Let's Take Five

Austin and Eric started their journey to Russia with the first film in their Andrei Tarkovsky Five: Ivan's Childhood. It's the emotional story of a young boy who finds himself as a war spy after his family was killed. And yet it's a beautiful film. Welcome to the cinematic contradiction of Tarkovksy.

Andrei Tarkovsky's Five

1) Ivan's Childhood

2) Andrei Rublev

3) Solaris

4) The Mirror

5) Stalker

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And like that, we have finished our Robert Altman Five starting with a war that ended too late and ending with a radio show that didn't actually end. The guys look back at the films they covered and the ones they didn't. Then they announce their new Five that starts this week. (Be sure you have a coat.)

Robert Altman's Five

1) MASH

2) McCabe & Mrs. Miller

3) Nashville

4) Short Cuts

5) A Prairie Home Companion

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Bad jokes, boy we love them. Robert Altman's real life final movie was about the fictional final episode of A Prairie Home Companion and all of the people involved with the beloved Garrison Keillor radio show. Unlike the real show, this involved an angel and a real Guy Noir walking around, but somehow that made it feel even more grounded to the guys as they took comfort in the comforting sounds of county music and puns.

Robert Altman's Five

1) MASH

2) McCabe & Mrs. Miller

3) Nashville

4) Short Cuts

5) A Prairie Home Companion

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For this episode about Short Cuts, Eric and Austin were tempted to create several different perspectives of the film that all interconnected and created a feeling of dread. Instead perhaps the only way it can be clear is if they took a step back from it all. Anywho! The guys review this Robert Altman film that he made almost two decades after Nashville where he adapted an entire collection of Raymond Carver stories with so many brilliant actors.

Robert Altman's Five

1) MASH

2) McCabe & Mrs. Miller

3) Nashville

4) Short Cuts

5) A Prairie Home Companion

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The guys take a road trip south to Nashvile and after a weekend, they realized there is a lot more going on than they thought. Also they're pretty sure that weird mute was Jeff Goldblum. Eric and Austin look into the 1975 classic Robert Altman film, Nashville, and learn what it means when Altman takes his naturalism to a new level.

Robert Altman's Five

1) MASH

2) McCabe & Mrs. Miller

3) Nashville

4) Short Cuts

5) A Prairie Home Companion

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller is always written that way to highlight that the relationship between the two titular characters is a business one. It's like calling a production duo Lugar & Mr. Martindale. However, that bond is tested this episode as Eric is under the weather and they record the show in different rooms. Is it a metaphor for how these two survive a Robert Altman anti-western or does it end up a perfect piece of art? No middle ground.

Robert Altman's Five

1) MASH

2) McCabe & Mrs. Miller

3) Nashville

4) Short Cuts

5) A Prairie Home Companion

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For eleven seasons, the 4077 MASH was run by Alan Alda but before that it was under the rule of Donald Sutherland and Robert Altman. Their anti-war dark comedy MASH tested the bounds of decency and remains a hilarious and unique piece of art. The guys are joined by their friend Nick Hussong to start this Robert Altman Five.

Robert Altman's Five

1) MASH

2) McCabe & Mrs. Miller

3) Nashville

4) Short Cuts

5) A Prairie Home Companion

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It's as if we never said goodbye. But we did. Charlie Chaplin provided one of our most fascinating Fives to date thanks to his innovative craft and creativity. The guys look back at the movies they covered and the ones they didn't. Also they announce the next Five...

Charlie Chaplin's Five

1) The Gold Rush

2) City Lights

3) Modern Times

4) The Great Dictator

5) Monsieur Verdoux

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In The Great Dictator, Chaplin played a Jewish Barber who was often like The Tramp, but not officially. In Monsieur Verdoux, he is playing something brand new. It is a character without the hopeful aspirations, instead he is a serial killer who keeps marrying and murdering women so he can financially support his original family. How do the guys react to Chaplin's much darker experiment of a film?

Charlie Chaplin's Five

1) The Gold Rush

2) City Lights

3) Modern Times

4) The Great Dictator

5) Monsieur Verdoux

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Chaplin speaks! After three films where The Tramp only went as far as singing gibberish, Chaplin takes on two roles filled with important dialog in The Great Dictator. One is the Jewish barber returning home to see his neighborhood has been turned into a World War II ghetto. The other is a childish cruel dictator who has the same mustache as Chaplin... The results are groundbreaking cinema concluding with a perfect ending.

Charlie Chaplin's Five

1) The Gold Rush

2) City Lights

3) Modern Times

4) The Great Dictator

5) Monsieur Verdoux

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Join us next Friday for their review of Monsieur Verdoux.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord