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Peg Haller joins Bob and Dan for a very special FINAL episode of the show to discuss their movie, Normal Life (1996). Called Luke Perry's finest performance on film, Normal Life follows two real life bank robbers from suburban Chicago. Other topics discussed: researching screenplays, how to write with your spouse, married life, crime, capitalism, and guns.
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Bob and Dan discuss Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels (1941), a movie about a comedic film director who wants to say something big and important in his next picture so he tries to live like a poor person as inspiration. Other topics: privilege, comedy, drama, movies about movies, the Coen brothers, and the end of the podcast!
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Bob and Dan discuss Terry Gilliam's sci-fi thriller, 12 Monkeys (1995), a film about a convict sent into the past to investigate the outbreak of a diseas that forced humans to live underground. Other topics discussed: camp, the uncanny, terrorism, and Brad Pitt.
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Bob and Dan discuss the 60s Rock & Roll satire Wild in the Streets (1968), directed by Barry Shear. The film follows a celebrity rock star who starts - gasp! - to influence politics in America. Other topics discussed: meth, music, mayhem, and how old people are completely crazy.
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Bob and Dan discuss Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966). The film is about a fashion photographer in London who discovers he may have taken pictures of a crime scene. Other topics discussed: Blow Out, Rear Window, drugs, and pubic hair.
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Dan and Bob discuss the action/comedy/western Rio Bravo (1959), starring John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, and Dean Martin. Other topics discussed: broad comedy in film, Attack on Precinct 13, the Alamo, and racism.
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Bob and Dan discuss Le Samouraï (1967), a French neo-noir film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville about an assassin who doesn't seem to care if he lives or dies. Other topics discussed: offensive words, Pickpocket, subways, prostitutes, and the end of the world.
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Bob and Dan discuss the South Korean Kaiju movie, The Host (2006). The movie follows one family's fight against a giant river monster created by Americans dumping toxic chemicals into the water. Other topics discussed: emotional alchemy, comedy, Godzilla, and pointing out the terrible things America has wrought.
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From the geniuses that brought you Suicide Squad... it's The Accountant (2016), starring Ben Affleck as an autistic criminal accountant who's also a trained killer for some reason. Bob and Dan discuss the merits of the movie, and argue about whether it's a good depiction of people with autism or if it's problematic or both!
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Bob and Dan discuss yet another Sam Fuller film, Underworld USA (1961). The movie follows a juvenile delinquent seeking revenge for his father's murder. Other topics include: the prison system, The Godfather, drugs, Fuller's view of America, and newspaper scoops.
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