Criterion Reflections – Episode 124 – Ronald Neame’s The Poseidon Adventure

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle and Robert Taylor to discuss The Poseidon Adventure, directed by Ronald Neame. At the time of this recording, the film was streaming on the Criterion Channel in a limited engagement scheduled to end on August 31, 2022.

Ronald Neame

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Letterboxd
• Wikipedia
• BFI
• TCM
• The Guardian (obituary)

The Poseidon Adventure

• The Criterion Channel
• Letterboxd
• Wikipedia (film)
• Wikipedia (novel, mentioned in episode)
• Irwin Allen News Network
• New York Times (1972)
• Roger Ebert (1972)
• Village Voice (1972)
• The Cavalier Daily (1973)
• Amoeba
• Cinema Essentials
• Cult MTL
• Disaster Movie World
• Every 70s Movie
• Film Fanatic
• Film Freedonia
• Gone With the Twins
• Out of the Past
• Poffy’s Movie Mania
• Reeling Back
• Through the Shattered Lens
• TCM

The Poopsidedown Adventure (Mad Magazine, 1973)

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