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Oeuvre Busters presents...TENETheimer with Bilge EbiriDespite making $360 million dollars and being loved and reviled in equal measure, sometimes I feel like Christopher Nolan’s spy-meets-time-travel hard sci-fi epic TENET doesn’t exist. The movie came out in the deepest of COVID, and even among those who saw it, more than half were put off by its (at times) unintelligible dialogue and convoluted plot. It has had a few returns to movie theaters since, and is available on physical and digital media, but isn't among his most celebrated or most visible works.But at this moment, in the summer of 2023, it feels like...
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Oeuvre Busters presents...Season 2 Wrap Up!Welcome to the SEASON TWO FINALE of RohmerCast: the podcast about Eric Rohmer, his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Eric Rohmer. In our eighth episode we discuss Rohmer’s production methods via LA COLLECTIONNEUSE, PERCEVAL, and THE GREEN RAY. This leads to the following tangents: monster trucks named after Rohmer movies, post-dubbing naturalism, sound recording as a practical AND aesthetic choice, functional light, different approaches to working with actors, and connections to Dogme 95. At the time of this episode’s release, La Collec...
2022-12-221h 06
Oeuvre Busters presents...RohmerCast: Boyfriends and GirlfriendsWelcome to RohmerCast, the podcast about Rohmer: his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Éric Rohmer. In our third episode, hosts Liam Billingham and Shaun Seneviratne discuss Boyfriends & Girlfriends (1987), the final film in his Comedies & Proverbs cycle. This leads to the following tangents: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the Screwball Comedy, streamlined production methods, location sound as sound aesthetic, the suburbs as a location, setting up webs of relationships, sympathy for the youth, Blanche as a character, jobs decentered, color blocking, and assessing the most accurate title trans...
2022-09-021h 06
Oeuvre Busters presents...RohmerCast: The Four Adventures of Reinette and MirabelleWelcome to RohmerCast, the podcast about Rohmer: his films, his working methods, and anything else we want to talk about related to Éric Rohmer.In our second episode, hosts Liam Billingham and Shaun Seneviratne discuss Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987), a semi-improvised film made during a production break on The Green Ray (1986). This leads to following tangents: production crews, the difference between improvisation and scripted moments, episodic construction, naïveté vs popular common sense, how we watch things, compression vs expansion, and what we can learn about our own personal philosophies. Listen wher...
2022-08-261h 07
Oeuvre Busters presents...RohmerCast: The Aviator's Wife Welcome to RohmerCast, a new podcast from one of the guys who brought you Oeuvre Busters and his much smarter friend! In this inaugural episode, hosts Liam Billingham and Shaun Seneviratne discuss The Aviator’s Wife, which marked the beginning of Rohmer’s Comedies and Proverbs cycle. This leads to some of the following tangents: growing into Rohmer as an adult; the superficial qualities one associates with Rohmer; the film as Verite Romantic Comedy, an Action Movie, and an Existential Detective Story; desire and reason; seeing someone listen; patterns, plotting, and twists; performance, and more. Thoug...
2022-08-121h 10Oeuvre Busters presents...This month on Patreon: ANOTHER ROUND (2020)This month on Patreon, the boys go deep on Thomas Vinterberg's ANOTHER ROUND, which is currently on HULU in the US of A and is pretty damn great. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2021-04-1402 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Red Beard (1965)!On this reddish episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard (1965), starring Toshiro Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano and Kyōko Kagawa. Topics discussed: endings and beginnings; Green Day albums; beard dye; Henry Cavill's 'stache; horribly racist James Bond films. Also, the Pacino reset! Topics not discussed? Kierkegaard and the leap of faith. Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For...
2021-03-171h 03Oeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Ran (1985) with Jessica Chiba!On this Learesque episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Jessica Chiba to discuss Akira Kurosawa's Ran (1985), starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu and Mieko Harada. We recorded this episode a few months back and were going to release it a little later, but Ran is currently on Amazon Prime, so what better time to celebrate this film than now? Topics discussed: must we mean what we say?; the purpose of fools; utter hopelessness; love. Plus, we briefly imagine what an Akira Kurosawa Shakespearean comedy might look like.Topics not discussed: The films of...
2021-03-031h 06Oeuvre Busters presents...High and Low (1963) with Bilge Ebiri!On this up and down episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Bilge Ebiri to discuss High and Low (1963), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa and Tatsuya Mihashi. Topics discussed: pink smoke; the Criterion closet, again; Steve Martin, serious actor; Mifune's great cheekbones. Also, utopianism! Topics not discussed? Goethe's Theory of Colors. Bilge Ebiri is an editor and film critic at Vulture. Here's some of his recent writing we discuss in the episode:Bilge's interview with Paul GreengrassBilge's r...
2021-02-171h 08Oeuvre Busters presents...Sanjuro (1962) with Jose Rodriguez!On this sequel to our episode on Yojimbo, Liam and George welcome back Jose Rodriguez to discuss Sanjuro (1962), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi and Yūzō Kayama. Topics discussed: Roborat; explosive violence; pounds and pence; keeping your sword sheathed; Demolition Man; ronins with hearts of gold. Also, faxes! Remember those?!Topics not discussed? Terfs! They suck. Jose's wonderful and beautiful Adolescencia and other works can be found here: https://vimeo.com/user5285910Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do...
2021-02-031h 00Oeuvre Busters presents...Yojimbo (1961) with Bryan Cogman!On this yolo of an episode, Liam and George welcome Bryan Cogman to discuss Yojimbo (1961), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed: correct samurai slashing techniques; Al Pacino in Star Wars; how to properly hold a gun; Tony Scott; and, of course, capitalism. Plus, Sergio Leone, put that letter down!Topics not discussed: The symbolism of the parrot in Gustave Flaubert’s A Simple Heart.Bryan Cogman is a screenwriter, producer and once and future actor. He spent ten years and eight seasons working on the HBO series Game of Th...
