Description

With Dan Nagan!

Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is a ‘fixer’ for a big, successful law firm representing big, evil corporations. He doesn’t so much DO things as he does make it easier for the people who DO things to DO them. It’s not really an honest living, but it’s not direct enough for him to really get his hands dirty.

But when his lawyer friend snaps, vowing to expose the wrongdoings of the firm’s biggest client, Clayton’s looped into a deadly corporate cover-up — and maybe pushed to finally, actually make something happen.

Find Dan…

• On Bluesky at @adapperdanman.bsky.social
• On Letterboxd at @aDapperDanMan
• On Trylove episodes about RONIN (1981), FACE/OFF (1997), MANDY (2018), EDGE OF TOMORROW (2013), GOODFELLAS (1994), BARBARIAN (2022), DEMOLITION MAN (1993), HEAVENLY BODIES (1984), THE WICKER MAN (1973)
• On Stoop Kidz! A Hey Arnold! Podcast

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• Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
• @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot
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References:

• “Human Enough,” Harry Mackin’s piece about BLADE RUNNER (1982) for Perisphere, the Trylon blog
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: 25 Dollars Worth by James Newton Howard from the MICHAEL CLAYTON soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 372: MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007)

4:01 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

6:03 - The unexpected depth of the script

10:44 - Watching it at the Trylon

15:41 - One of the best legal thrillers ever made

19:16 - The quasi-ironic ending

30:17 - “This will not solve everything”

33:31 - Who is Michael Clayton?

41:54 - George Clooney as the sadsack

1:10:11 - To All the Loves We've Tried Before: 2007

1:12:57 - Cody’s Noteys: My Cool Clay Tin (guessing the price of clay containers online)