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In this our first episode, Devon and Doug delve into the 1971 film 'Klute,' directed by Alan J. Pakula. They explore the film's themes of style, sex, and the complexities of human relationships through the character of Bree Daniels, played by Jane Fonda. The conversation highlights the film's unique cinematography, the detective's journey, and the portrayal of addiction and despair in the underbelly of New York City. We also tread cautiously while exploring the movie's haunting performances, particularly by Dorothy Tristan, and the significance of her character. The hosts also get into the film's iconic elements, such as the shag haircut, and the creative journey of Paul McGregor, who popularized it. The conversation also touches on Klute's lack of actual "detective skills" the disturbing violations of privacy depicted in the film, and the intense climax (heh) involving the antagonist. We also reflect on Jane Fonda's transition from actress to activist, highlighting the film's legacy and its reflection of the societal politics of the 1970s. 

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We lost David Bowie nine years ago on January 10th - although, the world didn’t know it until the following morning. That was a hard day. I remember feeling kind of numb, while reading the deluge of little eulogies in the form of celebrity tweets that featured a rote parade of words like, “legend,” “innovator,” and “genius” etc. These were largely written by a contemporary crop of artists who, frankly, owed Bowie more than words like “legend, “innovator” and “genius” etc. But I’ll never forget the one that broke me. It was the tweet that could’ve only been written by someone who had an accurate inventory of what Bowie’s work meant to other creatives, and also understood his international place in our pop culture.

It feels like we lost something elemental, as if an entire color is gone.

-          Carrie Brownstein

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Anyway, this is an episode about the movie, The Man Who Fell To Earth and it was intentionally produced to be released right before the anniversary of David Bowie’s birthday/death. I could write a verbose paragraph on what his music meant to me personally or how it helped shape my world view – yadda yadda but that would bore even me and only undermine the points of the episode itself, which are:  

1.) We are talking about a movie/not it’s star

 2.) We really are just despicable whores.  

We also introduce a bitchin’ segment called, Let’s Franchise This Comma Baby! The premise being, when we’re about done yammering about the movie, we decide how to either remake it, or eek out a sequel.

Here are some notes about the flick I rooked from Wikipedia  

The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fantasy drama film[4] directed by Nicolas Roeg and adapted by Paul Mayersberg.[5] Based on Walter Tevis's 1963 novel of the same name, the film follows an extraterrestrial named Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) who crash-lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought, but finds himself at the mercy of human vices and corruption.[6] It stars David Bowie, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, and Rip Torn.[7] It was produced by Michael Deeley and Barry Spikings.[5

Full disclosure, I almost let AI write the show notes again because no one likes doing this part. BUT a Russian listener called in and AI didn’t know what to make of that either. In fact, it printed something like, “Man explains unique dynamic of theater troupe,” which although technically true, doesn’t quite do anything about that moment justice. So yeah. We talk about Some Like It Hot. I (Doug) hadn’t ever seen it because of reasons. We then talk about the making of the movie, and the power struggles that created just enough pressure to produce a diamond. We also talk about the current Broadway production of the material. Devon spends most of this time being awesome. AI agrees. Anyway, if you’re feeling squirrely when the episode is finished, please visit whatever podcast host you listen to our show on and write us a little review. It would really help the show a whole lot, unless you hate it. Then forget I said anything.  

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About the movie (copied from Wikipedia)

Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American crime comedy[4] film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee and Nehemiah Persoff in supporting roles. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan from the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love. The film is about two musicians (Curtis and Lemmon) who disguise themselves as women to escape from Chicago mobsters they have witnessed commit murder during the 1920's Prohibition-era.

Some Like It Hot opened to critical and commercial success and is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning for Best Costume Design. In 1989, the Library of Congress selected it as one of the first 25 films for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5][6]

The film was produced without approval from the Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code) because it features cross-dressing. The code had been gradually weakening in its scope since the early 1950s, owing to greater social tolerance for taboo topics in film, but it was enforced until the mid-1960s. The overwhelming success of Some Like It Hot is considered one of the reasons behind the retirement of the code.[3]

In the interest of not burying the lead here, this is our very first Christmas Special featuring Devon’s brother, Cody Ramone! Also, Jesus called into the show to weigh in on Saturday Night Fever. Don’t get too excited though. He dodged all the important questions. But still, he didn’t call into anyone else’s community radio program this Christmas Eve. So put on your boogie woogie shoes and spend this holiday with Devon, Doug, Cody and Jesus!