2021-01-201h 22Oeuvre Busters presents...The Bad Sleep Well (1960) with Inkoo Kang!On this well-rested episode, Liam and George invite Inkoo Kang on to discuss The Bad Sleep Well (1960) directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Topics discussed: Hamlet, of course; bustiers; eating cake at the DMV; Halloween traumas; Parasite. Also, as usual, capitalism! Folks, it's still bad. Topics not discussed: Heiner Müller's Hamletmachine. Inkoo's great podcast on Pedro Almodovar can be found here: All About Almovodar Podcast And some of her recent writing can be found here: Inkoo Kang: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020Hey, you all know we l...
2021-01-1351 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about 'The Hidden Fortress!' (1958)On this hidden (?) episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam welcome back filmmaker and friend of the pod Randy Wilkins to discuss The Hidden Fortress (1958) directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, and Kamatari Fujiwara.Topics discussed: NYU, the Star Wars of colleges; obnoxious film professors; working in triangles; burying corpses; the intimate and the epical; sublime poets stealing; Mifune’s legs. Also, please hire us Disney!Topics not discussed: The Spanish Civil War, thankfully.More about Randy and his superlative work can be found here ht...
2020-12-2352 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about The Lower Depths (1957)!On this episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George plumb the depths to discuss Akira Kurosawa's The Lower Depths, starring, of course, the studly Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed: Maxim Gorky, wookie lookalike; fuck Richard Crenna; 24-hour TangoMan; Stalin and how he murked a few folks; Maxim Gorky, time traveler. Also, be obnoxious, go ahead!Topics not discussed? Wilson Harris's sublime Guyana Quartet, essential texts of the post-colonial canon. Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! ...
2020-12-0948 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Throne of Blood (1957) with Isaac Butler!On this bloody great episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Isaac Butler on to discuss Throne of Blood (1957), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada and Takashi Shimura.Topics discussed: Ghost of Tsushima; doomed prophecies; that one Julius Caesar in the park; Hour of the Wolf; very English things to say; horses eating horses; wonderlands. Also, some lingo from those of us in the critical trade.Topic not discussed: Battlestar Galactica and all those Cylons and shit.Isaac Butler is a writer and theatre director...
2020-11-251h 17Oeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Ikiru (1952)!On this cancerous episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam discuss Ikiru (1952), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Takashi Shimura. Topics discussed: Squid-and-the-Whale vibes; drunk salarymen; bad dads; Kid A; all the rabbits we made along the way. Also, Tolstoy. Topics not discussed: lobster humanoids.Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dollars a month, you’ll get a bonus episodes and the oc...
2020-11-1852 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about I Live In Fear (1954)!On this fearful episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss I Live in Fear (1954), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed: Vigo the Carpathian; the anxiety of modern life; the late, great James Gandolfini does Shakespeare; radioactive rainstorms; erotic Liam. Also, so many good people are dead!Topics not discussed: The Tarnac 9.Make sure to listen and subscribe to Michael Carroll's excellent podcast, Judgement Day: T2 Vs Cinema! It can be found here: https://shows.acast.com/judgement-day/Hey, you all know we love you out...
2020-11-1153 minOeuvre Busters presents...The Seven Samurai (1954) with Blake Howard!On this seventh-heaven of an episode, Liam and George welcome Blake Howard, the hardest-working man in podcasting, to discuss The Seven Samurai (1954), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Keio Tsushima.Topics discussed: Michael Mann Google alerts; Pauline Kael; high school Liam, film nerd; living French philosophers. Also, Radioactive Man, the Movie!Topic not discussed? The invention of the number zero.More about Blake Howard and his amazing stable of podcasts can be found here: https://oneheatminute.com/aboutHey, you all know we...
2020-10-2855 minOeuvre Busters presents...October Patreon - The Ben Affleck Oeuvre!This month we welcome Ben Affleck lover, Bostonian, and Liam's sister-in-law Rebecca Weiss to talk about all things Ben Affleck! It's a fun, chatty episode. Witness Liam and Rebecca's amazing Boston accents! Roll your eyes as George keeps trying to make Tarkovsky jokes. Be mildly annoyed that no one has ever seen the movies we're talking about! Subscribe to the patreon at patreon.com/oeuvrebusters!Please, if you can, rate, review, and subscribe to Oeuvre Busters on Stitcher and iTunes and wherever else you might download your favorite podcasts. Your ratings and...
2020-10-2102 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about The Idiot (1951) with AS Hamrah!On this non-idiotic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome A.S. Hamrah to the podcast to discuss Akira Kurosawa’s The Idiot (1951), starring Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, and Takashi Shimura. Topics discussed: America’s crumbling infrastructure; Draculaesque interiors; snow; human extremes. Also, Christ attacks the money lenders!Topics not discussed: Throwing the I Ching. A.S. Hamrah was n+1’s film critic from 2008 to 2019, and was the editor of the magazine’s film review supplement. He has worked as a movie theater projectionist, a semiotic brand analyst, a political pollster, a footba...
2020-10-141h 12Oeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Rashomon (1950), with special guest Alissa Wilkinson!On this memory-laden episode, Liam and George welcome Alissa Wilkinson on to discuss Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Machiko Kyo and Masayuki Mori. Topics discussed: faith in humanity; deus ex baby; postmodern theories of narrative; deep fakes; the politics of the 60s. Also, you guys should kill each other!Topics not covered? Robert Frost’s genteel New England poetry.Alissa is Vox.com’s film critic and an associate professor of English and humanities at the King’s College in New York City. She’s also a member o...
2020-09-3000 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Scandal (1950!)On this scandalous episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Scandal (1950) starring Toshiro Mifune and directed, of course, by Akira Kurosawa. Topics discussed: Weezer, as always; amour; old-doddering dudes; Martin Jay’s glasses; snarky booksellers. Also, congrats to Mifune on the wedding!Topic not discussed? The monstrous waves of Nazaré, Portugal, where extreme surfers go to test their mettle.Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dol...
2020-09-1600 minOeuvre Busters presents...Now on Patreon: The Dirty Dozen (1967!)A sneak peek look into our episode on the Dirty Dozen. Greek-American action cinema! The lie of Sleepless in Seattle! War sucks, Bronson rules.To listen to the entire episode, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters!Join us. We love you. Well, George does. Liam likes you.Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dollars a month, you’ll get a bo...
