Frame Work

By Al Schwartz, John BernhardTV & Film

Frame Work episodes

November 25, 2020 TV SET - LOVECRAFT COUNTRY AND THE CHALLENGES OF HORROR ON TV
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Finally, two white guys talk about LOVECRAFT COUNTRY. The main focus is in how it disappointed in the scares department, which leads to more general discussion of horror and how hard it is to do it in the TV format.
1 hr 18 min
November 18, 2020 The QT Question - The Hateful Eight
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The guys welcome Chris Prentice to parse the underpinnings of the American Western, whether Michael Madsen is actually good, truth and lies, Tarantino's age-blindness, Netflix's clumsy editing, and arguably the most provocative and least coherent ending of QT's career.
1 hr 41 min
November 08, 2020 TV SET: Game Of Thrones, pt. 2 - Endings
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John and Al look at the finale season, assess what went wrong, what made people mad, and compare it to the other Epic Saga finales of 2019.
1 hr 29 min
November 08, 2020 TV SET: Game Of Thrones, pt. 1 - Anatomy of a Crossover Hit
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John and Al look back on Game Of Thrones, and attempt to map the cultural genome that allowed it to rise to the very peak of Peak TV.
1 hr 24 min
October 29, 2020 The QT Question - Django Unchained
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John and Al welcome Jesse Perry to talk about Tarantino's sloppiest piece of provocation, DJANGO UNCHAINED. They talk at great length about the film's great length, speculate on different iterations the movie could have taken, manage to avoid saying the N-Word, even once!
1 hr 36 min
October 19, 2020 The QT Question - Inglorious Basterds
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The guys abandon all pretense and just fawn over Tarantino's self-proclaimed "masterpiece" for 90 minutes. Topics of said fawning include spies, interrogations, Brad Pitt's accent, the power of cinema, and just what the hell Mike Myers is doing here anyway.
1 hr 39 min
October 07, 2020 The QT Question - Death Proof
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Topics of conversation include Slasher films, the appeal of overwritten dialogue, whether or not this is in the conversation for all-time best Kurt Russell performances, some consideration of the environment this film was released in, and where Quentin’s head might have been at the time regarding Uma Thurman, Weinstein, and his own legacy!
1 hr 18 min
October 01, 2020 The QT Question - Kill Bill, Vol. 2
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The guys welcome their first guest, long time internet-friend Joon Kim, to talk about the chatty, somewhat flabby conclusion to Tarantino's gonzo epic of samurai/western/anime/exploitation/superhero indulgence.
1 hr 42 min
September 30, 2020 The QT Question - Kill Bill, Vol. 1
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Tarantino let's every wild, indulgent impulse he restrained in JACKIE BROWN loose, and the guys are here for it
1 hr 26 min
September 29, 2020 The QT Question - Jackie Brown
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John and Al talk about Tarantino's foray into adapting Elmore Leonard, attempts to diversify his characters, tamp down his signature stylings, and avoid the sophomore slump.

Also, the audio will get better with future installments, so thanks for bearing with us threw the growing pains.
1 hr 18 min