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Gave this a shout in the comments here last week when the first ep came out, and honestly one of things that’s most surprised me about it is how nice it is to just listen to some dorks rant on about movies that aren’t Star Wars or Batman. Like, the infectious gushing/fanboy attitude feels way different when it’s some weird old cult movie I’m only vaguely aware of instead of the latest blockbuster.

Also I just love hearing people talk about shit they know a lot about. It’s very quickly made itself a mainstay in my podcast rotation for my commute. Right next to The Next Picture Show, of course.

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Really great piece, Keith. I have to admit that I approached the podcast with a fair bit of trepidation. My interest in Tarantino has really waned over recent years, I was iffy about Hateful Eight (although going back to the right way to watch a movie piece, that was a really awful audience experience) and I had a queasiness about Once Upon a Time...'s third act that has boiled down to I think it's a different thing to be rewriting the actual tragedy of a real person as opposed to rewriting a broader cultural moment like he did with Inglourious Basterds. More importantly, I think, I find Avary's total lack of any kind of explanation for the events that led to his arrest and then the bizarre Twitter...saga I guess you'd call it that ensued when he got work release to be troubling.

I think you nailed it though, I started the first episode and none of that really mattered anymore. It was just me listening to these two dudes talk about movies and I think "return to innocence" describes the feeling well. I really did feel like a teenager again.

Gala's Bond rankings are NUTS though, if you haven't listened to this week's episode.

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I’m excited for this new podcast for a lot of the same reasons. I’ve enjoyed some of the Pure Cinema podcast appearances by Tarantino where he is allowed to expound on lesser-know. Genre films that he loves or has discovered. The first episode of his show seems to be finding its groove as they seem a little too formal at the outset. The Aftershow episode seemed better actually as it let them geek out more and go crazy with Tarantino’s rich background knowledge. For the cinephiles, I hope this podcast will be a way to preserve Tarantino’s film history and commentary. Compared to his possible writing this will probably be a more direct way for him to spew out the information in his head.

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A new “two dudes talk about obscure movies” podcast in 2022? That feels almost as retro as VHS.

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founding

"hearing him gush about the 1987 Michael J. Fox comedy The Secret of My Success"

well, that was unexpected

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I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. I do think Gala Avery is a great addition - especially when she unearthed the John Carpenter character in Dark Star, correcting her father.

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It'll never happen for the obvious reason but if Tarantino discussed how he got to curate Rolling Thunder Pictures and convinced the Weinsteins into releasing "new" films from Takeshi Kitano, Bruce McDonald, Wong Kar-Wai and Detroit 9000. I think there was a multi-film DVD that made the transition from VHS for Grindhouse or Django Unchained that's still technically the only home release for Detroit 9000.

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