The Last Wave with BenDavid Grabinski
3/22/20262 hr 36 min
Peter Weir's follow up to Picnic at Hanging Rock - 1978's The Last Wave - deals with similar themes, with colonialism butting against the wild mysticism of Australia's land and people. However, this time...it's WET AS HELL. BenDavid Grabinski - the filmmaker behind the upcoming Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice - joins us to talk about this beguiling film, apocalyptic thinking, Richard Chamberlain's status as the king of TV miniseries, and Tom Shadyac's Dragonfly, weirdly enough. Watch BenDavid's new movie Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice If you're in New York, be sure to go to Sunken Harbor Club or Nitehawk Trivia Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[upbeat music] Blank Check with Griffin and David. Blank Check with Griffin and David. Don't know what to say or to expect. All you need to know is that the name of the show is Blank Check.
Ben Hosley0:18
We've lost our podcasts. Then they come back and we don't even know what they mean.
Griffin Newman· Host0:25
Now, it's hard to... I, I'm good at neither a South African nor an Australian accent.
Ben Hosley0:32
Okay.
Griffin Newman· Host0:33
It is hard to impersonate South African in a movie where everyone's speaking Australian and not just fuck up both.
Ben Hosley0:41
Where are you getting South African?
Griffin Newman· Host0:43
Richard Chamberlain's character.
Ben Hosley0:44
Is he South African?
Griffin Newman· Host0:45
They say that in the movie.
Ben Hosley0:46
Wait. I missed that.
Griffin Newman· Host0:48
He says he's South Af- I caught that, but I- Thank you ...
David Sims· Host0:51
but I, I, I thought it was South American for some reason.
Griffin Newman· Host0:54
I think he says he's of- Which was confusing ... I think he says he's, he is of South African origin when he's talking about his grandparents I heard something like that.
Ben Hosley0:59
Oh, maybe his grandparents.
David Sims· Host1:00
Like, when he talks about his background, that there's some discussion of, like, family. I thought it was him, though.
Ben Hosley1:07
Wait.
Griffin Newman· Host1:07
It's him.
David Sims· Host1:07
Emigrating, being born- Yeah ... elsewhere.
Ben Hosley1:09
It's when he said diplomatic immunity.
Griffin Newman· Host1:11
Did I nail it? Did I, by melding the two accents together, did I nail it?
Ben Hosley1:16
Hmm. Gonna go with no.
Griffin Newman· Host1:19
Did I nail it?
David Sims· Host1:20
[laughs] I'm seeing zero nails.
Ben Hosley1:22
[laughs] A little bit.
Griffin Newman· Host1:23
Really? 'Cause I'm... In my head- If you got a metal detector, you're sweeping around like, "Hmm.
Ben Hosley1:26
Quiet minute of mouse" ...
Griffin Newman· Host1:28
and to me, right now it feels like a Home Depot