#914: John Wick: Chapter 4 - Endurance Test or Series' Best, '60s Madness, Imitation of Life ('59)

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🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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John Wick 4's 169-minute run time could be seen as a betrayal of its lean and mean origins or a welcome embrace of its byzantine mythology and increasingly ambitious action set pieces. And maybe a little of both. -Review: "John Wick: Chapter 4" (02:33) -Filmspotting Madness Final 4 (41:20) -Marathon Review: "Imitation of Life" (56:59) (Times may not be precise with ads) Resources/Links: -How 'John Wick 4' Pulled Off That Incredible Stairwell Scene https://screencrush.com/john-wick-4-stairwell-scene-breakdown/ -Filmspotting Madness https://filmspotting.net/madness -Ebert Interruptus at the Conference on World Affairs, April 12-14 https://www.colorado.edu/cwa/attend/cwa-week/2023-schedule -RSVP for the Filmspotting/Interruptus Meetup on April 14 in Boulder https://forms.gle/g94gesMV8Nrpccxu9 Feedback: Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net. Ask Us Anything and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support us: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and complete archive access. http://filmspottingfamily.com -T-shirts (and more) on sale at the Filmspotting Shop. https://filmspotting.net/shop Where else you can find us: https://twitter.com/filmspotting https://facebook.com/filmspotting https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting https://twitter.com/larsenonfilm https://facebook.com/larsenonfilm https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?
0:06.4	You're not interested in art?
0:07.6	No.
0:08.1	Well, look, we're going to do this thing.
0:09.4	We're going to have a conversation.
0:13.0	From Chicago, this is Film Spotting.
0:15.0	I'm Josh Larson, and I met him, Kempanar.
0:18.0	So, you want to kill him?
0:24.0	You want to kill him?
0:26.5	I want to kill him.
0:29.0	What about you, Mr. Vick?
0:31.5	I'm going to kill you.
0:33.5	Yes, there are still people out there who want to kill John Wick.
0:36.5	In fact, a whole lot of people.
0:38.5	Enough to fill 169 minutes, Josh.
0:41.5	John Wick does have an epic length, but does that make it an epic?
0:45.0	We'll discuss in our review.
0:46.5	Plus, our sight and sound top 100 blind spots Marathon continues
0:51.0	with a Douglas Cirque melodrama.
0:53.0	Bet you'll never guess which one of those two films made me cry earlier today.
0:56.5	I know.
0:57.5	I'm still broken up over John's dog.
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