Welcome to Episode 13 of Film Explorers, a podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! All of September, we're playing Director Roulette, a game that Josh definitely did not make up on the spot. Josh and Joey assigned Jackson the filmography of John Carpenter, he came back with this week's episode: Big Trouble in Little China. We talk cheesy '80s action movies and what it looks like to deconstruct that, John Carpenter's insane run in the 1980s, and what very well may be Kurt Russell's best performance.

Other topics include: Josh seeing one of his all time favorite films with a live orchestra, Jackson prepping for Spooktober a bit early, and an unwelcome wasp in Joey's room (stay till the end. Trust me).

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro + What We Watched

00:15:13 Next Week's Director

00:18:16 Josh's Scorsese Journey Dispatch + More What We Watched

00:29:50 Big Trouble in Little China

01:09:23 Final Thoughts + Ratings

01:21:25 Next Week's Pick + Outro

Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

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Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)