Back for another showdown we have literally all been waiting for, friends-of-the-show Michael Zwiauer and Angus Bhattacharya join us for a third PF Series event. This time, we dive into the 2011 stage-to-screen adaptation and star-studded showcase Carnage, a longtime favorite (at least for two of us). It stars such luminaries as Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and John C. Reilly, each of whom take the excruciating and hilarious setup and run with it in titilating directions. It's a blast, it's an experience, it's a problematic fave, and it's one of the chief influences on the much-discussed ensemble piece The Arbitrator - which is currently and perpetually streaming on YouTube, and happens to star both Michael and Angus!
We discuss a hefty conversation's worth of subjects, including: the film's distinctively French cadence, relishing the art of dislike, adults who have forgotten how to be children, when to speak up about hamster treatment, the pros and cons of "spontaneous moralizing," which parts only Al Pacino could have improved, whether or not The Arbitrator is plagiarism or just a hearty homage to this film (which it is), and why the real Carnage is the friends we made along the way.
It's another PF Series, and it's not to be missed!
Lots of love,
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