'T WATCH THAT ONE IF YOU LOVE ANIMALS AND VALUE YOUR SANITY! AND F**K EDWIN PORTER!) Hundreds of Beavers (2022), directed by Mike Cheslik Les Vampires (1915-16), directed by Louis Feuillade Irma Vep (1996), directed by Olivier Assayas
Episode recorded: December 17th, 2025 (12/17/2025) Jay invited most of the rotating co-hosts along with Brandyn to his apartment in Brooklyn and celebrate the New Year's Eve party. Those who couldn't make it have left their voice messages. From there on, they discuss various things, including what they are looking forward to next year. Narration: Dom Valentini Audio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz
Episode recorded: November 1st, 2025 (11/01/2025) This episode is dedicated to Scout's grandmother Susann Tafoya (1937-2025). May she rest in peace. We have finally reached the season finale, so Jay and Meredith will be talking about another Lars von Trier movie to bookend the very first episode. Jay brought his former mentor at the City College of New York, Emmett Goodman, along with the past guest Scout Tafoya, who was also a cast member in Jay's previous work The Tragic End of Rodney & Madlyn U., which also starred Meredith, as last-minute minute guests. (However, Scout was only available temporarily due to a different commitment and left in the middle of the recording). Check out Emmett Goodman's works: https://www.emmettgoodman.com/ Check out Scout Tafoya's The Unloved videos on RogerEbert.com: https://www.rogerebert.com/features/the-history-of-the-unloved And Scout's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/honorszombie Together, we discussed Lars von Trier's Dogville, a 3-hours long idiosyncratic retelling of Bertolt Brecht's song Pirate Jenny set in an isolated American town with a very few props. We talked about the use of sexual violence as a narrative crutch, timelessness of American suburban facade , the surprisingly relevant politics regarding how the US today treats migrants and refugees, how von Trier applied Brecht's distancing effect, how to bring it into a medium of animation through mixed-media, and Lotte Reiniger's body of works. Jay wants an answer to the question that nobody has asked before: why there are only few animated works with a Brechtian distancing effect (Verfremdungseffekt)? The original guest for this episode, Devon Manney, whose recent animated short The Wings was partially inspired from works of Bertolt Brecht, has backed out a day before the recording due to an emergency. That being said, Devon Manney agreed to answer some questions that Jay wanted to ask him on the show. Jay read Devon's responses during the podcast in regards to the possibility of using Brecht's distancing effect in animation (and why animation filmmakers don't use it often as live-action filmmakers). Please check out Devon's short The Wings: https://vimeo.com/1053227103?fl=pl&fe=sh Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead): Dogville (2003), directed by Lars von Trier Irréversible (2002), directed by Gaspar Noé The Wings (2025), directed by Devon Manney My Love Affair with Marriage (2022), directed by Signe Baumane The Girl Without Hands (La Jeune Fille sans mains) (2016), directed by Sébastien Laudenbach The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) (1916), directed by Lotte Reiniger Die Nibelungen (1924), directed by Fritz Lang Rooty Toot Toot (1951), directed by John Hubley BoJack Horseman, created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg Neon Genesis Evangelion, created by Hideaki Anno The works of Stan Brakhage The works of Robert Breer The works of Greg & Myles McLeod The works of David O'Reilly Most of sources that I have cited: Khoshniat, Ahmad. “Bertolt Brecht’s Soul in the Body of Experimental Animation: Common Audiovisual Strategies between Epic Theatre and Robert Breer’s Short Animations.” AVANCA | CINEMA, no. 13 (October 30, 2022). https://doi.org/10.37390/avancacinema.2022.a369. Willett, J. (Ed.). (1977). Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic (13th ed.). HILL and WANG. Fusini, Letizia. “Cross-Cultural Encounters in World Theatre: Bertolt Brecht, the ‘Alienation’ Effect and Chinese Drama.” The Theatre Times, May 20, 2018. https://thetheatretimes.com/cross-cultural-encounters-world-theatre-bertolt-brecht-alienation-effect-chinese-drama/. Fox, Jesse David. “BoJack Horseman’s Raphael Bob-Waksberg on Why Puns Are like ‘math, Sex, and Comedy’ All in One.” Vulture, July 26, 2016. https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/bojack-horseman-has-so-many-puns.html. Rosenfield, Esther. “‘the End of Evangelion’ and Stan Brakhage.” Medium, April 4, 2019. <a href='https://medium.com/@EstherRosenfield/the-end-of
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