Loose Canons Ep. 22 Kenneth Anger

Loose Canons Ep. 22 Kenneth Anger

This time, we get tenderly loved by a man called Anger.

00:00-02:00 Puce Moment Plot
02:00-07:50 Liked It (Basil, Ilya), Disliked It (Reuben), Felt Nothing (Patrick)
07:50-10:00 Basil and Ilya feel, uh, something?
10:00-11:30 The dogs of Avantgarde-Cinema
11:30-14:15 Eaux d’Artifice Plot
14:15-19:00 Liked It (Everyone), Disliked It (Aqua-Spermatophobes presumably)
14:15-16:00 Patrick is obsessed with shooting water
16:00-19:00 Bubbly-mouth statues and signifiers of a bygone era
19:00-20:00 Imagery & Cinematography I
20:00-21:00 When it most looked like jizz is when Reuben liked it
21:00-21:15 French is difficile, n’est pas, Ilya?
21:15-23:00 Imagery & Cinematography II: what’s in the shot vs. how it’s shot
23:00-25:20 Scorpio Rising Plot
25:00-28:40 Liked It (Patrick, Reuben), Liked It Less (Basil, Ilya)
28:40-29:50 Ilya calls Anger a hipster
29:50-32:00 Reuben calls Anger a troll
32:00-32:20 Michael Haneke is a toolbag
32:20-35:00 The gayer Anger’s films are, the more Reuben (and all of us) like them
35:00-38:00 The gayness of Nazism and Anger’s ironic appropriating
38:00-39:40 Basil likes Anger’s male fashion paradigm shift
39:40-41:00 Ilya likes Anger’s queer gaze at Brando, Dean, et al
41:00-42:40 Conflating the most and least visible cultures
42:40-45:00 Iconography, awesome visuals and poking each other with boners
45:00-46:00 Invocation Of My Demon Brother Plot
46:00-47:20 Liked It (Reuben), Disliked It (Basil, Ilya)
47:20-48:30 Mick Jagger’s fucking weird soundtrack
48:30-51:30 Reuben liked the imagery
51:30-52:30 Basil doesn’t care about Vietnam
52:30-54:00 Creepy opening shot
54:00-55:00 Straightforwardness vs. mashing all together
55:00-56:00 Kustom Kar Kommandos Plot
56:00-01:00:20 Liked It (Everyone), Disliked It (Bad People, also Wrong People)
57:20-01:00:20 Masculine and Feminine Sex Confection
01:00:20-01:02:40 Reuben felt tenderly loved by this movie
01:02:40-01:04:00 Ilya loved "Dream Lover"
01:04:00-01:05:00 Basil loved the masculinity-as-performance aspect
01:05:00-01:06:00 “Everyone has a respect for the vagina”
01:06:00-01:08:00 A less angry Anger
01:08:00-01:09:00 Pleasant vaginal visuals
01:09:00-01:09:40 Dan Savage is a vagina-hating weirdo
01:09:40-01:10:00 Thanks for listening!

Loose Canons Ep. 21 Ossessione

Loose Canons Ep. 21 Ossessione

This time we get obsessed with money and eel innuendo. 
00:00-01:50 Brief Plot Recap: Basil
01:50-08:05 Liked It (Ilya, Basil), Disliked It (Reuben, Patrick)
08:05-10:45 Ilya liked the sad, sad soup-eating scene
10:45-12:00 The movie goes in some weird, unexpected directions
12:00-12:35 Especially compared to Double Indemnity
12:35-13:00 Reuben doesn’t like these stories
13:00-14:05 Patrick thinks it’s hard to show people being loving
14:05-15:30 Basil doesn’t think she was in it for the loving
15:45-18:00 Giuseppe as a repulsive and well-meaning guy
18:00-18:45 Repulsive repulsion
18:45-19:30 Basil thinks Gino and Giovanna are equally narcissistic
19:30-20:20 Giovanna’s obsession with money
20:20-21:25 Ilya thinks Gino and Spagnolo are the real love story
21:25-22:10 Basil thinks Giovanna’s a metaphor for Mussolini and Gino’s not much better
22:10-22:20 Patrick thinks the characters are cynical
22:20-23:20 Patrick and Reuben bring back the Warped Ones
23:20-24:50 Patrick is done speaking forever, then continues speaking
24:40-27:00 In Ossessione, Women who want things are bad
27:00-27:50 Spagnolo’s non-cynical economic philosophy
27:50-28:05 Forrest Gump! (?)
28:05-29:10 Basil thinks Visconti uses the prostitute characters to make a statement
29:10-31:30 BTW this movie was made during World War II
31:30-32:20 Leni Riefenstahl loved her some fascism
32:20-33:30 Ossessione has no connection with or reference to WWII
33:10-34:10 Mixed Mussolini Metaphors!
34:10-35:10 Mussolini Misdirection!
35:10-36:30 Spagnolo reminds Patrick of his Dad’s attitude towards money
36:30-37:25 The moment when Spagnolo chastises Gino for being a closet case
37:25-38:50 Visconti is most enjoyable within a political context (so is his name)
38:50-39:50 Same with Jafar Panahi
39:50-40:45 On that note, Ilya thinks This Is Not A Film is a satire of Home Alone
40:45-41:20 And with that, the podcast starts breakdancing!
41:20-42:10 Reuben remembers another super-sad Visconti movie
42:10-43:20 Ilya remembers a super-boring Visconti movie
43:20-44:20 Ossessione is The Decessor of Neo-Realism
44:20-45:40 Billy Wilder stole this movie cause he knew he’d get away with it
45:40-47:30 Basil remembers the super uncomfortable slapping scene
47:30-48:00 This movie is beautifully shot
48:00-48:30 And has no interest in plot
48:30-49:40 Shots! Shots! All those beautiful shots!
49:40-50:20 Thanks for listening everybody!

