![]() ![]() ![]() With hundreds of thousands of podcasts out there, some get ultra-specific - sometimes even gimmicky - to tread fresh territory. ![]() If these movie podcasts sound niche to the extreme, that merely reflects the medium in general. There are now podcasts that do the same thing with the “Star Wars” franchise and “Goodfellas,” “Clueless” and the DC Cinematic Universe. One thing that blossomed was the “movie by minute” trend. But in doing that, something else kind of blossoms.” “Like, let’s see how far we can stretch this - and stretch everyone’s patience. “The finale, where we talk about the last 18 seconds of the credits, went for over three hours,” Kozlek admitted dryly. That’s an eclectic following considering the episodes are marathon length. To name a few: a man traveling the world who sends the guys photos of himself listening to the podcast atop mountains and in pubs a Buddhist priest and hip-hop artist who lives in Japan the founder of the “Lebowski” fan club Dudeism and Trash Boat, the lead singer of the Polish heavy metal band Godbite, which incorporated “Gutterballs” snippets into its song “Schrödinger’s Scat.” “We were just flabbergasted,” Welch said. ![]() But after a month of making “Gutterballs,” with each episode devoted to a single minute of “The Big Lebowski,” they discovered that one installment had been downloaded 10 times. When Adam Welch and Brad Kozlek started a podcast in 2012, they didn’t think anyone was going to tune in. From left, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi in the 1998 film “The Big Lebowski.” (Merrick Morton/Associated Press) ![]()
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