925. Ander’s Sons: One Battle After Another

Small Beans

Comedy

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2025 drama/thriller One Battle After Another. Michael and Abe discuss PT’s Anderson’s distinctive style, themes, and characters. Features: Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store

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0:00.0	I don't sing for this, right?
0:22.6	You don't sing at all, unless I tell you to.
0:26.3	Oh, that's right, that's right, I forgot.
0:28.7	That's right.
0:29.3	So then I just say with my mouth that this is Anderson's.
0:33.3	Anderson.
0:34.3	Yeah.
0:34.7	Michael Swame, Abe Epperson.
0:36.3	Right.
0:36.5	I'm the ladder guy. Yeah, and that's the one. And I'm the
0:39.7	guy climbing the ladder to get over the border wall. Thematically on point. As we discuss one
0:48.6	battle after another by P.T. Anderson. If you want Wes Anderson, hey, you came to the right place, but at the wrong
0:55.8	time, my friend. It's a P.T. time. Oh, and boy, is it. What a good time to be a part of this team.
1:04.7	Coming off of what? Lickrish Pizza being, I think the last time we convened, yeah.
1:09.5	Yeah, this is based off Thomas Pinchone's Vineland,
1:13.7	which I have not read. In fact, I haven't read any Pinchone. I actually thought I had,
1:18.6	but then I realized I've read the Pinchone book that's just called V. V. So I, so yeah,
1:25.2	neither of us, key point, can speak to the differences between the book,
1:31.1	which is also a dense epic and the movie.
1:34.5	But I will just, I don't, I guess, tip my hand, which is the whole reason we're here is to tip
1:39.0	our opinions about the movie.
1:40.2	But it does feel very dense and novel-like and like meaty.
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