Loose Canons Ep. 20 Blonde Venus

Loose Canons Ep. 20 Blonde Venus

Timeline Blonde Venus:

00:00-04:48 Ilya covers the whole plot (and his microphone sounds better!)
04:48-11:20 Liked It (Ilya, Reuben), Disliked It (Basil, Patrick)
11:20-12:20 Podcast Statistics!
12:20-13:40 Patrick liked the visuals
13:40-14:30 This movie has no middles
14:30-16:00 People keep telling Marlene Dietrich what to do
16:00-18:00 What’s good for the kid could be bad for the parents
18:00-19:30 The Infamous HOT VOODOO!
19:30-20:24 Hot Voodoo – Ilya unscrews Robin Thicke
20:24-21:50 Hot Voodoo – “Savages,” "Angels" and Racialized Stereotypes
21:50-23:20 Hot Voodoo – Von Sternberg’s Foible for Exoticism
23:50-24:30 Hot Voodoo – Reuben would've cut you out
24:30-28:20 Outsider Alliances
28:20-31:30 Patrick feels the movie short-changes emotional connections
31:30-32:10 Hello, that flop house scene is so good!
32:00-34:20 Basil feels this movie’s a Broadway Revue of Marlene and not really progressive
34:20-36:00 We all agree this movie looks amazing
36:00-37:45 No never means no in this movie
37:45-41:30 Marlene figures out the system (men) and climbs the ladder (of men)
41:30-42:35 The Ending – The son’s just gonna be another man
42:35-44:30 Reuben compares the use of repetition here and in other movies
44:30-45:50 The Ending – That’s what you and your voice are good for, Marlene
45:50-47:20 White directors should help undo racism the other way
47:20-49:00 This might be a shitty movie that Marlene makes great
49:00-50:00 Ilya loves Marlene’s vacation stare
50:00-51:00 Patrick loves Marlene’s singing (and sings!)
51:00-51:50 This ended up being much more interesting than Basil was expecting!
51:50-52:45 Nobody liked Olympus Has Fallen (except the first 5 minutes)
52:30-52:45 Thanks for listening, everybody!

Loose Canons Ep. 19 The Warped Ones

Loose Canons Ep. 19 The Warped Ones

This time our youthful minds get warped by the sun and we gain the power of indiscriminately acting like apes.

Timeline: Warped Ones

00:00-00:50 We are Podcasting Sisyphus
00:50-01:25 Reuben can’t pronounce the director’s name
01:25-03:00 Meet our (varyingly nasal) voices!
03:00-09:00 Liked It (Patrick, Basil), Disliked It (Reuben, Ilya)
09:00-09:40 Reuben wants to murder Akira
09:40-12:30 Patrick is wrapped up in Akira’s awfulness
12:30-14:00 This movie does have one (magical) black character
14:00-14:45 Fights are for people who can’t appreciate jazz
14:45-17:00 Warped Ones & PT Anderson
17:00-18:10 Warped Ones & Japanese Cinema History
18:10-19:40 Reuben’s Sun-Crazed Kryptonians Theory
19:40-23:20 Reckoning with historic trauma through accusatory, fucked-up characters
23:20-24:50 Nobody has written anything about this movie (jk)
24:50-25:45 Donald Richie – The One Man Wrecking Crew of Japanese Film Criticism
25:45-29:15 Basil – our Donald Richie
29:15-31:45 Every country on earth has a New Wave ‘cept the U! S! A!
31:45-34:05 This movie has really dumb opinions on modern art
34:05-37:40 Akira is crazy vs. Akira is boring
37:40-40:20 Doing whatever you want without consequence? Not that wild!
40:20-42:50 “Rebuilding is pointless and everything is the worst” – Japan
42:50-43:50 Akira did just get out of prison, for what it’s worth
43:50-44:30 Patrick feels bad for the happy couple
44:30-46:20 Wait, what happy couple?
46:20-48:00 The Kryptonians may just want the same things everyone else wants
48:00-50:00 That really doesn’t work out well for them, though
50:00-52:30 “We really need to talk about the past but we just won’t” - Japan
52:30-54:10 Erasing the past in A Town of Love and Hope
54:10-55:10 Most (movies about) young people are boring
55:10-58:30 Assuming audience awareness and the movie’s setting vacuum
58:30-01:00:30 Patrick was with the movie all the way
01:00:30-01:03:00 Ilya liked the phrenology scene and what it says about acting
01:03:00-01:06:00 Making fun of character psychology
01:06:00-01:07:15 Mona Lisa needs a mustache
01:07:15-01:09:45 Reuben thinks Kids had better things to say on similar subjects
01:09:45-01:10:50 Basil wasn’t bored cause the movie moves quickly
01:10:50-01:11:20 Nobody’s really a good person in this movie
01:11:30-01:12:15 Except for Gill, the magical black guy
01:12:15-01:13:50 Akira’s (and everyone’s) dream: swim off into the sunset with a black person
01:13:50-01:15:00 RIP Pimp C
01:15:00-01:17:40 This podcast is as long as the movie!
01:17:40-01:18:57 Thanks for listening, everyone (Michael)!

