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Shane and Matthew reach the end of season 2 with a wonderful slice-of-life Americana from James Mangold; his debut and mini-masterpiece 'Heavy' from 1995.

Notes:

Mangold's filmmaker tips: https://filmschoolrejects.com/filmmaking-tips-james-mangold-9c10355d5a88/

Mangold on Mackendrick: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/logan-director-james-mangold-discusses-183056098.html

9 Movies where Shelly Winters dies in the middle: http://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-movies-in-which-shelley-winters-dies-in-the-middle

 

Matthew and Shane buckle up for a classic British road movie that foregoes the tropes of the genre and instead offers a mesmerising cinematic scrapbook of late 70's music, images and philosophy.

Notes:

Locations then and now: https://www.reelstreets.com/films/radio-on/

Film Comment review: https://www.filmcomment.com/article/vision-radio-on/

2013 Interview with Chris Petit: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/man-on-the-outside-27967.html

Further reading:

https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/interviews/chris-petit-radio-on-interview   https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/oct/02/featuresreviews.guardianreview13   https://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/vertigo_magazine/volume-4-issue-1-autumn-winter-2008/germany-and-england-england-and-germany-proposal-for-a-film/   https://psychogeographicreview.com/film-of-the-month-march-2012-radio-on/   https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/article/spirit-of-the-bauhaus-in-electronic-sounds  

Shane and Matthew look for their dignity as they join The Party of Dynamic Erection in a bid to better understand British male... stuff.

Trailer for Little Malcolm: https://youtu.be/K3DseWf-Nlc

Article from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/30/george-harrison-little-malcolm-handmade

Mike Leigh on David Halliwell: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/07/mike-leigh-on-playwright-david-halliwell-little-malcolm

For the 2020 Halloween Special Shane and Matthew head to Pittsburg to drink some blood with George A. Romero's 'Martin' from 1977.

Notes:

A guided tour of the locations from 'Martin': http://martinthereisnomagic.blogspot.com/

Matthew's reading recommendation: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martin-Midnight-Movie-Monographs-Winship/dp/1786360527

Original trailer for 'Martin': https://youtu.be/NNIGTSdKPl0

Shane and Matthew flash their assets and high-kick their way through Michael Ritchie's exquisite beauty pageant satire 'Smile' from 1975. 

Notes:

Trailer for Smile: https://youtu.be/tbdKZQcxKYM

BFI Championing Bruce Dern: https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/championing-bruce-dern-king-marvin-gardens

Local history of 'Smile' from Santa Rosa: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/gaye-lebaron-when-smile-made-santa-rosans-do-anything-but/?artslide=2

Shane is joined by Adam Lowes for a bloody violent trip to the South Korean underworld in Kim Jee-woon's breathtaking A Bittersweet Life (2005).   Notes:   Trailer for A Bittersweet Life: https://youtu.be/q5O2tfiaTxU   Comparison of DC & Theatrical: https://www.movie-censorship.com/repo...   Period Variety review from Cannes 2005: https://variety.com/2005/film/markets...   All images are copyright the original owners.

Matthew and Shane duke it out in the back streets of Hell's Kitchen, trying to survive on peanuts, salami and some goofy one-liners.

 

Notes:

Trailer for Paradise Alley: https://youtu.be/mxXdouKmoOY

1978 NY Times review: https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/10/archives/movies-rocky-goes-to-limbo-in-paradise-alleyrocky-as-wrestler.html

 

Matthew and Shane get lost in Germany with Wim Wender's astonishing and tender road trip classic from 1974.   Notes:   Trailer for 'Alice In The Cities': https://youtu.be/MoRe7srFtZ8   MOMA archive footage of Wuppertal Suspended Railway from 1902: https://youtu.be/MoRe7srFtZ8   Wim Wenders interview with BFI: https://youtu.be/FbzFZ0CjEVY

Matthew and Shane go crazy scrutinising their masculinity with Donald Cammell's 'White of The Eye' (1987).

Notes:

Trailer for 'White of The Eye': https://youtu.be/u4WMa5SfqJg

'White of The Eye' at the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094320/

Arrow Films release info: https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/white-of-the-eye-dual-format/FCD900

Kermode's excellent intro for 'White of The Eye' on BFI Player: https://youtu.be/QbOFXh2CW1Q

 

Shane and Matthew are cursed to battle for eternity as they slice through Kihachi Okamoto’s The Sword of Doom from 1966.

Notes:

2017 article on Tatsuya Nakadai: https://www.filmcomment.com/article/tastuya-nakadai-the-sword-of-doom/

The Sword of Doom at Criterion: https://www.criterion.com/films/925-the-sword-of-doom

The Sword of Doom HD Trailer: https://youtu.be/FGhpT8PGslA