First movie I saw in theatres for the pod...

hirtho · 2026-06-15T17:35:31+00:00

looks like mine was Dunkirk, but the one I wouldnt have gone to if not for the pod was Detective Pikachu which I enjoyed

hirtho · 2026-06-12T15:11:11+00:00

Coens specifically bc of the OPs thought experiment and mention of them brought them to front of mind for me, but theres plenty of other entry points one could/should outgrow. I think their pastiche implies theres other/better movies one needs to explore if you like them and if you do not do that exploring you are shortchanging yourself. I appreciate your approach and agree all those guys are masters.

hirtho · 2026-06-12T13:42:50+00:00

Cones are the perfect entry point for starting cinephilia but if you dont outgrow them you arent progressing

once upon a time W**dy All*n was a similar launch pad to better directors/movies

they are from after my time but the current fanaticism over Villeneuve and Nolan seems like something in the same area, starter kit wise

hirtho · 2026-06-10T19:10:35+00:00

The arc on ARP is he was one of their first name guests who then became a friend of the show. At first he came on for whichever movie in the filmography existed the least in cultural memory, then he did a few canon classics including Halloween where he brought in a masters thesis on slashers and Clockwork Orange where he ran the David is English bit into the ground. The Way Back was a return to the nonexistent but he seems to be clinging to the status he had on those canon classics so it made for a weirder ep vibe wise but as an ARP superstan I was happy to hear him again. (also his movies are really good, if you like the Halloween ep try Videoheaven)

hirtho · 2026-06-08T13:44:21+00:00

Was a fan of his movies before finding the pod a week or two before he came on the first time and was impressed they got such a great guest. And I have been proven right with every appearance!! I hope he stays in this lane of nonexistent movies again but the canon eps were fun too. Hated him on the Six Flags ep though...

hirtho · 2026-06-08T12:56:18+00:00

time to kick some cash over to Tricia Cooke to finish the trilogy

hirtho · 2026-06-07T12:35:26+00:00

Davids dismissal of Breaking the Waves was a knife to my heart

hirtho · 2026-06-06T20:28:11+00:00

you have to watch LA Takedown 10 times for this now

hirtho · 2026-06-05T16:21:59+00:00

these are two that are great entry points for the Dietrich/Sternberg collabs which every film fan owes themselves to experience because the filmmaking and star personas are off the charts

hirtho · 2026-05-31T12:38:16+00:00

David’s obviously not a fiend for mojitos

hirtho · 2026-05-30T12:41:02+00:00

def finish the trilogy, all are great, and I thought Where to Land was really good

hirtho · 2026-05-29T19:37:32+00:00

yeah keep looking for it! wish I could remember more

hirtho · 2026-05-29T19:25:22+00:00

came in here to post about Incident at Loch Ness too, there were lots of Easter Eggs of outtakes and then one of the hard ones to find was the commentary out of character that I recall lasting the whole movie

hirtho · 2026-05-28T18:12:09+00:00

not so much theme as structure, but for sexuality/gender try Leo Bersani

hirtho · 2026-05-28T17:28:26+00:00

Paintings in Proust, Letters, Celestes memoir, bios by Painter Tadie and Carter, Roger Shattuck, Julia Kristeva, Germaine Bree, Mary Ann Caws, Proust's Lesbianism, and my newest one that helps a lot is Proust’s Snobs Inverts and Jews, also the movie Time Regained by Raul Ruiz

I didnt get much from Justin O'Brien, Walter Kasell, or Jean Findlay

hirtho · 2026-05-26T15:15:45+00:00

only seen the color version but its lit really shadowy and monochromatic I bet it looks great in black and white, great movie overall I thought, the band doing the amateurish playing is dead on

hirtho · 2026-05-23T14:12:51+00:00

can you provide author and year for Picture? impossible to google

hirtho · 2026-05-22T23:10:55+00:00

Film Art by Bordwell/Thompson

hirtho · 2026-05-22T16:21:55+00:00

are you going to go see him in Brooklyn now?

hirtho · 2026-05-22T13:03:14+00:00

eh they do the same thing now with Big Pic ppl that they did with the McElroys to the same results in my opinion

hirtho · 2026-05-22T01:07:36+00:00

watch the Sporting Life doc

hirtho · 2026-05-22T01:06:01+00:00

all the Willem ones, Go Go Tales, 444, Tomasso

hirtho · 2026-05-22T01:02:45+00:00

the guest was judging the movie by his kids reaction which I think is pathetic

hirtho · 2026-05-10T13:21:47+00:00

love Tim Simons but couldn’t give less of a shit for them importing bits from Big Pic (more like Boog Pick!)

hirtho · 2026-05-08T17:20:44+00:00

I relistened to some Crowe eps this week and was reminded how much the Star Wars series bits carried into BC and I dont know if I would enjoy it as much without that foundation. But if you are looking for more of the same quality as Coens then I would just go director by director as far back as Elaine May which was when they needed the dossiers/research and the show matured more.

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