Episode 131 - Pan’s Labyrinth

<p>Obeying just for the sake of obeying?  That's something only other pods could do.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, and Georgia (Ethan's been infected by a giant toad) as we travel through rural Spain avoiding communist literature whilst reviewing a legit piece of cinema in Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.  We're not leaving the lock undisturbed in our 131st episode as we discuss:</p> <ul><li>Liam's aversion to wanting to watch this week's film</li> <li>The challenges that come with reading subtitles and why this film might have avoided such problems</li> <li>The problems with child actors</li> <li>What to do when films don't necessarily tie everything up in a definitive manner</li> <li>The struggles of Doug Jones (The Faun) whilst preparing for this movie</li> <li>Whether the Faun is called Pan</li> <li>We talk British weather and how it's not as laughable as you might at first think</li> <li>Georgia thinks at least one of us is a muggle as we refuse to believe in the magic</li> <li>Ian goes properly to film school this week as this is on his syllabus</li> <li>Does the casting of actors in the resolution create a plothole?</li> <li>Whether or not Pan's Labyrinth is the Best Film Ever.</li> </ul> <p>Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at <a href='https://www.patreon.com/BFE'>https://www.patreon.com/BFE</a></p> <p>We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:</p> <ul><li>Rev Bruce</li> <li>Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM</li> <li>Lina Oberholzer</li> <li>Ensign Ian Davies</li> <li>Chris Pedersen </li> <li>Katie McRae</li> <li>Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)</li> <li>Randal Silva</li> <li>The Yeetmeister</li> <li>Nate The Great</li> <li>Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)</li> <li>Andy Dickson</li> </ul> <p>Buy some BFE merch at <a href='https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/'>https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/</a></p> <p>Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's