Loose Canons Ep. 18 One False Move

Loose Canons Ep. 18 One False Move

The podcast is about to make a singular misstep when we discuss two unattractive Bills in Carl Franklin's "taut" thriller with all the early 90s hairstyles you can handle.

Episode Timeline:

Loose Canons Public Podcast Service Announcement 00:00-00:18
Liked it & Disliked it 01:40-07:00
Patrick wants to talk about the ending 07:00-09:58
Reuben’s Very Big Reading of what the ending might mean in a Very Large Context 09:58-11:55
Shot in the head just like in that other movie 11:55-13:45
Bill Paxton is not White America 13:45-15:34
Patrick says “class” a lot 15:34-16:10
Basil makes good points 16:10-16:50
Nobody is innocent 16:50-17:50
Ilya has a theory about that other cop getting shot 17:50-19:05
Patrick and Reuben debate survival 19:05-22:10
Sociopaths with glasses (featuring a Wire reference!) 22:10-23:50
Let’s talk about that batshit opening scene 23:50-25:45
And how nothing really happens after that 25:45-29:55
Basil hates how this movie was scripted 29:55-31:35
Unattractive Bills 31:35-33:00
Awkward Racial Hollywood Stereotype Talk (Ilya’s fault) 33:00-36:25
That convenience store scene is pretty awesome 36:25-37:40
Who feels bad about cops getting shot? Not us! 37:40-38:25
Basil reads Bill Paxton right 38:25-39:00
Reuben and the rest of us read Bill Paxton wrong 39:00-41:44
One False Move? More like Every False Move! 41:44-43:15
Reuben feels frustrated by this movie’s crappy police work 43:15-44:22
Siskel & Ebert are not robots! 44:22-45:22
What is that noise? Who is making that noise? 45:22-46:01
Ilya and Reuben hate “taut” thrillers 46:01-46:50
Carl Franklin never really made it 46:50-49:20
Neither did Ernest Dickerson 49:20-49:50
Surviving the Game is a fun movie, or so Russia thinks 49:50-51:15
Rutger Hauer’s acting portfolio 51:15-52:30
Back to the movie and back to that batshit opening scene 52:30-55:15
Billy Bob writes about black people at dance parties 55:15-56:40
Thanks for listening, everybody! 56:40-57:28
Outtakes!!! 57:28-58:06

Loose Canons Ep. 17 Shivers

Loose Canons Ep. 17 Shivers

In this episode, we reap the spoils of our sex.

Loose Canons Ep. 16 Little Caesar

Loose Canons Ep. 16 Little Caesar
Reuben, Patrick, Basil and Ilya take on the hard hitting pizza documentary Little Caesar from 1931.

Loose Canons Ep. 15 Wendy and Lucy

Loose Canons Ep. 15 Wendy and Lucy

Reuben, Patrick, Basil and Ilya discuss the extreme condition that is society and we get super sad in the workplace.

Loose Canons Ep. 14 The Glass Shield

Loose Canons Ep. 14 The Glass Shield

Loose Canons Ep. 13 Battleship

Loose Canons Ep. 13 Battleship

Loose Canons Ep. 12 Tokyo Story

Loose Canons Ep. 12 Tokyo Story

Loose Canons Ep. 11 Margaret

Loose Canons Ep. 11 Margaret

Loose Canons Ep. 10 Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Loose Canons Ep. 10 Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Loose Canons Ep. 9 Lair of the White Worm

Loose Canons Ep. 9 Lair of the White Worm

Loose Canons Ep. 8 Flesh For Frankenstein

Loose Canons Ep. 8 Flesh For Frenkenstein

Loose Canons Ep. 7 Let The Right One In

Loose Canons Ep. 7 Let The Right One In

Loose Canons Ep. 6 Only Angels Have Wings

Loose Canons Ep. 6 Only Angels Have Wings

Loose Canons Ep. 5 Safety Last

Loose Canons Ep. 5 Safety Last

Loose Canons Ep. 4 This Is Not A Film

Loose Canons Ep. 4 This Is Not A Film

Loose Canons Ep. 3 Possession

Loose Canons Ep. 3 Possession

Loose Canons Ep. 2 Johnny Guitar

Loose Canons Ep. 2 Johnny Guitar

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