Mark, you want to help us out

on this? Yes.

The core test for science fiction, what's the logic of the impossible? So sci-fi grounded speculative elements in a rationale which is drawn from science, technology, or extrapolated social change.

The key isn't whether the science is accurate.

It often isn't.

but that the story treats its premise as explicable in principle.

Something could, within the story's world, be studied, measured, or engineered.

Do you want to walk us through some of the biggest winners?

is kind of because of what happens what you relate in your book so the first the first uh question i really wanted to ask you mark is could you set it up for us why why this film in particular what was the the thing that drove you towards it

uh first of all thank you very much for having me i'm thrilled to be here as a devoted listener So as you correctly noted, Journey into Fear is Orson Welles' third film for RKO Pictures.

The first two are considered two of the greatest films ever made.

There's Citizen Kane, which was completely protected by Welles, meaning what we saw was everything he wanted to see.

Nobody was able to... change of frame unless he thought that was a good idea and i want to be clear when we get to journey into fear that it was a collaborative effort uh where he's not imposing his thoughts and he's soliciting everyone's ideas but we'll get to that in a bit second film magnificent ambersons also a great film some Welles fans and scholars and just general public consider that even a better film than Citizen Kane, because Citizen Kane is sort of about it being a showy film, and Magnificent Emerson is a completely different style.

And even though it's been butchered by RKO, it's still... it's still magnificent.

It's still a great, great, great film.

Is that a fair summation?

And then you

got one I know you love, Mark.

A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Rob Reiner.

Yes.

I mean, when you think of great courtroom movies, that one, if it's not at the top, it's certainly towards the top.

Because it distills everything you want in a great courtroom movie.

including great supporting actors in every role, great speeches.

you know it's not

What do you think of that, Mark?

I agree, I agree with all the things that you said.

The, the film is extraordinary and, you know, I was watching it again this time, and it's all guys in white shirts.

I think someone else's instinct would be to put, put a guy in a darker color shirt, you know.

But it's all guys in white shirts.

And so it's harder to distinguish them, but it's not confusing at all.

Uh, and, and the fact that he does tell it all in this one room and keeps the, the momentum of the story going with his shot selection i- is just incredible.

I mean, performance, Al Pacino, but not Best Picture, not Best Director.