In this episode of the show we are joined by Jak and Carson to celebrate the show's 250th episode. In this show we spare a few minutes reminiscing and we also engage in a brief game of Uncut Gems trivia before talking about the movie of the day, John Dahl's Red Rock West. In this part of our show we discuss the film's difficult fate, cult resurrection and universal critical acclaim. We talk about Dahl banking on a great story and the cast plucked out of David Lynch's closet, Nic Cage at his most subdued and nuanced and the unwieldy Dennis Hopper as the film's agent of chaos. We also talk about how noir films tend to emerge on the fringes of the mainstream, whether we admire Cage's skill of doing one-armed pushups and if Dahl's choice of aspect ratio is enough to send at least some of us into a tailspin.
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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
Featuring: Jak-Luke Sharp & Carson Timar
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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