With THE BLACK MESSIAH and THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES, we dissect the dirty word “biopic” for these two true stories about best friends who become brutal betrayers. Spoiler alert! The titles for these films ARE spoilers! 

00:00 - INTRO - We start the podcast out as friends, but will it end up enemies? 

04:34 - JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH - Great performances, stylish cinematography, and an intense score are all brought together by director Shaka King to make a strong film. This is getting plenty of awards recognition, but Dominique Fishback’s performance is really something special.

19:13 - JESSE PLEMONS - Don’t you DARE! call him “Fat Matt Damon”...

21:36 - THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD - If you are here for hard hitting film criticism, go ride your horse into the night, because this us gushing about our unabashed love for Brad Pitt.

39:27 - OUR TOP FIVE BRAD FILMS (and Laughs) - What's in the BOX? Our love for Brad.

42:11 - QUOTABLE JESSE JAMES - We don’t wanna be like Brad, we wanna BE Brad.

43:16 - PICK YOUR POISON - Robert Ford or Roy Mitchell?

46:22 - WHAT ELSE WE ARE WATCHING - Duncan visits Ireland, Russia, and Australia. Ryan gets mad for Mads Mikkelsen, but not so mad about Miami.

55:02 - SPOILER SECTION - Does Jesse hate his myth or himself? Life after Jesse for Charlie and Robert Ford. Outhouse seductions. What is your gas station in Oklahoma?

Notes

The Train Sequence - https://youtu.be/yBCdekTEvmo?t=90

For more podcasting w/ Jesse Plemons - https://www.hardlythehottest.com/podcast/006-kaufman-director

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All the Films & Filmmakers we mentioned.

Judas And The Black Messiah, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

Get Out, The Departed, Hunger, Short Term 12, Blackkklansman, Sorry To Bother You, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things, Taxi Driver, Observe And Report, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, The Great Train Robbery, Thelma And Louise, Tree Of Life, Interview With A Vampire, Kalifornia, Moneyball, The Proposition, Chopper, True Romance, Snatch, Seven, Fight Club, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Young Offenders, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Solaris, Stalker, The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, Road Warrior, Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max, Walkabout, Another Round, One Night In Miami

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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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Recorded February 24, 2021

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After conquering the keyboard, Charlie Kaufman takes on directorial duties, and we suffer through mortality in SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK, get lost in the sea of faces in ANOMALISA, and watch our identity fracture into infinity with I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS. If that sounds depressing, don't worry, your hosts, the Maggot-Infested Pig and The Japanese Sex Doll, will help you find the humor in the cosmic joke of existence!

00:00 INTRO - Duncan sees a film in theaters for the first time since Covid!

03:47 SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK - Time flies past you, when you're focused on the potential of a perfect future that may never come.

21:31 ANOMALISA - Find your soulmate! And then lose them after you watch them eat eggs.

27:42 I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS - Has anyone in history ever had an original thought?

39:17 ANT KIND - Charlie writes a book about a failed film critic. This feels personal...

40:44 WRAP UP - Our Top Charlie Films, what else we are watching, and a mental health check in.

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Notes

Listen to our previous episode for more on Charlie’s writing career. Our next episode will be on the films of Chloé Zhao, and the Tilda Swinton episode we referenced will be coming out soon.

All the Films & Filmmakers we mentioned.

Synecdoche New York, Anomalisa, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things

Tenet, Inception, a serious man, 8 ½, Birdman, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Anti-Christ, Green Room, The Shining, Beast, Hereditary, Parasite, Oklahoma, A Beautiful Mind, A Woman Under The Influence, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Last Of England, A Field In England, Young Adam, Gandhi, Salaam Bombay, Killer Of Sheep, Ash Is Purest White, Isle Of Dogs, Snowpiercer, We Need To Talk About Kevin,

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Recorded October, 2020

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