Oeuvre Busters presents...

In the season one finale of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George take a drip down (very recent) memory lane and spend some time reconsidering the entire John Cassavetes oeuvre. Topics discussed: Keith Richards's cockney (?) accent; the glorious taste of pistachios; the discography of Sarah McLachlan; and the proper order in which one should watch these films. Also, our first fan mail! Topics not discussed? Hegelian dialectics. No, wait, actually, that's discussed, but only in a superficial manner. Clearly Liam and George have not spent much time reading the primary texts, but rather crude summaries. They truly are philistines of the highest order. Please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe whenever you can. We appreciate all the support!

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On this big episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome guest host Kel Karpinski to discuss John Cassavetes's final film, Big Trouble, starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, and Beverly D'Angelo. Topics discussed: safari Columbo; why the American dream is actually an American nightmare; why Yale is terrible; how Big Trouble is both a Die Hard prequel and a Face/Off prequel; and why you can't imagine a world without The Simpsons. Topics not discussed: string theory! Will it or will it not resolve the tensions that exist between Einstenian astrophysics and quantum mechanics? How the fuck should we know? We just make a stupid podcast. But please do rate and review and subscribe whenever and wherever you can. We greatly appreciate all the support! Please also support Kel's amazing zine work! More info at hellotheresailor.etsy.com Kel also has a new kickstarter going at: http://kck.st/2D2E0Pq Support your local artists!

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On this streamy (you thought we were gonna say lovely, didn’t you?) episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss John Cassavetes’s Love Streams, starring Gena Rowlands and Cassavetes himself, from the Orwellian year 1984. A few of the topics discussed on this episode: Adorno/Benjamin 2020; John McLane is Christ; we rank the Lethal Weapon films (and the Hamlet films as well); also, where does one go, exactly, when looking for the sex? Topics not covered: How the 1848 revolutions that swept through Europe influenced and informed Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. Please don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the support! 

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On this glorious episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss 1980’s Gloria, starring Gena Rowlands, John Adames, and Julie Carmen. Things you’ll learn listening to this podcast: how truly majestic doughnuts are; that a $100 dollars in 1980 is $33,000 dollars in 2019, when adjusted for inflation; how utterly cheap human life truly is, to Gloria that is; how the rise of enclosure laws fucked the peasantry. Also, George meets Hip-Hop royalty! Finally, an important public service announcement: true friends don’t shit on their friend’s cars. Topics not covered: I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I’m all out of bubble gum. Please subscribe and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate it! 

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On this theatrical episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam discuss John Cassavetes’s Opening Night, starring Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, and Ben Gazzara, from the blockbuster-studded year 1977. Listen to the guys break out some terrible impersonations! Bono for Liam, Arnold for George. Other topics covered? Eugene O’Neill’s KFC addiction. (Ironically, this episode is brought to you by Popeyes! Looking to punish your colon?! Eat Popeyes!) Is this a film about alcoholism or the grim specter of death? Why not both? And surrealism! Topics not covered: how British enclosure laws in the 17th and 18th centuries and the creation of what Robert Brenner has called “politically constituted property” gave rise to modern capitalism as we know it today. Please make sure to review and subscribe wherever you can! We would greatly appreciate it.       

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On this killer episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss John Cassavetes’s The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, starring Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, Timothy Carey and Aziz Johari, from the long-forgotten year of 1976. Topics covered: the nature of Aristotelian tragedy; the ennui of being a mobster; American imperialism. Also, the guys chime in on the long-standing controversy that has plagued Britney Spears’s fandom for over a decade now: which, exactly, is the best Britney song of them all: Toxic or Email My Heart? Also, make sure to listen to the end for some topical humor regarding the Reagan administration. Topics not covered: the essential role of the phallus in Jacques Lacan’s famous interpretation of the Freudian unconscious as being structured “like a language.” As Lacan himself would say, très bien! Please don’t forget to subscribe and review wherever and whenever you can!         

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Dear Keith,

We will be at BAM's screening of LOVE STREAMS this Sunday, February 17, at 7pm. Will you?

Here's the BAM description to get you excited:

Part of Film series Programmers’ Notebook: On Love

Directed by John Cassavetes | 1984

With Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott

John Cassavetes’ penultimate film—and final masterwork—stars his greatest on- and offscreen collaborator, Gena Rowlands, as a recently divorced woman who, her life in tatters, moves in with her alcoholic brother. What ensues is a searing journey of pain and reconciliation and as the siblings lay bare their hurt, loneliness, and desperate search of understanding, rendered by Cassavetes with wrecking ball emotional intensity.

See you there, Keith!

Love,

Liam and George

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Fresh off being the film of the week on Criterion's new streaming channel, Liam and George talk Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky (1976), in which May out-Cassavetes Cassavetes. Will our heroes get this episode out before the film disappears from the streaming service? No. They didn't.

But here's the episode for you to enjoy!

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On this very touching episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss John Cassavetes's A Woman Under the Influence, from the magical year 1974, starring Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk. A couple of questions to consider: Who eats that much pasta at 9 in the morning? Is Peter Falk a modern-day Fred Flintstone or what? Is there an infinity gem (trademark Marvel Studios) in that rock quarry? Is Tina's ass really that big? How old, exactly, is Thanos Cassavetes? And is Good Will Hunting really the Boston Bible? Also, a quick game of Fuck,Marry, Kill. A topic not covered in this episode? The asinine presidential run of one Howard Schultz, better known as the guy who made a fortune peddling shitty coffee to people and destroying tons of local businesses. Yeah, that guy. He sucks.

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On this big-hearted episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George examine John Cassavetes's Minnie and Moskowitz, starring Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel. Topics covered in this episode: the manic madness of one Seymour Moskowitz; the nature of loneliness; the true meaning of the term butthurt, or arsehurt if you're English; Marty Scorsese's back massage technique; and why lunch dates go bad. Topics not covered: January 16. I gotta get in shape. Too much sitting has ruined my body. Too much abuse has gone on for too long. From now on there will be 50 push-ups each morning, 50 pull-ups. There will be no more pills, no more bad food, no more destroyers of my body. From now on, it will be total organization. Every muscle must be tight. And so forth!

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