2020-09-0900 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Stray Dog (1949) with special guest Joyce WuOn this doggish episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George invite Joyce Wu to discuss Stray Dog (1949), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring, of course, Toshiro Mifune. Topics discuss? Horniness; isolation, alienation, AND ennui; the shadow-self; people are bad; ACAB, have a beer; sucking popsicles. Also, Kurosawa can direct the shit out of anything.Topics not discussed? The origins of the bicameral mind.Joyce Wu is a writer and director based in Los Angeles. She was an inaugural member of the Made in NY Writers Room, a fellowship developed by the WGA East...
2020-09-0200 minOeuvre Busters presents...Bonus: Talking about No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) with Nancy Schwartzman!On this not-at-all regrettable episode Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Nancy Schwartzman to discuss Akira Kurosawa’s No Regrets for Our Youth (1946), starring Setsuko Hara.Topics discussed? Swingers; heroic university professors; bending the knee; fast-asleep cops; ignorant villagers. Also, proper farmer etiquette!Topics not discussed? Nothing. This episode is incredibly ambitious, and we pretty much cover everything there is to cover in a tight 1:02:31. You’re welcome!Nancy Schwartzman is a Peabody Award nominated documentary film director, producer, and media strategist who uses storytelling and technology to create safe...
2020-08-2600 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about The Quiet Duel (1949)On this dueling-banjos episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss The Quiet Duel (1949), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed: syphilis; fuck around and find out; Avengers: Endgame; Liam’s wicked sophistry. Also, can’t fuck, wanna fuck.Topics not discussed: The Situationists and the beach beneath the streets.Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dollars a month, you’ll get a bonus...
2020-08-1900 minOeuvre Busters presents...Patreon Bonus bytes: Talking about ‘Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007!)’Here's a little taste of this month's Patreon on BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD. Our guests are Joe and Michael Ranghelli. For $3 a month, you get one additional episode AND a little essay writen by George.Join us at patreon.com/oeuvrebusters!We appreciate the support. Thank you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2020-08-1200 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Drunken Angel with Stuart Galbraith IV!On this angelic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Stuart Galbraith IV, the man who literally wrote the book on the Kurosawa/Mifune relationship, The Emperor and the Wolf. Topics discussed: cynicism and hopefulness; curmudgeonly doctors; Yakuza feudalism; spiritual sickness. Also, Clint Eastwood is just a watered down version of Mifune, really.Topics not discussed: How Vladimir Nabokov’s translation of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin lead to the ending of his friendship with Edmund Wilson.Stuart Galbraith IV is a Kyoto-based film historian, writer, and publisher-editor of World Cinema Paradise. He is t...
2020-08-0500 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about early Kurosawa and Mifune!On this dialectically-enhanced episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss two films for the price of one: Sanshiro Sugata (1943), directed by Akira Kurosawa, and Snow Trail (1947), starring Toshiro Mifune. Topics discussed on this episode: alpha and beta males; Babar, the colonialist; the shit and the mire; middle-brow literature. Plus, my god, that sandal! So quintessentially Kurosawa.Topics not discussed: anemones.Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For...
2020-07-3100 minOeuvre Busters presents...Season Four Premier!On this, the season-four premier of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George return to their art-house roots to discuss the collaborative relationship between Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune! Topics discussed: double-decker VHS tapes; small republican towns; libraries, oases of culture; world cinema; men in crisis. Also, what the fuck is up with Grimace? Seriously?!Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dollars a month, you’ll get a bonus episode and a essay fr...
2020-07-2700 minOeuvre Busters presents...RE-RELEASE: Cassavetes and Company on the Dick Cavett Show*Note:To celebrate HUSBANDS being available on the Criterion Channel, we’re re-releasing all of our HUSBANDS content. Believe it or not, this show started because of HUSBANDS. The Dick Cavett episode is available below, as well as on the Criterion Channel. Watch, listen, and cringe!*Welcome to this bonus episode (you're welcome, America!) of Oeuvre Busters! On September 18, 1970, Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, and Peter Falk appeared on the Dick Cavett Show to promote Husbands. The recording was, to say the least, rather eventful, what with Cassavetes, Gazzara and Falk more interested in ragin' on...
2020-07-1500 minOeuvre Busters presents...Bye Batman! Bye!On this, the final episode of season three of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George recap and rank ALL the Batman movies and Batmen. Topics discussed: stink lines; silence as the apotheosis of art; the Reagan administration; the funkiest man you've ever seen; RIP Joel Schumacher. Also, lots of Colin Farrell talk.Katie Stebbin's piece on 'Product as Synergy' can be found here: https://cinenthusiast.wordpress.com/2020/06/24/the-product-as-synergy-era-begins-hollywood-in-1990/Topics not discussed? The role of the lightning-scene and its significance in classical Arabic poetry.You can find more OB content at ...
2020-07-0800 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Joker (2019) with Mark Pagan and Randy Wilkins!On this jokers-are-wild episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Mark Pagan and Randy Wilkins to discuss Joker (2019), directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Frances Conroy. Topics discussed: Sopranos avatars; cathartic dancing; Thomas Wayne: major asshole; anticomedy. Also, Logan!Topics not discussed: Edward Said’s controversial lecture, Freud and the non-European, a talk actually banned by the Freud institute in Vienna. Those Freudians sure are sensitive. For more info on our amazing guests, please follow the links below: ...
2020-07-0100 min
Oeuvre Busters presents...RE-RELEASE: Talking about Husbands (1970)!Terrible! Unreal! No passion!Husbands is back, baby! Recently released by Criterion, available TODAY on The Criterion Channel, and selected as Indiewire's streamer of the day, what better time to release our episode on the movie that inspired this entire podcast!Cassavetes' film on toxic men features one of the all-time great performances from Ben Gazzara. This movie is painful, long, incredible, and an essential film. We hope you enjoy this early episode from the show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2020-06-3000 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Lego Batman (2017) with Matthew Krol!On this legotastic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George invite good friend Matthew Krol, from The Only Podcast About Movies, to discuss Lego Batman, starring Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson and Ralph Fiennes, and is directed by Chris McKay.Topics discussed: kissing cousins; Batman: angry dude and tax dodger; Platonic friends; the politics of vigilantism; and fuck Clayface. Also, Dunkirk! Where are the fascists?!?Topics not discussed: Allen Ginsberg’s attempt in 1967 to levitate the Pentagon into space using Tibetan prayer. Matt and Shahir's excellent po...
