April 6-12, 1997: Grosse Pointe Blank/Wannabe

Quantum Week

Music, Tv & Film

2.6 • 843 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On this episode of Quantum Week it’s April 1997 with movie “Grosse Pointe Blank”, and song “Wannabe”. After weeks of bad films Matt and Chris get to talk about a killer, and John Cusack pulls it off. Plus the Zigaziga rise of The Spice Girls and headlines from the times.

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0:00.0	On this episode of Quantum Week, April 6th through 12th, 1997.
0:05.2	Quantum Week.
0:12.4	Quantum Week.
0:18.1	Welcome for Quantum Week. I'm Matt.
0:19.7	I'm Chris.
0:20.3	Quantum Week is a show in which Chris and I leap into a random week of a random year,
0:23.7	and we talk about the movies, the music, the headlines, the happenings, whatever makes that time period special.
0:29.7	Absolutely.
0:30.2	I feel like I want to vary that intro every time.
0:32.2	Just like a little bit. I don't know.
0:33.3	I just sound like a robot if I do it the same way.
0:34.9	I know. It's quick, quick intro. We get right to it. And we'll get right to this movie, gross point blank.
0:39.2	Right, which is the best film we've seen in how long?
0:41.3	Oh, jeez.
0:41.7	Two weeks?
0:42.1	We were in a rough stretch.
0:43.3	This absolutely is the best film we've seen in a long time.
0:45.7	It feels like, uh, yeah, this is a really good movie. enjoy. I think it has an amazing soundtrack. We'll get into that maybe a bit later. It's really
0:56.3	well done. It's really clever. I really like, I think this is John Cusack's best performance.
1:02.9	And I've seen High Fidelity. I think this is a better performance and a better movie.
1:06.3	Yeah, I think it's a better movie too. This is definitely, I can't, it's hard for me to say best.
1:10.7	I'd have to
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