Ep 15 - A Hard Day's Night

Here we go, the most Boomer vs. Millennial discussion yet. Raquel and Raphael argue about Richard Lester’s 1964 Beatles mockumentary/musical, A HARD DAY’S NIGHT. Raquel shows up to record dressed like George Harrison. Raphael immediately pulls his jaded punk rocker card & says he hates the Beatles. Is this film the direct precursor to MTV and music videos? This one veers from film discussion to straight up Beatles talk. Raquel reveals who her favorite Beatle was. Raphael explains where his Beatles cutoff point is, and why. Raphael thinks the Beatles look like the average mod – Raquel is insulted. Raphael throws down the gauntlet and says that the Brits don’t actually understand rock’n’roll. Has the Beatles influence on music and pop culture reached its expiration date? Is A HARD DAY’S NIGHT peak Beatles? Our longest episode to date because the Martinez family loves to not only agree to disagree, but to somehow disagree about the things they do agree on as well. The Generation Splice is film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through and through, and her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky Millenial punk rocker, former music journalist, and current film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a film for the two of them to dissect and see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of the movies. Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at [email protected] or @gensplicepod on Twitter. Raphael is on Twitter at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com The show is produced by The Martinez Family & the show’s theme song was written, performed, & produced by Raphael.