For reasons unknown, Volver is the most popular film in America for Pedro Almodovar. All of them were Oscar darlings, but this brightly colored family drama was the one that got the biggest audience. Eric and Austin try to understand why as they look into the complicated story that involves secrets, a dead body and a ghost. As always, the podcast does contain spoilers and the guys will spoil everything as they recontextualize the film from the information revealed at the end. It's almost like they....return to the beginning. (Volver means to return.)

Pedro Almodovar's Five

1) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

2) All About My Mother

3) Talk to Her

4) Volver

5) The Skin I Live In

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Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Two men talk about their woes on and off screen. In Talk to Her, it is about two men trying to understand their loneliness as they worry about two men in a coma. In Let's Take Five, two men worry about what these characters do in Talk to Her. Austin and Eric dive into Pedro Almodovar's Oscar winning film as they discuss the complexity of personal sacrifice, violation of women and the weirdest scene Almodovar has ever made....so far.

Pedro Almodovar's Five

1) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

2) All About My Mother

3) Talk to Her

4) Volver

5) The Skin I Live In

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Join us next Friday November 30th for their review of Volver.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord 

The guys return to the world of Pedro Almodovar for a different type of story. While last week was a fun farce, All About My Mother looks at a group of women all facing a personal tragedy. They have to come to grips with the death of a child and loved ones facing terminal illnesses. While it's more somber material, this film highlights Almodovar's warmest elements as he praises the roles of female friendships and the power of melodrama.

Pedro Almodovar's Five

1) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

2) All About My Mother

3) Talk to Her

4) Volver

5) The Skin I Live In

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Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Viva Pedro! The guys are starting their next five by jumping into the feminine and sometimes farcical world of Pedro Almodovar. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was his international breakout film. It is the story of a woman seeking revenge towards her ex-boyfriend and teaming up with various women who have also been scorned. So early in his career, this movie is filled with his sense of humor, use of color and complicated female characters.

Pedro Almodovar's Five

1) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

2) All About My Mother

3) Talk to Her

4) Volver

5) The Skin I Live In

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Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Another Five is over! Eric and Austin went through some of John Ford's greatest hits from Stagecoach to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. And they still have plenty more they could have covered. They talk about some of those as well as the aspects of Ford's vision that connected with them the most. They also rank the Five and announce their new subject. Get excited!

John Ford's Five

1) Stagecoach

2) The Grapes of Wrath

3) My Darling Clementine

4) The Searchers

5) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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In the end of his career, John Ford made one more powerhouse movie by teaming up two of the greatest actors of the generation. Neither John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart play Liberty Valance, but maybe one of them was the man who shot him. The guys dive into what Ford is saying about his western legacy, the end of an era and the myth of morality. But it wouldn't be a successful take on a team-up if they didn't have a team-up of their own. Enter...Eric's dad, Ray Martindale!

John Ford's Five

1) Stagecoach

2) The Grapes of Wrath

3) My Darling Clementine

4) The Searchers

5) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord 

We got The Duke! John Wayne teams up with John Ford again for their most complicated western. In The Searchers, Wayne plays a racist Confederate soldier who spends years looking for his taken niece. The guys discuss Ford's exciting use of color, his take on the bigoted character and what the ending means for the family.

John Ford's Five

1) Stagecoach

2) The Grapes of Wrath

3) My Darling Clementine

4) The Searchers

5) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Time to head to Tombstone. John Ford's My Darling Clementine tells the tale of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday and the infamous OK Corral. Unlike the goal oriented films of the last two movies, this is a remarkable film about society slowing entering a lawless city. The guys look at how Ford treats this different type of story, the morality of its heroes and the remarkable influence this movie had on future westerns.

John Ford's Five

1) Stagecoach

2) The Grapes of Wrath

3) My Darling Clementine

4) The Searchers

5) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Get your water bottle filled because we're off to the Dust Bowl! I know there are so many Dust Bowl movies and TV shows that air every week, but let's look back at the first one, The Grapes of Wrath. John Ford adapted this acclaimed John Steinbeck novel with one of the best actors of his generation, Henry Fonda. But is it any good?

John Ford's Five

1) Stagecoach

2) The Grapes of Wrath

3) My Darling Clementine

4) The Searchers

5) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Get settled in because the guys are hitching a ride to a Stagecoach. As they start their John Ford Five, they quickly realize this will be a journey that will never let you get bored as Austin and Eric are impressed by the scale of Stagecoach's action, ensemble and legacy. 

John Ford's Five

1) Stagecoach

2) The Grapes of Wrath

3) My Darling Clementine

4) The Searchers

5) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Join us next Friday for their review of The Grapes of Wrath.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord