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It’s a light week on the weekly review show, but there is a still a half-dozen titles to discuss between Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They include Michael Shannon trying to bring a collegiate rowing team together (Heart of Champions) and hypnotherapy going wrong for Kate Siegel (Hypnotic). For those who wanted an Army of the Dead prequel sans the zombies, you got it (Army of Thieves), but you may want a different Netflix throwback instead with an all-star, guns-a-blazin’ western (The Harder They Fall). Finally on Halloween weekend you have your chosen between a horror film from the director of Crazy Heart and Black Mass (Antlers) or Edgar Wright’s tribute to London horror and Italian giallo (Last Night in Soho). Are either worth your time in theaters or is Netflix your choice this week?

0:00 - Intro

3:01 – Hypnotic

11:29 – Heart of Champions

23:15 – Army of Thieves

34:37 – The Harder They Fall

51:51 – Antlers

59:38 – Last Night in Soho

1:20:25 - Outro

EPISODE 125 - SCOTT COOPER - Director

Team Deakins has a great talk with director, Scott Cooper (HOSTILES, BLACK MASS, CRAZY HEART). We learn that he started out as an actor and how that has helped him when he became a director. He talks about the immediate recognition, on his first directed film Crazy Heart, that directing was his path and not acting. He shares his belief that you make a film 3 times: when writing it, when shooting it and when editing it. He talks about shooting with a single camera, how he works with actors, and how he wants to create space for the actors to take big chances. He tells about the experiences of working on each of his films and says he likes to push himself in unsafe places. A very interesting look into the process of a director!

Hey Dude, I cheered myself up by celebrating Jeff Bridges' 70th Birthday. It's a crazy heart of a call, that is both a fragmented and an incomplete recap of his amazing film career. 

CHARACTERS: Zane Grey, The Dude, Cybill Shepherd, Clint Eastwood, Stacy Keach, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Woods, Minus One, Jon Voight, Rachel Ward, Robin Williams, Rosie Perez, Oliver Benjamin, John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Josh Brolin, Colin Farrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Dowd 

FILMS/TV: The Big Lebowski, Starman, The Last Picture Show, KCBS-TV, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Deer Hunter, Bad Company, Fat City, Stay Hungry, Against All Odds, The Fisher King, Fearless, SNL, True Grit (2010) (1969), Crazy Heart

FILMMAKERS: Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Cimino, John Huston, Terry Gilliam, Coen Brothers 

MUSIC: In My Life, The Beatles, Against All Odds, Phil Collins

LOCATIONS: Sunset Blvd, LAX, DTLA

STUFF: Dudeism, mensch

SOUNDS: birds, helicopter, dogs

GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal

PHOTO: "Crazy Heart for The Dude" shot on my "new" iPhone6 

RECORDED: December 5, 2019 on the observation deck at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena, California 

GEAR: Marantz Solid State Recorder PMD670, Sennheiser MD 46 microphone

DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

HYPE/SWIPE: "Don't call me dude." - John Lurie 

Our rotating Co-host Chris Bradford sits in for a look back on Director Scott Cooper’s 2013 film, ‘OUT OF THE FURNACE’ starring Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Forest Whitaker, Casey Affleck, Willem Dafoe, and the late Sam Shepard. We also discuss: DISNEY+, FANTASY ISLAND, MARVEL, and more! Happy Birthday to our co-host, Diego Luna!
Intro: Official ‘OUT OF THE FURNACE’ trailer audio.
Anatomy of a scene w/ director Scott Cooper | The New York Times audio.
Outro mixed by: Wesley Swanson.

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