Ep. 840 - Highest 2 Lowest

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

David, Devindra, and Jeff head westward with Sacramento, take a look at the current state of mockumentaries in The Paper, and assess how much sadness they can handle in Task. Then they find out how high Spike Lee can reach in Highest 2 Lowest.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: What’s going on in Peacemaker Season 2
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on the lack of iPhone 17 hype
Jeff - DLC Podcast

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:27:34)
David - Sacramento, The Paper, Darren Aronofsky’s Pi (4K Remaster),
Devindra - Task, Women Wearing Shoulder Pads, The Paper
Jeff - The Paper

Featured Review (~01:02:18)
Highest 2 Lowest
SPOILERS (~01:20:15)

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone and welcome to the film cast.
0:10.0	It's the film cast.
0:13.0	It's the film cast.
0:16.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the film cast, a podcast about movies.
0:24.4	I'm David Chen, and I wish I loved anything as much as Spike Lee hates Boston.
0:29.8	Joining me today is Devinder Hardwar.
0:32.2	Finally, Spikeley makes a movie about doing the right thing.
0:36.6	And Jeff Kanata.
0:38.7	Oh,
0:39.8	Seven Samurai turns into the magnificent seven.
0:44.3	High and low turns into highest,
0:46.3	too lowest.
0:47.1	I know how to remake an Akira Kurosawa movie.
0:49.5	You just add a superlative,
0:51.5	which is why I'm looking forward to
0:53.2	Ran farther than you.
0:59.7	Oh, that was a long walk to get there.
1:05.1	Yeah, that was a long walk and I'm not sure if the payoff was worth it.
1:08.8	The long walk is next week, John.
1:10.5	Oh, that's our next review. Those are vague and oblique references to the fact that here of the payoff was worth it. The long walk is next week, job.
1:12.2	That's our next review.
1:16.1	Those are vague and oblique references to the fact that today in the podcast, we're going to be reviewing Spike Lee's latest remake of an Asian cinema classic, highest to
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