About The Movie :

Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American dance drama film directed by John Badham and produced by Robert Stigwood. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a young Italian-American man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local discothèque while dealing with social tensions and disillusionment in his working class ethnic neighborhood in Brooklyn. The story is based on "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", a mostly fictional 1976 New York article by music writer Nik Cohn.

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On the merit of the title alone, Devon and Doug watched a French film from 1973 called, A Slightly Pregnant Man directed by Jaques Demy. The movie raised a lot of questions and oh boy does Devon go out of her way to answer those. We also learn in great detail what a rabbit test is and why it’s important to never let Steven Tyler know anything you don’t!

“L'Événement le plus Important depuis que l'Homme a Marché sur la Lune”

“Paris Perdu”

 Performed by Mireille Mathieu

“Ben”

Performed by Michael Jackson

“Bright Eyes” (Theme From Watership Down)

Performed by Art Garfunkel

About The Film   

A Slightly Pregnant Man (French: L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune, lit. 'The Most Important Event Since Man Walked on the Moon'; Italian: Niente di grave, suo marito è incinto, lit. 'No Big Deal, Her Husband Is Pregnant') is a 1973 comedy film written and directed by Jacques Demy.[2] The film stars Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni, with Micheline Presle, Marisa Pavan, Claude Melki, André Falcon, Alice Sapritch and Raymond Gérôme.

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Shoplifters (2018)

This movie wrecked us. We adored it in a way neither of us knew our hearts were capable of and we spent an hour trying our best to put that into words. This is only broken up by Doug admitting he has fond memories of shoplifting himself after a lovely listener call in by a local Rhinebecker, who told us some pretty interesting facts about our local arthouse theater.

About The Movie :

Shoplifters

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

 (Japanese: 万引き家族, romanized: Manbiki Kazoku, lit. 'Shoplifting Family') is a 2018 Japanese drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky and Sakura Ando,[2] it is about a family that relies on shoplifting to cope with a life of poverty.

Kore-eda wrote the screenplay contemplating what makes a family,[4] inspired by reports on poverty and shoplifting in Japan.

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This week, Devon and Doug talk about the 1944 film, Gaslight, starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. The duo then silly their way around the movie’s influence of both art and psychology before absolutely perverting a few scenes they both loved and adored. Doug points out why the film shares direct DNA with the original Universal Monsters. Speaking of monsters, a new segment inspired by a mutual friend is introduced in this episode called “How Do We Sell This To Susan?” which is followed up by a caller named Phil from Apple Valley, where a recounting of “Gaslighting” is believed to have occurred.

About The Film

Gaslight is a 1944 American psychological thriller film directed by George Cukor, and starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten and Angela Lansbury in her film debut. Adapted by John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, and John L. Balderston from Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light (1938), it follows a young woman whose husband slowly manipulates her into believing that she is descending into insanity

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In this episode, Doug Wortel and Devon Irby discuss the Italian film 'Cinema Paradiso,' directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. They explore the film's themes of childhood, nostalgia, and the impact of cinema on a small community in post-World War II Italy.

In the middle of this broadcast, however, Tito From Hyde Park called in and claimed that not only did he know the writer/director (known only by his alias “Joey Tornado” at the time) but he swears the film Cinema Paradiso is specifically about his life! 

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In this episode, THE maybe Francis Ford Coppola calls into the show to plug his new film while Devon and Doug are discussing Coppola’s 1974 masterpiece ‘The Conversation.’ The movie house mooks delve into The Conversation's cinematic techniques, sound design, and character dynamics, while exploring themes of paranoia and surveillance.

Full disclosure. AI wrote that last part.

Too lazy.

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Where to begin? Well, Devon didn’t love this movie. Her reasons are sound. But Doug loves this film…enough to come into the studio dressed as Jesus, which presented a whole other set of distractions/problems. You can see all that magic in our YouTube shorts/Tiktoks and what not…

As far as the film goes, we did a deep dive into its structure, its crew and cast. We dissected it like a high school science class frog and maybe ate it afterwards.

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·         ”America’s Trinity Of Love” by Jack Kerouac (1955) read by Jim Oliveira at Spillway Street Studio.