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Today we're so excited to be joined by our dear friend, composer and musician, Dan Romer. We read pages 15-16 and discuss Dan's unique, POV-driven approach to composing scores for films and TV shows. Then we freefall through this week's prism: it's all about moments in Coens films when the tone shifts radically. Along the way we read from Carter Burwell's notes on how the films and their scores came together.
Coens covered: Fargo, The Man Who Wasn't There, Intolerable Cruelty, The Big Lebowski
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Growing up in Staten Island, Colin Jost hung around many of his mother’s colleagues at the New York City Fire Department. He quickly gained an appreciation for the power of laughter, even in grave circumstances. By middle school, Jost was doing David Letterman impressions for classmates, and less than a decade later, while enrolled at Harvard, he rose to the top of the masthead of the school's humor magazine, the Lampoon. Suffice it to say, Jost’s talents as a writer and performer were clear to all, and he routinely demonstrates this aptitude on S.N.L.’s Weekend Update, which he has co-hosted with Michael Che since 2014. On this week’s episode of Table for Two, Jost joins host and AIR MAIL contributor Bruce Bozzi to reflect on his early days as a comedy writer, the comedians and actors who influenced him, and the joys of raising his son, Cosmo, alongside his wife, Scarlett Johansson.
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“Get to the chopper!”
Yes, we’re talking about the Arnold Schwarzenegger action classic Predator (1987).
On this show, Exploding Helicopter head honcho Will is joined by long-time contributor Dara. They discuss the quality of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “eye acting”, the mental health needs of US Special Forces, and whether it would be possible to set up a Predator tourist business.
So, smear yourself in mud, build a complicated series of traps out of the natural environment, and listen to the show.
Warning this episode contains multiple impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, and Jesse Ventura.
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On this episode we’re joined by one of our favorite filmmakers, Emily Kai Bock. We read pages 13-14 and analyze five action sequences that careen between do-or-die realism and out-and-out phantasmagoria.
Coens covered: No Country for Old Men, True Grit, Raising Arizona, The Ladykillers, A Serious Man
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Afterlife music video.
A Funeral for Lightning short film.
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Today we welcome our first ever guest to the TTWS study group, artist and filmmaker Z Behl. We read pages 9-10, and then take a deep dive into this week’s theme—Help Me—scenes where Coens characters ask for help. Do they get it? You’ll have to listen and find out.
We have another live event coming up we’re super excited about. Next week filmmaker Xander Robin will be our guest on the show, and on Thursday April 13 at 730pm he'll be screening some never-before-seen short films at Dunkunsthalle at 64 Fulton St. in Manhattan. Come through, see the films, and join the Q+A :) -
Exploding Helicopter is dedicated to celebrating the art of exploding helicopters in films.
So, for our first ever show we take a look at the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) which includes two helicopter explosions, including a classic of the genre.
Exploding Helicopter supremo Will is joined by long-time contributor Joe. Before getting down to analysing the quality of the chopper fireballs, Will and Joe discuss whether a Bond film should ever include disco music, the practicalities of living underwater, and if Moonraker is actually a remake of The Spy Who Loved Me.
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On this episode, Chris and Arian are joined by artist Hiroshi Kanatani. We're jumping back into he works of director Lam Ngai Kai (The Seventh Curse) as he tackles the manga: Peacock King, for it's forray into the live action world. This film is one part Wuxia epic, one part Ghostbusters, toss in a young Gordon Liu and a whole lot of fun. Monks, Demons, and rubber dinosaurs. The kind of madness that only the 80's could conjure!
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We’re thrilled to bring you today’s episode and today’s guest, filmmaker Xander Robin. We read pages 11-12 and stare into the unknown through a fractured prism of glints, glimpses and glimmers.
Please join us at Dunkunsthalle for Xander Robin - Mutations in Nature: Hidden Florida Movies. It’s going to be amazing; don’t miss it!
Thursday, April 13. 730pm. 64 Fulton St. Manhattan.