2020-06-1700 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Justice League (2017)On this justifiably awesome episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss 2017’s Justice League, directed by Zack Snyder and starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, and Jason Momoa. Topics discussed: mother boxes; Armond White: to troll or not to troll?; brown cinematic sludge; manly men. And the worse people in the world got what they wanted! Topics not discussed? C.L.R James’s revolutionary reappraisal of the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins. A must read, especially now! Read him!Please consider donating to one of the following funds or signing petitions to h...
2020-06-1000 min
One Heat Minute ProductionsAll The President's Minutes - Minute 42 with Oeuvre Busters (Liam Billingham and George Fragopoulos)All The President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 42, I join *Oeuvre Busters*
dynamic duo of Emmy-nominated media maker Liam Billingham and poet/academic George Fragopoulos. Liam, George and I discuss Zodiac way too much, the optimism of this movie feeling alien in the contemporary political context and text reviews of President's that begin with "Redford is an adonis."
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2020-05-2156 min
One Heat Minute ProductionsAll The President's Minutes - Minute 42 with Oeuvre Busters (Liam Billingham and George Fragopoulos)All The President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 42, I join Oeuvre Bustersdynamic duo of Emmy-nominated media maker Liam Billingham and poet/academic George Fragopoulos. Liam, George and I discuss Zodiac way too much, the optimism of this movie feeling alien in the contemporary political context and text reviews of President's that begin with "Redford is a...
2020-05-2156 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) with Michael Carroll!On this very antagonistic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Michael Carroll to discuss Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), directed by Zach Snyder and starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, and Gal Gadot. Topics discussed: corporate art vs. non-corporate art; Ben Affleck’s body vs. Henry Cavill’s body vs. Gal Gadot's body; visionary style vs. style style; studio product vs. Cassavetes product; Schumacher vs. Snyder. Also, crisis mismanagement!Topics not discussed: The canzoni of Arnaut Daniel, 12th century troubadour.Michael Carroll is the host of the fort...
2020-05-2000 minOeuvre Busters presents...BONUS! White Elephant Art Vs. Termite Art! (with updated link to essay!)This week, based on a question from a listener, we sat down with filmmaker pal Shaun Seneviratne to talk about Manny Farber's influential theory of White Elephant Art and Termite Art. We talk about what the theory means, whether one type is good or bad, and whether Batman films are an elephant or termite. Finally, we discuss Liam's solo record, Neon Elephant.Shaun Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan-American filmmaker and educator in Brooklyn, NY. His past work has screened at festivals such as Nantucket, Montclair, CAAM, and San Diego Asian Film Festival. Currently, Shaun is...
2020-05-1300 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012)! with special guests Nicole Solomon and Shawn SetaroOn this raisable episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome friends Nicole and Shawn to discuss the final instalment of the Nolan trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises," starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, and Gary Oldman. Topics discussed: Marcel Proust, secret fascist; blood transfusions; Bruce Wayne in rehab; the political imaginary. Also, by the grace of god, more show trials and executions! And so many Bane impressions!Topics not discussed? Engels's contributions to theories of evolution in his monumental "The Dialectics of Nature."Nicole Solomon is a filmmaker, educator and Co-Founder...
2020-05-0600 minOeuvre Busters presents...Message to a Buster Episode 1: Batman, the Adventure Continues!WHAT? ANOTHER EPISODE! YOU GUYS ARE SO PROLIFIC - you, talking to us.Liam and George grace your feeds with a new podcast within a podcast called Message to a Buster! The premise is simple. One of us records a message. The other responds.This week, we've decided to talk about the inaugural issue of the new series, Batman The Adventure Continues. This new series, written by Paul Dini and Alan Burnett, dropped in early April. You can learn more here: https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batman-the-adventures-continue-2020/batman-the-adventures-continue-1If you'd...
2020-04-2900 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about 'The Dark Knight (2008!)'On this knightish episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam invite Blake Howard from the One Heat Minute podcast to discuss 2008’s The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.Topics discussed: David Fincher’s movies for children; the three Batmen; 24-hour Zodiac; Jim Gordon is Brutus; Bane tattoos.Plus, who is the better villain: the Joker or Bruce, the shark from Jaws?Topics not discussed: Ezra Pound’s stay at St. Elizabeths hospital directly after World War II and...
2020-04-2200 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Batman Begins (2005)!On this beginning-ish (oof, that's terrible, we know) episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss 2005’s Batman Begins, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, and Gary Oldman. (What a cast!)Topics discussed: Tax exemptions; orientalism; flirting with fascism; psychological depth, Batman's slightly-pudgy face. Also, military hardware is bad! Topics not discussed? John Keats’ notion of negative capability and how essential the concept is in understanding Keats’ late odes. Today we have a voicemail from Nicole Solomon and Shawn Setaro.Nicole...
2020-04-0800 minOeuvre Busters presents...We're having a Netflix Party for The Dark Knight tomorrow!Hello!Tomorrow, March 30 and Tuesday, March 31 @ 330pm EST, we will be hosting a Netflix Party screening for The Dark Knight as we prepare to record our episode. We'll get as far as we can tomorrow and then pick up on Tuesday! You are welcome to join for as much or as little as you want! We'll tweet out, and instagram out, the link, at around 325pm that afternoon.Netflix Party requires a Chrome extension. Learn more here: https://www.netflixparty.com/#landingAlso, please note that once you click the...
2020-03-2900 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Batman: Mask of The Phantasm (1993)On this phantasmic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George delve into animated territory with Mask of the Phantasm (1993), directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm, and starring Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill and Dana Delany. Topics discussed: dead-parent trauma; Bruce Brain; Fuck, Marry, Kill: Kilmer, Clooney, Keaton. Plus, who has a better jawline: animated Batman or Robert Pattinson?Topics not discussed? The importance of the Aeolian Harp to Romantic poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, notorious opium fiend and all around sick poet. You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters...
2020-03-2500 minOeuvre Busters presents...Sick (Pandemic?) Day MoviesWith social isolation in place, Liam and George discuss movies they love, like, and plan to revisit during this period of social isolation.The name of Eliza Hittman's new film is "Never Rarely Sometimes Always.' Liam blew the title and is sorry.Goodfellas, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Groundhog Day, A Most Violent Year, and Burning are available on Netflix.Eight Hours Don't Make a Day, Black Narcissus, and A Brighter Summer Day are available on The Criterion Channel.Beach Rats and River of Grass...
2020-03-1800 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Batman (1966) with special guest host Kel Karpinski!On this Batusi inspired episode, George Fragopoulos and Kel Karpinski (what, no Liam?!?) discuss Batman 1966, directed by Leslie Martinson, and starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith and Frank Gorshin (what a list!). Topics discussed in this episode? Phalluses, just so many phalluses; camp and pop art; Dick Grayson, voyeur-in-chief. Also, Cold War politics!Topics not discussed? The Elgin Marbles, which, if we are all being honest, should be returned to Greece because they were stolen and fuck the British Museum and British government for not giving them back. For real.
2020-03-1100 minOeuvre Busters presents...BONUS: Talking about Movies We Love!Last week, a listener reached out to us to talk about films we love! So we decided to talk about them. Enjoy! We had a lot of fun doing this one. If you have a question for us, send it in. We'll answer it!"Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2020-03-0400 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Batman & Robin (1997)On this episode of Oeuvre Busters, recorded on location in lovely Burbank, Liam and George discuss Batman and Robin (1997), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Uma Thurman, and Chris O’ Donnell, directed by Joel Schumacher. Topics discussed: Poison Ivy’s love juice; terrible puns; eco-terrorism as a good thing; checked-out Clooney. Plus, some Bong love! Topics not discussed? That as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line...
2020-02-2600 minOeuvre Busters presents...THE BATMAN: THE UPDATEOn this bonus-ful(?) episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George talk briefly about what we know about THE BATMAN, the new Batman movie coming out in 13 months! GET EXCITED! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2020-02-1400 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Batman Forever (1995)On this enigmatic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George tackle Batman Forever (1995), directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Val Kilmer, Nicole Kidman, Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones. Topics discussed: what it’s like to be kissed by a rose; Jim Carrey, insufferable fool; the masks make it better. Also, who would you rather date, Batman or Bruce Wayne? And why not both? Topics not covered: Marx’s theories of the circulation of capital as theorized in the Grundrisse, and how such theories prefigure the more “mature” Marx of Capital. If you have any...
2020-02-1200 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Batman Returns (1992)Or, This Penguin Wants to Fuck!On this kittenish episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Batman Returns (1992), directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito and Christopher Walken. Topics discussed: the dislocation of time and space; the erotics of being a superhero; class rage; Jesus songs. Also, sweet, sweet boning. Topics not discussed: Theodor Dreyer’s cinema of devotion and how it greatly influenced filmmakers as diverse as Paul Schrader, Terrence Malick, and Theo Angelopoulos. You can, of course, find more OB co...
2020-01-2900 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Superman (1978)On this super (groan) episode of Oeuvre Busters, George welcomes special guest host Sean Mannion to discuss Richard Donner's Superman (1978), starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, and Margot Kidder. Topics discussed: the origins of Kryptonite; Marlon Brando giving zero fucks; the death (and resurrection!) of Superman; shape-shifting aliens; Lex Luthor, Australian; the fall of Saigon. Also, Superman and heteronormativity. Topics not discussed? The rise of autofiction: neoliberal genre or subversive antidote to the bourgeois novel? You decide!Besides being an excellent person, Sean Mannion is an incredibly talented filmmaker. His film, Meme, can be found on Amazon...
2020-01-2200 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Batman! (1989)On this bat-tacular episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Tim Burton's Batman (1989), starring Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger. Topics discussed: Tim Burton: overrated or not? Joker, working class hero; the weirdness of Michael Keaton; German expressionist cinema (have we discussed this one before?). Also, the pig lady of Detroit!Topics not discussed: Giotto di Bondone's Padua frescos and how they reflect a radical change in the course of Western art.You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us...
2020-01-1500 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Season 3 - Batman!On this Bat-tacular episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George kick off season three by discussing Batman: the man, the myth, the movies. Topics discussed: vigilantism; the great comic book wars; Moldova; Hamlet and murdered parents; Rey and Yoda boning. Also, let’s shall do that! Topics not discussed: Picasso’s “The Fall of Icarus” and its relationship to his earlier foundational work, “Guernica.” You can find more about the wonderful work of Sean Mannion at his website, http://www.sean-mannion.com/.You can, of course, find more OB content at www...
2020-01-0100 minOeuvre Busters presents...Christmas With The Joker: A Batman Miracle!Happy Holidays! Grab a glass of (spiked!) eggnog, turn on the lights, and relax with some classic Oeuvre Busters banter! We talk about 'Christmas With The Joker!', the second episode of season one of Batman: The Animated Series. Topics include: Favorite Christmas stuff, Mark Hamill, Wine cave vs. Bat cave, and a live reading of Twas The Night Before Christmas. Our season 3 art is by Sean Mannion! He's a rad filmmaker, teacher, and artist. Check out his film Meme @ http://www.memethemovie.com/ and follow him on twitter @unclesean!You can find...
2019-12-2500 minOeuvre Busters presents...Liam is on Girls, Guts, and Giallo!Hi Busters,Can I call you busters? No? Got it.This week Liam is on Girls, Guts, and Giallo talking about Antichrist (2009), directed by Lars Von Trier.Girls, Guts, and Giallo is a podcast about subversive and controversial cinema hosted by Lesbian Vampire, Annie Rose and featuring various guests. A celebration of trash and feminine perversion.Come listen to us talk about this really great, really troubling movie. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-12-2000 minOeuvre Busters presents...PSH Wrap Up!On this, the final episode of our Philip Seymour Hoffman deep dive, Liam and George discuss their favourite Philip Seymour Hoffman performances, in part by looking once again at "Alpha" Phil and "Beta" Phil roles. Topics discussed: Beguiling Phil; Republican mediocrities; regrets and tragedies and lack of space in the world. Topics not discussed? How Gustave Caillebotte's Les Raboteurs de Parquet was one of the first representations of the Parisian working classes.You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email...
2019-12-1800 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about 'A Most Wanted Man' (2014)On this most-wanted episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Philip Seymour Hoffman's final film (sniffle), A Most Wanted Man (2014), starring Willem Defoe, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, and Nina Hoss. (What a cast!) Topics dicussed: Goats; the ghoulish Henry Kissinger; whiskey; post-9/11 cinema. And, of course, David Hasselhoff. Topics not discussed? Baby Yoda, thankfullyYou can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail recording, at Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. We are looking to incorporate feedback...
2019-12-0700 minOeuvre Busters presents...SEASON 3 ANNOUNCEMENTNA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ANNOUNCEMENT!(We'll be back later this week with our regular episode on 'A Most Wanted Man.') See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-12-0400 minOeuvre Busters presents...George was on another podcast. It's fine.Hey, Georgeheads -Not a new episode this week. Instead, we're here to tell you that George got invited on another podcast. It's called The Only Podcast About Movies, and it's totally fine George did another podcast. No, seriously, I don't mind. It's fine.Here's a link to the episode on their website:http://www.onlymoviepodcast.com/home/2019/11/25/244-the-lighthouseOtherwise, search The Only Podcast About Movies wherever you get your podcasts. They're good guys, and their show is great. And it's totally fine that George did it. Totally. Fine.
2019-11-2600 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talkin' about The Master (2012), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and Starring PSHOn this masterful episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam discuss The Master (2012), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams. Topics discussed? Our first R-rated movies. Sex with sand sculptures. Capitalism and theology. And, of course, scientology. Topics not discussed? Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet. You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail recording, at Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. We are looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners during the...
2019-11-2000 minOeuvre Busters presents...Bridge! The Episode.In this bridging episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam take a break from talking films to discuss a recent voice mail from Shahir Daud, as well as the article 'The Epic Uncool of Phillip Seymour Hoffman.' We'll back in two weeks with our take on 'The Master.'See you soon!You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail recording, at Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. We are looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners...
2019-11-0600 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Jack Goes Boating (2010), with Special Guest Adam SchartoffOn this out-to-sea episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio fame to discuss Jack Goes Boating (2010), starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Amy Ryan, and Daphne Rubin-Vega. Topics discussed: dramaturgy; porno parodies; directorial debuts; reggae-loving dudes. Also, who goes boating in Central Park?! Topics not discussed: How the Panama Canal radically changed shipping routes in the twentieth-century.Episodes of Adam’s great podcast can be found here: http://www.filmwaxradio.comYou can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Al...
2019-10-2300 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Doubt (2008) with Caitlin Mae BurkeOn this no doubt about it excellent episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Caitlin Mae Burke to discuss Doubt (2008), starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. Topics discussed: devotional candles; Vatican II: The Revenge; Creaster Christians; the boogie down Bronx. Also, oof, dads!Topics not covered? The great Christian Schism of 1054 that gave us the Catholic and Orthodox churches as we know them today. Friend of the podcast, Mark Pagan of the Other Men Need Help podcast, will be having an event on October 8: https://www...
2019-10-0700 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Synecdoche, New York (2008) with guest co-host Shahir Daud!On this synecdochal episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George invite Shahir Daud on to discuss 2008’s Synecdoche, New York, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, and Catherine Keener. The film is written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. Topics discussed: Cotard syndrome; existentialist filmmaking; houses on fire; anonymous actor T. Cruise; also, what happens when you combine Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Her? Well, listen and find out! Topics not discussed: Bertolt Brecht’s journals and what they can teach us about the rise of fascism.Shahir Daud is a filmmaker and...
2019-09-2500 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Charlie WIlson's War (2007), featuring Phillip Seymour Hoffman!This week, join dialectical materialist and frequent-swearer George Fragopoulos as he discusses 2007's Charlie Wilson's War, featuring Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Topics include: Where the f*ck is Liam?; Big Phil, Little Phil; Recent contemporary Greek History; Julia Roberts not respecting Papa F's 8 hours of recreation.Topics not covered: Is anyone worried about Liam? This isn't like him.You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail recording, at Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. We are looking to incorporate...
2019-09-1100 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about 25th Hour, starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman and featuring Michael Ranghelli!On this not-the-25th episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome onboard Michael Ranghelli to discuss Spike Lee’s 25th Hour, starring Ed Norton, Rosario Dawson and, yes, of course, the one and only Philip Seymour Hoffman. Topics discussed on this episode: Liam crying at work; the oddity that is Oldboy; the differences between dragons and dogs; tone poems. Also, rent in New York City is truly obscene.Topics not covered: John Ashbery’s radical verse experimentation in 1962's The Tennis Court Oath. You can find more OB content at www...
2019-08-2800 minOeuvre Busters presents...BONUS: Phillip Seymour Hoffman's queer roles with Annie Rose MalametGeorge is on vacation, so Liam hijacked the podcast to speak with Annie Malamet about the queer roles of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Films covered: Flawless, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Capote, Boogie Nights, and The Master. Also, Annie legit teaches us like 3 new words.Annie Rose Malamet is an Educator, Artist, and Podcast Host. Her podcast, @girlsgutsgiallo, can be found wherever you get podcasts. Help support her work at https://www.patreon.com/girlsgutsgialloYou can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a...
2019-08-2200 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Mission Impossible 3 (2006), featuring Phillip Seymour Hoffman and co-hosted by Jose Rodriguez!On this impossible episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam welcome guest host Jose Rodriguez to discuss 2006's Mission Impossible Three, starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Michelle Monaghan, and, of course, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Topics covered: fulcrums vs. pendulums; Tom Cruise's thetan count; Liam's recent religious conversion; spy franchises, ranked! Plus: Ethan Hunt fucks the flag. Topics not covered: The biographical masterpieces of the one and only Hermione Lee. As the Guardian recently said in regards to her recent biography of Penelope Fitzgerald: "Lee is a master of that most neglected of literary...
2019-08-1400 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Capote (2005), starring Philip Seymour HoffmanOn this week’s capotesque episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss 2005’s Capote, starring (no, really) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Clifton Collins Jr., and directed by Bennett Miller. Topics covered: our favorite communist novels; Gore Vidal’s Wildean wit; the origin of Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie; trips to Spain. And Weekend at Bernie’s relationship to the American avant-garde. Topics not covered? How Stendhal’s experiences during the Napoleonic Wars were foundational to his novels, in particular The Charterhouse of Parma, his last work. You...
2019-07-3100 minOeuvre Busters presents...BONUS: Philip Seymour Hoffman on Arthur, with special guest Michael CarollOn this A is for aardvark episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and special guest Michael Carroll chat about Philip Seymour Hoffman’s appearance on the animated series, Arthur! Topics discuss: What kind of animal, exactly, is Fern; cringeworthy cartoons; the embrace of lukewarm showers; real people existing, making art. Finally, Liam watches PSH eat a hot dog!Topics not covered: Voltaire’s very famous claim that the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. Discuss, please. You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also...
2019-07-2400 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Along Came Polly (2004), with guest host Mark Pagan!On this pollyannaish episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam welcome guest host Mark Pagán to discuss 2004’s Along Came Polly, starring Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston and, yes, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Topics discussed? Hunk Azaria; manic pixie dream girls; student-film versions of Fight Club; the philological history of sharting. Also, Jennifer Aniston: indie-film muse.Topics not discussed: How Franz Kafka’s parables are allegorical reflections about the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Mark's amazing podcast, Other Men Need Help, can be found here: https://othermenneedhelp.com/Please also consi...
2019-07-1700 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Red Dragon (2002), barely featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman!On this reddish episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George invite Brett Ratner expert Paul Molinari on to discuss 2002’s disastrous Red Dragon, starring Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, and featuring, of course, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Topics discussed: the aesthetics of scrapbooking; the orgy of evidence; Edward Norton’s terrible dye job; the amazing anti-aging technology used on Anthony Hopkins; also, Bela Tarr has some thoughts! Topics not discussed: the sublime beauty of Arundhati Roy’s Booker-prize winning masterpiece, The God of Small Things. Read. That. Novel!You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com! A...
2019-07-0300 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Love Liza (2002), starring Phillip Seymour HoffmanOn this Liza-esque (?) episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss 2002's Love Liza, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kathy Bates and directed by Todd Louiso. Topics discussed: American consumption of petrol in all its varied forms; Magic: The Gathering; hobby enthusiasts; sad white guys and the people who love their stories. Also, we find out that George is a Pasolini poser. Quelle surprise. Finally, please listen to the very end for a special message from our good friend Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio fame. Topics not discussed: The aesthetic provocations of the feminist art-group The...
2019-06-1900 minOeuvre Busters presents...Match That Hoff, Man! A new game show from Oeuvre Busters!Welcome to Match That Hoff, Man!Match That Hoff, Man! is a new game show where we match characters played by celebrated American actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman to his lesser-known films! Our first contestant is George, an educator from Queens, New York! Welcome to the show, George!Descriptions for the films starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman came from this article by Nathan Rabin.SFX: freesound.orgHappy Happy Game Show Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License...
2019-06-1200 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), featuring Phillip Seymour Hoffman AND with special guest hosts Kel Karpinski and Lars von Trier!On this talent-filled episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam, George, and guest hosts Kel Karpinski and Lars von Trier discuss 1999’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Jude Law, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman. Topics discussed: the literary works of Patricia Highsmith; one-hour photo stores; Jude Law’s glorious, glorious ass cheeks; Matt Damon's sultry voice; also, listen to Lars von Trier say terrible things about Apple Paltrow! He is such an enfant terrible, that Lars. Something we don’t discuss on this podcast? How Pinochet’s coup of 1974 opened Chile for the neoliberal economics of the Chicago...
2019-06-0500 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Twister with Kat Rodriguez!On this twisted episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George (but mostly Liam) welcome special guest Kat Rodriguez to discuss 1996’s Twister, starring Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, and featuring, of course, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Dusty. Topics covered: what everyone had for breakfast; the hotness of Bill Paxton; Philip Seymour Hoffman’s testicles; and is PSH a human golden retriever? Ya know, like Mr. Peanutbutter? Also, divorce! It’s painful. Topics not covered: Gertrude Stein’s a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. Is it, Stein? Is it? Please don't forget to subsc...
2019-05-2900 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Happiness (1998), featuring Phillip Seymour HoffmanOn this not-so-happy episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss Todd Solondz's Happiness (1998), starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Jane Adams and Lara Flynn Boyle. Topics discussed? The End of History! The effervescent and joyous Jane Adams; the sucky Jay Leno; also, attractive people! They're the worst, aren't they? And George's dog makes a subtle cameo, can you figure out when, exactly? Topics not discussed? The rediscovery of Lucretius's poem On the Nature of Things and how that great work was essential in establishing a materialist outlook to the world, thus leading to modernity. Please...
2019-05-2200 minOeuvre Busters presents...NO-STAGRAM! Episode 1Here's the deal. George doesn't have Instagram. Liam does. So Liam sat George down and caught him up on all things OBIG. Hilarity (?) ensued!Plus, Schartoff Rises.We're @OeuvreBusters on Instagram and Twitter. Get at us.Shahir Daud's amazing short film La Loteria."Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-05-1500 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about The Big Lebowski (1998), featuring Phillip Seymour HoffmanOn this Lebowskiesque episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski, from the Clinton-era year of 1998, and starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, and, of course, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Topics discussed: the failures of the New Left; Manifest Destiny; the first, and surprisingly not the worst, Gulf War; and, of course, bowling. Topics not discussed? The feminist ethos of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. They are great! Read them! But we ain't discussing them here, sorry. You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com! Also, please feel free to drop us...
2019-05-0800 minOeuvre Busters presents...BONUS: Talking about Barbara Loden's Wanda (1970) and her appearance on Dick Cavett!On this wanderful (groan) episode of Oeuvre Busters, George and Liam discuss Barbara Loden's foundational film, Wanda, from the so-so year of 1970. Your podcast hosts also take a look at Loden's appearance on the Dick Cavett show of the same year and what turns out to be a rather awkward interview. Topics discussed in this episode: George's creaking chair; genre hopping; the necessary drug that is coffee; the proper way to eat pasta; and class politics in America. Also, we beg the Criterion collection to let us in the closet, because we love free shit.Also...
2019-04-2600 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking and Drafting Phillip Seymour Hoffman!On this drafty episode, the very first of Season Two, Liam and George talk (and select) Philip Seymour Hoffman movies for the upcoming season of Oeuvre Busters! Listen to Liam groan and groan and groan as George selects movies he can't stand! Listen to George try, and fail, to do a Keith Richards impersonation! Also, please stay tuned to the very end for a very important message from friend of the podcast, Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio. Topics not covered in this episode of Oeuvre Busters? The myths and legends surrounding New York City's very own Pizza Rat! Please...
2019-04-2400 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking About All the Cassavetes!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...
2019-04-1700 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking About John Cassavetes's Big Trouble (1986)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...
2019-04-1000 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassavetes's Love Streams (1984)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, re...
2019-03-2700 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassavetes's Gloria (1980)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...
2019-03-1300 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassavetes' Opening Night (1977)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 cr...
2019-02-2700 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassavetes's The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)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...
2019-02-1300 minOeuvre Busters presents...Keith, are you coming to LOVE STREAMS?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 LoveDirected by John Cassavetes | 1984With Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne AbbottJohn 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 sea...
2019-02-1100 minOeuvre Busters presents...BONUS Episode: Talking about Mikey and Nicky (1976)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! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-02-0700 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassavetes's A Woman Under the Influence (1974)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...
2019-01-3000 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassamovies's Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)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...
2019-01-1600 minOeuvre Busters presents...BONUS AUDIO COMMENTARY! Cassavetes and Company on the Dick Cavett ShowWelcome to this bonus episode (you're welcome, America!) of Oeuvre Busters! On September 18, 1970, Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, and Peter Falk appeared on the Dick Cavett Show to promote Husbands. The recording was, to say the least, rather eventful, what with Cassavetes, Gazzara and Falk more interested in ragin' on stage than in answering Cavett's questions. The encounter needs to be seen to be believed! To commemorate this shitshow, and to further our discussion of Husbands, Liam and George have recorded an audio commentary to accompany the show. Topics covered: How drunk are these guys really? Who does the better pratfall...
2019-01-0900 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassavetes's Husbands (1970)On this episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss John Cassavetes's Husbands, starring Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, and Cassvetes himself. First and foremost, do these guys know how to rage! But boy do things get cringe worthy really fast in this film, the first half of which is a masterpiece and the second half of which just won't end. Things you will discover while listening to this episode: the title of James Franco's next short story collection; the age at which your legs go; all the sports that Peter Falk loves; proper funeral etiquette; the meaning of Bahama...
2019-01-0200 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassavetes's Faces (1968)We are back on the Cassavetes train! (But did we ever really get off it in the first place? Hmmm?) On this episode of Oeuvre Busters, and after taking a look at his two studio films, George and Liam discuss Cassavetes's Faces, from the turbulent year 1968. The film stars the magnetic Gena Rowlands, the senescent John Marley, the incandescent Lynn Carlin, and the Herculean Seymour Cassel. Things to consider: first and foremost, who knew that this film was a secret Mad Men prequel? My god, does Liam love Honey I Shrunk the Kids! Can George STFU about Johnny Staccato...
2018-12-1900 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassavetes's A Child is Waiting (1963)In this episode of Ouevre Busters, George and Liam discuss John Cassavetes's last studio film, 1963's A Child is Waiting, starring the rugged Burt Lancaster and the immortal Judy Garland. Listen to George and Liam constantly mispronouncing Gena Rowlands's name! Gasp in horror as your hosts describe the most terrifying opening-credits sequence ever committed to celluloid! Shake your head in disgust as these two jackanapes discuss the theological implications of which artists might be in hell! Also, does Michael Bay really have all that firepower at his disposal? All this and more in this episode of Ouevre Busters, the...
2018-12-0500 minOeuvre Busters presents...Talking about Johnny Staccato (1959) and Too Late Blues (1961)Welcome to episode 2 of Oeuvre Busters! In the first part of the episode, George and Liam discuss the ridiculously awesome (at least according to George; Liam is a bit more agnostic) Johnny Staccato, a TV show Cassavetes starred in and occasionally directed from 1959-1960 in order to pay the bills. Listen to Liam ruin George’s Blade Runner “joke.” Listen to George clearly having a road-to-Damascus moment as he discusses his love for this terrible show. Liam and George then discuss 1961’s Too Late Blues, Cassavetes’s first studio film starring the immortal Bobby Darin. Topics covered: Greek-American stereotypes, baseball-playing musicians...
2018-11-2100 min
Oeuvre Busters presents...Talking about John Cassavetes's Shadows (1959)Welcome to the inaugural episode of Oeuvre Busters! George and Liam talk about what the hell they think they're doing (they have no idea), and discuss John Cassavetes’s first film, Shadows. Listen to George mispronounce the title Goodfellas! Listen to Liam curse the corpse of Rudy Giuliani! Also, why is Marty Scorsese so damn quiet? And the guys are clearly in love with Rupert, and can you blame them? All this and more in what is the first, and most likely the last, episode of this all new podcast! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and op...
2018-11-0500 min