4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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In this bonus episode, David and Patrick chat about Seth Rogen’s hilarious new show on Apple TV+, The Studio. Then, Matt Goldberg from
Commentary Track joins to discuss Robert Altman’s 1992 films The Player and how it compares with how Hollywood sees itself today.Links:
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0:47.6 | Hey everyone, David Chen here from Decoding TV. There's a new show on Apple TV Plus right now called The Studio. It's very funny. |
0:57.0 | So I chatted with my regular co-host Patrick Kleppick about the studio. We reviewed the show and talked about how we thought it served as a satire of the current state of Hollywood. |
1:01.7 | The studio shares a lot in common with Robert Altman's 1992 film, The Player. |
1:05.9 | Both the studio and the Player are about what it's like to make movies in Hollywood. |
1:09.3 | And they also have a character with the same name, Griffin Mill. |
1:11.7 | So I wanted to check out the player, watch the player, and talk about how it related to the studio and to the current state |
1:18.1 | of Hollywood. So I was really pleased to be able to chat with film critic Matt Goldberg from |
1:22.4 | the newsletter commentary track about the player. We talked about that movie, just overall thoughts as well as how it relates |
1:30.3 | with the studio, and whether it's still relevant today. So you're about to hear my chat with |
1:34.5 | Patrick Kleppick about the studio, followed by my conversation with Matt Goldberg about the player. |
1:39.0 | Enjoy the episode. Being the head of Continental is the only job I've ever wanted. |
1:46.2 | I'm honored, obviously, to be one of the people that gets to choose, you know, which movies get made and which ones don't. |
1:51.8 | That's huge. |
1:53.8 | And I got into all this because, you know, I love movies, but now I have this fear that my job is to ruin them. |
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