#104: (Pt. 1) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri / State & Main (2000)

The Next Picture Show

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🗓️ 28 November 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Inspired by Martin McDonagh’s new pitch-black comedy THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, we look back at another playwright-driven film about redemption set in a small town populated by a colorful ensemble: David Mamet’s 2000 comedy STATE AND MAIN. How does the sex scandal at the center of Mamet's film look in a post-Weinstein 2017? What are we to make of the film’s cynicism toward Hollywood and those who populate it? And just what is the deal with that running matzo gag? We discuss all that and more, plus dig into some excellent feedback from recent episodes. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about STATE AND MAIN, THREE BILLBOARDS, or both by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. **Show Notes** Outro music: “The Song Of The Old Mill” by Patti Lupone Articles cited: • “David Mamet’s State And Main Engineers A Perfect Punchline,” by Mike D’Angelo (The AV Club) • William H. Macy Interview (2001), by Scott Tobias (AV Club) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.1	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:41.8	You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
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0:52.4	Welcome to the next picture show, a movie of the week podcast devoted to a classic film and how it's shaped our thoughts on a recent release. I'm Tasha Robinson here with Scott Tobias. Genevieve Koski and Keith Phipps. Here in the
0:59.5	next picture show, we believe that no film exists in a vacuum and that all culture is more
1:03.6	interesting in context. So every other week, we get together to talk over a classic film and
1:08.6	consider how it relates to a current movie. This week we're looking at two small-town films full of fast-talking characters played by high-powered
1:14.8	actors. Both films are about the push-and-pull dynamics in cities small enough that everyone
1:19.1	knows each other, and everyone has opinions about everyone else's business. In one case, the story
1:23.8	revolves around filmmaking, and in the other, it revolves around policing, but in both
1:27.8	cases, politics and personalities come into play. Scott, do you want to put down the fishing reel
1:32.1	and the novelty breadloaf there and tell the listeners what we're covering this week?
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1:39.5	want an associate producer credit on this week's podcast. This week, we're headed down to the burned out site of the former old mill, where we're looking for our personal purity in state and Maine.
1:48.9	David Mamet's comedy from 2000, about a small-time film production navigating an endless
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