2.25 - HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (2004) & Transformation

The third in the franchise is interesting for various reasons: we discuss innovative cinematography, how Dumbledore provides a tagline for the film, and why this is a movie about transformation on a number of different levels.

This Week’s Watching
NOW YOU SEE ME 2 (2016): Jon M. Chu, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo
HOUSE OF CARDS (2013–): Beau Willimon, Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright

Recommendations
LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL (1994): Luc Besson, Jean Reno, Gary Oldman
SPACED (1999—2001): Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson, Edgar Wright
Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (2001): Alfonso Cuarón, Maribel Verdú, Gael Garcia Bernal
THE DARK KNIGHT (2008): Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Michael Caine

Footnotes
Not that many footnotes this week, apart from that Nerdwriter video about the film, (his whole channel’s pretty good, if you enjoy that). Rob mentions retconning, which is explained in more detail here, and there’s some good stuff about Cuarón’s direction here, here, and here. (Also, if you happen to have access to an academic subscription [ok, it’s a long shot, but also only academics ever read to the end of footnotes, anyway, right?], then this looks like it could be good)