The Pedestal Podcast: Big Fish

ALL TEN EPISODES OF THE PEDESTAL PODCAST SEASON 2 ARE NOW AVAILABLE   In our final Personal Pedestal episode of season 2, we’re living in a fairy tale with the 2003 Tim Burton fantasy comedy BIG FISH.   Mike explains why this movie is on his own personal pedestal, and what it was like to try and hold back his tears watching it alone in a movie theatre (6:10). After a deep dive into our thoughts on Tim Burton’s career (11:45), we begin the case for putting it on the pedestal with the movie’s theory that stories are meant to be more about feelings than facts (20:43). We get into Albert Finney’s show-stopping “Crow” joke (33:15), and why the ending might be the greatest of all time (41:50). We move on to the case for keeping it off the pedestal with Ewan McGregor’s bizarre accent work (44:53). We debate the harshness of Billy Cruddup’s performance (49:18), how the love story may not have aged that well (54:55), and Mike speculates if this movie has the ultimate storytelling “cheat code” built into it (1:04:21). Produced in Association with Much Digital Studios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.