What movie’s better than Terminator 2?
And why do we all agree this one movie is so good?
Wait, do we even all agree that it’s so good?
How committed are you to your comfort movies?
What are the movies that deeply touch you?
And have you seen anything good lately?
Each episode a different guest discusses a series of movies with a theme or a topic they’re passionate about.
Then we ask them: “are these movies better than T2?”
It’s a stupid premise for a podcast
but it’s stupid on purpose.
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For our first episode we’re talking to Liam Billingham of the Oeuvre Busters podcast. Each season Oeuvre Busters explores the work of an esteemed film figure. When we sat down in late 2019, the show had covered the careers of John Cassavettes and Philip Seymour Hoffman in its first two seasons so we took the opportunity to look at THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976), HAPPINESS (1998) and THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998)
Episode music by Johnny Ampersand: https://jonnyampersand.bandcamp.com/
Films Discussed:
THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE
Directed byJohn Cassavetes
Produced byAl Ruban
Written byJohn Cassavetes
StarringBen Gazzara
Timothy Agoglia Carey
Seymour Cassel
Azizi Johari
Music byBo Harwood
CinematographyMitchell Breit
Al Ruban
Caleb Deschanel
HAPPINESS
Directed byTodd Solondz
Produced byDavid Linde
James Schamus
Written byTodd Solondz
Starring
Jane Adams
Elizabeth Ashley
Dylan Baker
Lara Flynn Boyle
Ben Gazzara
Jared Harris
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Louise Lasser
Jon Lovitz
Camryn Manheim
Rufus Read
Cynthia Stevenson
Music byRobbie Kondor
CinematographyMaryse Alberti
Edited byAlan Oxman
Production
company
Killer Films
Distributed byGood Machine Releasing
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
Directed byJoel Coen
Produced byEthan Coen
Written by
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Starring
Jeff Bridges
John Goodman
Julianne Moore
Steve Buscemi
David Huddleston
John Turturro
Music byCarter Burwell
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Edited by
Roderick Jaynes[a]
Tricia Cooke
Production
company
Working Title Films
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY
Directed byJames Cameron
Produced byJames Cameron
Written by
James Cameron
William Wisher
Starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Linda Hamilton
Edward Furlong
Robert Patrick
Music byBrad Fiedel
CinematographyAdam Greenberg
Edited by
Conrad Buff
Mark Goldblatt
Richard A. Harris
Production
company
Carolco Pictures
Pacific Western Productions
Lightstorm Entertainment
Le Studio Canal+ S.A.
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