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This Tuesday at 9 PM Pacific, join
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for THE DEATH OF STALIN! Joseph Stalin dies, and a comedy of terrors happens as Stalin’s cronies scheme against each other to be the next leader of the Soviet Union! You can find the movie on Hulu and Tubi!
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Another great one tonight!
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And with that, thanks
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brethren! Tuesday, it’s Johnnie To’s THREE! And Friday, it’s Wes Anderson’s BOTTLE ROCKET! Until then, take care and get some sleep!
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And everyone’s off on their own adventure.
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A couple of songs from Tom’s “Rain Dogs” album on this. Not this one, though:
youtu.be/qWDJIwqCXi4?...
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Tom Waits - "Downtown Train"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
https://youtu.be/qWDJIwqCXi4?si=9_vHZH8WwnKVmRWj
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Well, looks like the trio has split up.
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Nicoletta Braschi as the woman in the cafe eventually went on to marry Roberto, and have remained so for almost 35 years.
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Just wandering the swamp, but hey, they finally found a house.
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Roberto’s talk about the rabbit was based on childhood experiences and made up on the spot.
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I mean, not much of a manhunt for these guys.
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Heh. From one place with bunk beds to escape to another one.
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Roberto had never been to Louisiana, let alone America, prior to doing this movie.
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Prison break!
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We all scream for ice cream.
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“I ‘ham’ an innocent man.”
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Roberto’s English was not very good, a fact used by his two other leads in pulling practical jokes on him during filming.
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Jarmusch basically started this as a loose idea of having Lurie and Waits just hanging out, but added a third player in this when he went on a trip to Italy, when he met…
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One of the assistant directors on this was Claire Denis, who would direct movies like BEAU TRAVAIL and HIGH LIFE.
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I mean, who wouldn’t want to hear a Tom Waits hosted radio show?
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Tom Waits was with Island Records at the time, who helped finance the movie.
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Next week, we got two different types of crime movies, one the debut of an arthouse darling and the other a movie from a favorite here on
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The B&W cinematography is done by Robby Mueller, who would go on to do quite a few movies for everyone from Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch.
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When Ellen Barkin breaks up with you, you know things have gone awry.
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Now we meet two of our three leads: John Lurie and Tom Waits (who’s doing the song here).
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This was Jim Jarmusch’s follow-up to his indie breakout hit, STRANGER THAN PARADISE.
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Noticed a few Criterion related movies popping up on Tubi, so we’ll be having some of those here (like say, at the end of the month…).
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Start DOWN BY LAW now!
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This Friday at 10 PM Pacific, join
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for Jim Jarmusch’s DOWN BY LAW! Three men end up in the same New Orleans prison cell, and then plan to make their escape! You can find the movie on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, and Tubi!
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Great stuff as always!
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add a skeleton here at some point
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And with that, thanks
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brethren! Friday, we go indie with Jim Jarmusch’s DOWN BY LAW! Until then, take care and get some sleep!
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Yeah, trade in one puppet master for another.
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Well, short to the point trial. And quick carry out of sentence.
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Believe it or not, Zhukov (Jason Isaacs) in real life had way more medals, but they cut the amount on his uniform because…it was too unbelievable.
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Just taking his pants. Because that will stop him from trying to flee.
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Well, not many times you can chat about pulling a coup.
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I think Beria’s gonna have to go after that.
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Rarely get to see Jason Isaacs in a comedic role, but he’s great here.
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Speaking of actors from MANDY, just spotted Richard Brake.
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Brain thieves. Oh boy.
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For the newcomers here tonight, we’re here every Tuesday at 9 PM Pacific and Fridays at 10 PM Pacific. In fact, Fridays this month is a special theme…
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“Did Coco Chanel take a shit on your head?”
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Jason motherf**king Isaacs!
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Hey, we just beat the Cheeto monster! Everyone pat yourself on the back.
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Just a reminder this movie came out in 2017, and inspired this from a movie house showing it:
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Time to figure out who’s running what now.
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This was filmed in the UK, and some location shooting in the Ukraine.
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Jeez, this is the worst house staff retirement program ever.
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“You’re mostly made of hair!”
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Well, nevermind.
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“You have your hair f**king embalmed or something?”
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Oh, he’s not dead. Yet.
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