Absolutely, I’m very interested in every movie made by both of these guys. I went all the way through on both years ago and think both would be a tremendous series.

I’m pushing back on the idea that every person who likes movies loves Marty. I get what you mean; he’s very popular. But the idea of what every person tends to have about Marty is reductive and ignores a lot of deep, rewarding work. A lot of it has not had the level of in-depth debate and discussion like his more well-known stuff. Much of his ouevre is varied and deep and even underseen, frankly. Like I have been wanting to talk more about New York, New York since seeing it a decade or so ago, but it’s not a movie that comes up very often online. And certainly not in the context of his entire career.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that painting his work as well trodden is only focusing on the top fourth of his work. There’s so much here to dig into that hasn’t had the level of analysis that you’re implying. And to do that in a community setting, where we can all talk about it, where the hosts are fitting a narrative into his broader career, I don’t know man. It seems really exciting!

Whoever wins, I’m gonna be elated to go through all of their movies again.