Speed Racer Secretly Changed Cinema | Case File #25

It was a financial and critical flop, but it secretly changed the way movies are made. In 2008, the Wachowskis released a weird, experimental live action adaptation of the 1960s anime classic, Speed Racer. The movie starred Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, and Susan Sarandon, and was not well-received by critics, audiences, and totally flopped at the box office. It has a small continent of fans (including us of course), but ultimately became a forgotten footnote - lost to time. However, a reassessment of the film reveals how it completely changed the way we tell cinematic stories now, and may have been the most influential film of the last 20 years. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we explore the influential legacy of The Wachowski's Speed Racer. The Deadboy Detectives Eva – 失望した: https://youtu.be/jVTsD4UPT-k Hear the most bizarre stories about how technology is shaping culture on Wild Wild Tech: https://bit.ly/WildWildTech 01010000 01110010 01100101 00101101 01101111 01110010 01100100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000100 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100010 01101111 01101111 01101011 01110011 00100000 01101111 01110010 00100000 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100001 01100110 01100110 01101111 01110010 01100100 00100000 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110100 01110011 00101110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices