Making the Scene gets musical for its second time this season, as film and music writer Natalie Marlin joins us to discuss the Broadway Melody sequence from Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly's 1952 classic Singin' In the Rain! We talk color, choreography, casting shuffles, pastiche, and more in this fantastic conversation about this film's late-added musical sequence, and how it speaks to the film's themes nonetheless.

Making the Scene is back with returning guest, podcaster, and co-editor of The Deli Counter of Justice, Arlo Wiley. This time, he brings an emotionally catastrophic argument from Billy Woodberry's 1984 Bless Their Little Hearts. A critical entry in the movement known as the L.A. Rebellion, Bless Their Little Hearts is a story of family and unemployment, set in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. This scene is a oner, a single take that runs for 10 minutes -- nearly a full reel of film. And yet, as Arlo and I discuss, its simplicity and straightforward camerawork gives a view into a style of oner that is too often ignored in favor of flashy Steadicam movements. We discuss the L.A. Rebellion itself, and this scene's context in that movement's communally collaborative approach.

We return to Making the Scene for an all new episode featuring editor, streamer, and most excellent film analyst Abbie Phelps. She joins us to discuss one of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 masterpiece MOULIN ROUGE's most famous scenes: El Tango de Roxanne. Abbie takes us on a tour of this scene's bold formal choices, from its intentionally frenetic editing, to its stunning use of color. We talk about how this film finds a space beyond the dire Jukebox Musical through its deft mashups of songs, and its incisive look at jealousy.

If you want to watch before listening, the scene begins at 1:16:19 and ends at 1:25:30.