Michael and Us: I Heart New Wave

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🗓️ 8 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In DEATH WISH 4: THE CRACKDOWN (1987), Charles Bronson wages a one-man war against the Los Angeles drug trade, despite being as old-looking as anyone has ever looked. We discuss how the ridiculous fourth entry in the iconic action franchise takes its reactionary politics a step beyond "law and order." PLUS: We discuss two milestones in cinematic surrealism (1989's THINGS and 1994's TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME) and bid farewell to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Preorder Luke's new book Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality coauthored with Ed Broadbent - https://ecwpress.com/products/seeking-social-democracy-ed-broadbent

OTTAWA: See Luke and Ed at the Ottawa Writers Festival on October 10 - https://writersfestival.org/events/fall-2023-in-person-events/seeking-social-democracy

TORONTO: See Luke and Ed Broadbent in conversation at the Toronto Reference Library on October 22 - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/seeking-social-democracy-a-conversation-with-ed-broadbent-tickets-713793665067

VANCOUVER: See Luke and Ed at the Central Library on November 1 - https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/650b36ea2d0219cf8b5cf95f

See Will moderate a Q&A following the Toronto premiere of Nate Wilson's THE ALL GOLDEN at the Revue Cinema on November 2 - https://revuecinema.ca/films/the-all-golden-toronto-theatrical-premiere/

Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Michael and us. I'm Will Sloane. Here is always with Luke Savage. Welcome back everyone.
0:20.7	Big week for you. I haven't really asked about the screening you had last night, but it sounds like it was a good time.
0:25.8	Oh yeah, the Fox Theater and the beaches of Toronto. I think we teased that or plugged it on a recent episode.
0:31.8	Showed one of my favorite movies, The Directive Video, Canadian Horror Film Things from the year 1989.
0:39.0	It was a movie that was made by two guys from Scarborough who didn't know how to make a movie.
0:43.4	They just picked up a camera one day and they pressed play on it.
0:47.4	Try to make a horror movie and the most Canadian guys you've ever seen.
0:52.2	The writer and producer who is also the lead actor, Barry J. Gillis.
0:56.2	How's the most prominent Canadian accent you've ever heard? Sorry, that sounds Scottish. I can't do a Canadian accent.
1:02.2	You are a Canadian, Will. You can just use your regular speaking voice.
1:06.2	You know, Oatnabot. I know. Like all that. Yeah. I don't usually.
1:10.2	The Canadian accent that's actually just like how for people from like Minnesota talk.
1:14.2	Right. Exactly. I don't actually notice Canadian accents that much because I live in Canada.
1:20.2	But every now and then, you know, you hear one that's really prominent.
1:24.2	Yeah. Again, I didn't sound like a Canadian accent to me, but I know the one you're talking about.
1:28.2	Yeah. Yeah. Oatnabot. That I'm confident about. It's not Oatnaboot.
1:32.2	So tell us about this movie.
1:34.2	Well, it's sort of like if Bob and Doug McKenzie tried to make a horror movie but accidentally made an art film.
1:40.2	It's like this inland empire like experience shot with an eight millimeter movie camera.
1:46.2	You know, the mood of it, the color, the texture, all very like David Lynch.com style surrealism.
1:54.2	I'm Dr. Lucas down for Drizley Fletz.
1:56.2	So you're the fucking bastard, eh?
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