GOIN' COMMANDO

#33: FALLING DOWN (1993)


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It's another James Shoehorned Special as we tackle, at his behest, the 1993 Joel Schumacher thriller FALLING DOWN starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall as two men on very different paths. One is having the worst day ever according to him, the other is just trying to get through his last day before a somewhat reluctant retirement. We talk about what this movie is really trying to say about America, capitalism, mental health, toxic masculinity and how those coalesce into a guy like Mr. DFENS, as well as how his actions might be interpreted differently, shall we say, as teenagers versus watching it now as 37 year old geezers. We dissect some of Schumacher's stylistic choices and how they add to the stressful feel of the movie. We celebrate the well-deserved onscreen death of a Nazi and of golfers, who are the Nazis of golf courses. Grab some Whammy Burger and listen along.

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GOIN' COMMANDOBy Bryne Yancey, James McDonald

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