The Quest for the Bestest

Have we all gone insane? Do we need to relocate BLB headquarters to a mental institution? Or is it just the corrupting influence of one R. P. McMurphy on our little brains? Find out as we talk about the Best Picture winning adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest! Due to some scheduling monkey business the spin was predetermined from last week: It's time for the King to Return!

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With old Two-Socks as our friend and guide, we venture forth into the South Dakota prairie to establish a forward Back Log Banter post... or something like that. We're talking about Dances With Wolves, directed and starring Kevin Costner, who pretty much plays a wooden board. But is there more to this movie than one leading man's performance? Find out as the Back Log Boys hunt bison, learn Lakota, and discuss this film.

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(p.s. If you're confused about what film we're watching next week, it's One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest. Return of the King will come the episode after.)

Timo is off on special assignment this week so the remaining 3 Back Log Boys are picking up the slack by embodying each of the 3 main characters of The Best Years of Our Lives. Or not. Whatever it is, all your favorite Quest rituals are still present even if their form a little altered for this episode! 

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The Oscars are over and the Academy has chosen a winner! Chloe Zhao's Nomadland took home the big award and we're here to rank it on the list of all best pictures we've seen so far! Where will the newest film on the list end up? And what will the return of THE RANDOM SPIN WHEEL mean for Quest for the Bestest?

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Having saved the clear frontrunner for last, it's time to talk about Chloe Zhao's Nomadland! Will the Back Log Boys agree with the critics audience at large? Or will some great, and yet unknown, facet of filmmaking erect a roadblock for naming this film the best of the year? 

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Will the Back Log Boys be held in Contempt of Quest for this episode? Or will their message be heard? Whatever happens, hopefully they talk about Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7 at some point. After this episode, only one more film to go before the big ceremony!

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With just a little bit left to go before the big ceremony, the Back Log Boys try to tackle perhaps their most divisive film yet! After very different opinions are presented on Promising Young Woman, who will come out on top? 

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Did you ever wonder how the story of Citizen Kane was written? Well look no further than David Fincher's Mank. Or at least watch the movie and try to figure out how Kane was written based off this confusing movie. Will even Tanner, the famous Fincher enjoyer, be able to find a good point about Mank?

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I'M STAYING IN MY FLAT! Ok, Anthony let's get you your medicine. We're talking about The Father and how it does (or does not) use it's filmmaking style to convey the complete disorientation of a person suffering from Alzheimer's. It's scary stuff. But never fear, the Back Log Boys are talking it through, and are gonna come up with a placement no matter what!

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This time around we're taking a trip to Arkansas to talk about Lee Isaac Chung's Minari. Will this family of Korean immigrants be able to build a new life? Where will the film place against the other films we've talked about? Next time we'll be looking over The Father! 

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