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We're taking this week off to get back on schedule, but we'll return next week with Inherent Vice! For now, enjoy this unlocked episode from our Patreon feed. If you like what you hear, consider joining us, where for just $5/month you'll receive 2 monthly bonus episodes!
----------------------------------------Halfway into our PTA series, we take a step back to look at leftover notes and ideas. Subjects include: talk radio, Ryan does a Tom Leykis impression, PTA's stories and their basis in reality, Boogie Nights and PTA's ambivalence to the patriarchal family, movie biz talk, the missing middleperson in current filmmaking, postmodern consumerism in Punch-Drunk Love, abstraction, surrealism. It's a good one!Follow Altmania:https://linktr.ee/altmania
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Joined by our pals Jake Serwin and Ian Rhine from Pod (Pauld) Casty for Me, we chatted about PTA's big, shot on 70mm epic. Our guests share a story of visiting the Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum, we talked sand women, John Huston's war dept. documentary Let There Be Light. There's Thomas Pynchon stuff, cameras and lens stuff for the nerds, and a lot of us getting off topic into various rabbit holes. Ryan attempts to steer the ship forward as Este guides him through the oceans of riffs and bits. Overall though, it was a ton of fun. Here's a pic of our costumes by the wayFollow Pod Casty for Me:https://podcastyforme.com/https://patreon.com/PodCastyForMeFollow Altmania:https://linktr.ee/altmaniahttps://patreon.com/Altmania
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Halfway into our PTA series, we take a step back to look at leftover notes and ideas. Subjects include: talk radio, Ryan does a Tom Leykis impression, PTA's stories and their basis in reality, Boogie Nights and PTA's ambivalence to the patriarchal family, movie biz talk, the missing middleperson in current filmmaking, postmodern consumerism in Punch-Drunk Love, abstraction, surrealism. It's a good one!
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DRAINAGE! Writer and friend Peter Raleigh comes by to discuss PTA's western oil-slicked nightmare THERE WILL BE BLOOD. We get into Upton Sinclair's Oil!, some movie title talk, I Drink Your Milkshake memes, Daniel-Day Lewis' misrepresentations in the media, we do the Daniel Plainview voice, talk God and capitalism, Paul Dano, unearthing cosmic terrors from beneath the earth, the film's patriarchal world, and overall have a really great discussion of one of the biggest films in the last 20 years. It's a big one folks, so check it out!Follow Peter Raleigh:https://peterraleigh.substack.com/https://twitter.com/PetreRaleighFollow Altmania:https://patreon.com/Altmaniahttps://linktr.ee/altmania
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What's the most you ever lost for a pudding cup? Well, Paul Thomas Anderson has a little story about that! Jordan Fish, filmmaker and co-host of To the White Sea, comes by to help us discuss Punch-Drunk Love, this wonderful movie from 2002, a certified classic. We talk Sandler, SNL, Maya Rudolph, pudding cups, surrealism, PTA stepping up after a hiatus, Jon Brion's score, Jeremy Blake, love and anger, Sandler yelling. This was a fantastic episode, and we hope you all like it, too.
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We return with Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 epic, an indulgent, melodramatic, beautiful film. And joining us is a returning champ, our friend Chris from Podside Picnic! We discuss PTA's life up to '99, Fiona Apple, cocaine, the LA comedy scene, Aimee Mann, Paul F. Tompkins, Patton Oswalt, PTA fighting for full creative control, messy production, Tom Cruise, Short Cuts, Henry Gibson, parents and kids. There's so much packed in here but it was one of our favorite episodes, so we hope you dig it.
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Our friend Reilly stops by for a BIG movie, smash hit, a real banger. We're talking Wahlberg, Burt, VHS, JCR, PSH, RDS, PBH, John Holmes, the Wonderland murders, PTA's movie brain, New Line Cinema, Robert Redford's porn collection, so much to discuss. We had a great time talking about this one, hope you all enjoy.
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We begin the filmography of PTA with his first movie! It's pretty normal to start something with the first one that happened, and we're very strict about following the rules. Talking about '90s PTA, his confidence, petulance, struggles. We get into Raymond Carver, being in your 20s, Philip Baker Hall, Sundance, John C. Reilly, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Reno, PTA's struggles with the production, the movie's title, Entourage, the 90s director. Lots to cover, lots to discuss but we had a great time and it's a great movie! Thanks everybody
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We're baaaack! Kicking off the new series, it's Este's birthday! Go wish him a happy birthday everybody. We begin Altmania "Friends of Bob", starting with our Paul Thomas Anderson journey talking about his films overall, our first encounters with them, and our sort of plan for the upcoming films this season. Then we dive into some PTA news on his upcoming (expensive) movie, rewriting Napoleon, his life in the valley in the '70s, Ernie Anderson, Tim Conway, Robert Ridgely. Then we go right into our two films of today, PTA's first short films The Dirk Diggler Story and Cigarettes & Coffee. One movie we really loved and another we felt was lacking, find out which one is which!! Anyway, it feels great to be back and we hope you're all ready for a wonderful series with some great guests! We've got some fun in store, and we hope you all enjoy. Thanks everybody, peace and love.
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This week we started digging into our own physical media, and Ryan kicked us off with a pick from his collection that he hadn't seen in a long time, Haskell Wexler's 1969 film Medium Cool. We get into the Chicago DNC of 1968, the Chicago DNC of 2024, cinema verité filmmakers, George Lucas, Godard, cop cities, journalism, 24-hour news. We go all over! So come check it out.
We'll be back September 6th when we kick off our new series, "Friends of Bob", beginning with Paul Thomas Anderson!
