"I don't know why we do this"
After doing a few episodes of the works of John Casavettes, we felt it was time to go back to the start to discuss his 1959 low-budget debut: SHADOWS! Joining John for this discuss is our recurring guest John Bruni, who also wrote a recent article on this film (linked below). With reference to that article, we also discussed the background on the film's production, the performances of Lelia Goldoni and Rupert Crosse, its influence on Casavettes later works, and a brief critique of Ray Carney. Before that, we went over the usual news and what we watched this week.
We will kick off our spooky season in a few short weeks and discuss the stop-motion masterpiece MAD GOD!
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:09:32 Shout outs: RIP Robert Redford
00:14:07 New Releases (THighest 2 Lowest; The Long Walk; Spinal Tap II: The End Continues; Him)
What We Watched This Week
00:17:22 Death of a Unicorn (Curtis)
00:18:08 The Terminator (Curtis)
00:20:13 The Long Walk (Curtis)
00:22:05 Panic in Year Zero! (Bruni)
00:25:02: Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Bruni)
00:26:58 There is No 13 (Bruni)
00:28:10 Five-Minute Films" Afternoon" [TV] (Bruni)
00:29:00 Paris, Texas (Bruni)
00:31:01 92 In the Shade (Bruni)
00:33:11 The Plot Against Harry (Bruni)
00:35:51 Predator 2 (John)
00:42:21 Invasion of the Blood Farmers (John)
00:44:16 The Nun (John)
00:45:28 The Souvenir (John)
00:50:57 The Naked Gun [2025] (John)
00:53:43 Eephus (John)
00:58:02 SHADOWS Discussion
02:05:49 Our Scores for SHADOWS
02:14:00 Coming Up Next!
CREDITS AND PLUGS
Intro: Shadows theatrical trailer
Outro: 'A Real Mad Chick' - scene from 'Shadows'
Bruni's article on Shadows: https://www.mediamagpies.com/first-of-the-independents-shadows/
Check out the GENRE GEMS website, with links to their early bird passes: https://www.genregems.ca/
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Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'
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