Coens covered: Lebowski, No Country, A Serious Man, Llewyn Davis
Plus: Are We Not Cats, Deliverance, Chillin' Island, Rear Window, The Vanishing, Memoria
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On the first episode of Table for Two, host Bruce Bozzi sits down for lunch with Scarlett Johansson at Via Carota, in New York’s West Village. Hollywood’s highest paid actress has to fight through a film set to get inside the restaurant, but manages to go blissfully undetected by crew and bystanders alike. Once safely installed, she gives Bruce the inside story on everything from Woody Allen’s unconventional directorial style—the filmmaker often shoots with his eyes closed—and working with Bill Murray at the young age of 17 to marrying Staten Island native Colin Jost, which was almost unthinkable at first for a Manhattanite like Scarlett. Hear about all of this and more on Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi presented by iHeartMedia and Air Mail. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Finally, we arrive at the film that helped put John McTiernan in both “director jail” and “jail jail” - the incoherent nu-metal fart that is 2002’s ROLLERBALL. Zach Cherry continues his trend of appearing on episodes covering movies that led to actual court cases, and we do our best to try to explain what happened (both on-screen and off). Why is this film set in Borat’s Kazakhstan? What was up with the extended nightvision scene? Is Griffin insane for being a Chris Kline apologist? Plus - Ben learns about the World Nomad Games of Central Asia!
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We read pages 7-8 and discuss a fundamental aspect of storytelling: setup. We look at how the Coens put pieces on the board and advance them, and how these opening moves set—and set off course—expectations for what's to come. We also discuss Theater 2 at the Lincoln Square 13. >>> IMPORTANT LIVE EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: If you're in NYC, join us at the Dunkunsthalle gallery at 64 Fulton Street, New York, NY (DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN) on April 4th at 7:30 pm for a screening of artist and filmmaker Z Behl's exhilarating short film Geppetto 2.0 and stick around for a Q+A afterwards. Z will also be our first guest on next week's episode. <<<
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We're back with pages 5-6. This week we bring you a wide-ranging discussion about a recurring Coens motif: when there's a little guy and there's a big guy, and they go versus on each other.
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Byrd and Matt start their full series recap of the entire Godzilla series by taking a look at the first six films in the series. But first, some quick Daimajin news and the run down on how exactly we're going to recap the series.
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On the premiere episode of Kaiju Transmissions, Byrd and Matt discuss just what made them Godzilla/kaiju fans to begin with. They'll talk about their first exposure to the genre and what has kept them involved through all these years. But first they share their reactions to the Godzilla Resurgence trailer, the first images from the Power Rangers movie and more!
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We read pages 3-4 and discuss how the Coens build story and character through a particular type of montage sequence.
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In our first episode, we read pages 1-2 and discuss cold open monologues in the Coens’ films.
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What if there was a 13th Warrior? What if there was a version of Beowulf so grounded in reality that the climactic battle with Grendel just kind of felt like a shrug? What if Antonio Banderas was the lead in Gladiator instead of Russell Crowe? We’re just asking questions! Filmmaker David Lowery makes his long-awaited return to the podcast to talk about John McTiernan’s Michael Crichton adaptation, a movie that should have kept the title of the original book - Eaters of the Dead. Such a sick title! Anyway, prepare yourself for plenty of Banderas talk, a loving deep-dive into the famous “Banderas learns the Viking language” scene, and a reveal of some Blank Check-related easter eggs in Lowery’s filmography (!).
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We're back with our first post-hiatus numbered episode and what a show we've got for you. Today we welcome actor, comedian, podcaster and our good friend Griffin Newman to the study group. Griffin walks us through his process as an actor, and what he calls behavioral acting—the use of secondary actions, latent desires, and bottled-up nervous energy to shape a performance and create a character that feels real. It's all about doing two or more things at once, and being as interesting as a cat.
On another important note, last week we told the story of the finding of the lost pages, and this week we actually debut the text of a lost page—PAGE 40—which we hope you enjoy!!
Coens covered: Burn After Reading, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, The Big Lebowski
Plus: World War Z, Interview with a Vampire, The Tao of Steve, Jurassic Park 3D
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A Fiji water bottle. “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone. That Magritte painting with the bowler hat. A SCINTILLATING, AGE-APPROPRIATE ROMANCE WITH TWO OF THE GREATEST HEIST SEQUENCES IN MOVIE HISTORY. We’re talking Tommy C (1999), baby! The delightful Amanda Dobbins joins us for her long-awaited Blank Check debut, and this episode is about as fun as you’d expect. Do we think this movie is better than the Norman Jewison original? Yes. Do we go long on the filmography of Rene Russo? Yes. Do we explain how Pierce Brosnan fit the Monet canvas into his briefcase? Sort of. Does Amanda know the plot of “Wicked”? Surprisingly, no!
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When Humphrey Bogart died, Lauren Bacall was just 32 years old. This is the story of how Bacall spent the remaining 57 years of her life, and her lifelong struggle to find a balance between being Mrs. So-and-So, and being Lauren Bacall.
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