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Well, the time has come to say goodbye to our friend Bob (for now). We share our big announcement, rank some Bob movies, read some listener mail, and we just spend a good two hours or so talking about Bob, art, politics, and what it all means to us at the end of this road.
It's been a great privilege for us both to get to do this project together every week. Both Este and I grew as friends, we made new friends, and best of all we mutually gained a greater appreciation for one of America's greatest artists. If you love movies and want to share that love, don't be afraid to do something about it! Write about it, get some microphones and record yourselves chatting about it, or just have a conversation with your friends or even a stranger. I couldn't recommend it enough. When we started this show, we'd only known each other for about a year, but having a chance to talk with a friend about art and anything else every week for a year really gave me some memories that I'll never forget. I'm happy to both have 50 episodes to look back on AND great memories with a friend.
And to all of our friends who have written in, your positivity to both our show and to the films of Altman helped reassure us that that legacy is carrying on and the Bob Mindset is always there. Thank you all for encouraging us with your kindness and for taking the time to listen to us chat for a couple hours a week about movies. Shoutouts to those who wrote in to us: Naomi, Jorge Torres, Joe (@punk_turns_puke), and our lovely pal Michael H. Smith.
Additional thanks to everyone who came by and spent time with us on the show, including:Valerie Keaton, Chris Woodward, Kurt Schiller, Jake and Ian from Pod Casty, Carlee and Aaron from Hit Factory, Dante, Reilly, Gigi, Adam Slusar. You were all wonderful, kind guests and NOW friends of Bob and of us!
We will see you all September 6th (that's Este's birthday!) for the premiere of "Friends of Bob". It's gonna be a blast!
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We snuck in one last bonus episode before we wrap up this season of Altmania! It's Tim Robbins' directorial debut, a horrifying-but-prescient look at American politics. We talk new Altman releases, the OIympics, Republicans wanting to be cool, folk music, gentrification. It's a good one, so tune in!
The article Ryan mentioned:
"Cities are branding themselves into predictably unique products" David Banks, 2023
https://www.dezeen.com/2023/07/21/city-authentic-david-a-banks-opinion/
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Well everyone, we've made it to the finish line! It's time to talk about Robert Altman's final film, released just four months before his passing. Our friend Adam comes by for emotional support to talk about radio plays, elegiac movies, the film's commentary on life and death, where we go when we die. We also talk about Bob's honorary Oscar, as well as his planned film Hands on a Hard Body, before we share some stories and quotes from his collaborators after his passing. What a wonderful journey it's been going through these films with you all, and we hope you tune in next week for our FINALE, where we sum up our journey and talk about what lies in store for Altmania! Thank you everybody
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Well look what the cat dragged in, old Jack Tanner is back and this time he means business. We visit Bob's only ever sequel(?) - TANNER ON TANNER, sorry folks we're gonna get political on this one! Set in the 2004 election, we have a lot to talk about and see a lot of familiar faces. We talk Michael Moore, the Daily Show, our political experiences growing up, Scorsese, Buscemi, and we once again chase away Chris Matthews. It's a long one but a good one, enjoy!
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We're dancing ourselves clean this episode, it's THE COMPANY, Bob's second to last movie. He gets very zen in this one, to the point where it's almost difficult to discuss - but that hasn't stopped us in the past! We get into the writing of this movie by Neve Campbell and Barbara Turner, talk a little bit about news that happened the day we recorded (sorry!), the movie's digital photography and some technical talk on lenses and aspect ratios (also sorry). It's a good episode! Sorry if we seem a little down in these later eps, hard to say goodbye to Bob! Thank you all
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We finally (for real this time) check out Bob's 1985 HBO movie THE LAUNDROMAT! We also share a loving tribute to Shelley Duvall, revisit some '80s Bob, his work with comedic actors, see our old friend Carol Burnett, cleaning your laundry (literally, metaphorically), the death of the movie star. All kinds of stuff to discuss! Join us
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Este and Ryan take a trip over to jolly old England, and who else do we run into but the Hit Factory folks themselves, Carlee and Aaron! We get into both of their histories with this movie, how it ties into their own lives, 2000s movies, Downton Abbey, being nerds as children, Bob Balaban, Bob (Altman's) comments on 9/11, this incredible cast of dames and knights, and we close out with an article on Bob that is sure to make you laugh AND get really mad! All that and more on ALTMANIA
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That's right folks, we're back for another one. Live from the Dolby theater in Hollywood, CA: it's the THIRD annual BOB AWARDS. We look back at this decade, talk about Bob's changes creatively, physically, emotionally; we also talk Randy Newman, our favorite types of beverages, Bob and writers over the decades, getting old, and a whole bunch of other silly bits that we do on these episodes. We also hand out some new awards and pick some of our favorite stuff from the decade! So, we hope you have as much fun listening as we had making it
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The doctors are IN! Our lovely friend Gigi, Girl Woman (@thenamesgirl) joins us to talk about Dr. T, the Yonic Wizard. We talk about Richard Gere, sex symbols, what makes this movie so fascinating, the death of the sex comedy, vagina magic, loving your wife too damn much, and why women are simply the coolest. All of that and more on ALTMANIA!
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It's our final Altman movie of the 1990s and joining us to help close it all out is our new friend, a fellow Bobblehead, and all-around lovely guy - Reilly! He shares his experiences first getting into Bob, and the conversation sorta just goes from there. We talk about this lovely movie and Charles S. Dutton's great performance, the post-racial world Bob creates of Holly Springs, the different "targets" of Altman movies, Lyle Lovett Joker, how much we all hate catfish, the power of fishing.
We also introduce a brand-new game that will probably only be played once, THE COOKIE GAME. Join us for all of this and more on this wonderful episode!
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