Writer / Director Chloe Zhao takes us to the Badlands with her good films NOMADLAND, THE RIDER, and SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME as she showcases her award winning neorealism approach to the neo-western.

00:00 - INTRO - Chloe is collecting trophies and Duncan’s tears with each new film.

06:29 - SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME - Is the reservation a place to escape from the pain of the past, or a home to embrace your heritage?

14:28 - THE RIDER - Who are you when your passion can only bring you pain?

22:20 - OUR FAVORITE BIKE RIDES - Abandoned places and wide open spaces.

26:00 - NOMADLAND - Are you running away from darkness, or searching for a brighter future?

50:35 - FAVORITE FRANCES? - Simple, the famous Mississippi burn after raising three billboards in Arizona.

55:00 - CHLOE’S COMING SOON - Marvel’s The Eternals and a Bass Reeves biopic.

58:32 - BEST OF THE REST - Judas And The Black Messiah, Greener Grass, and PEN15.

1:01:47 - See ya down the road...

Notes

If you enjoy Chloe Zhao’s films, check out our episode on Kelly Reichardt, HTH #2.

Comeback next week for our episode on Judas And The Black Messiah and The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.

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All the Films & Filmmakers we mentioned.

Songs By Brothers Taught Me, The Rider, 

Pocahontas, The New World, Smoke Signals, Last Of The Mohicans, Heat, Doctor Sleep, Sound Of Metal, The Wrestler, Krisha, Wendy And Lucy, Bicycle Thieves, Into The Wild, Fargo, Almost Famous, Burn After Reading, Three Billboards, Mississippi Burning, Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Killing Of A Sacred Deer, The Eternals, Cruising, Judas And The Black Messiah, Greener Grass

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Created by Ryan and Duncan.

Recorded February 24, 2021

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