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4X4 II: KATHRYN BIGELOW *SEASON PREMIERE* THE LOVELESS & POINT BREAK
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LEATHER & WAX: BIGELOW'S THE LOVELESS and POINT BREAK with Kathryn Bigelow Scholar Ryan.
FOUR FILMS BY FOUR DIRECTORS PICKED BY FOUR GUESTS 4X4 II
IT'S THE EPISODE THAT ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN!
DOUBLE THEME SONG! Due to losing an audio file (thanks, zencastr!) ace host and engineer Jack was able to, uh, re-do his part on half the episode. A feat that has to be heard to be believed. Podcasting is a rough business.
1981's The Loveless (credited with Monty Montgomery) was Bigelow's debut. It charts a fateful day in the 1950s when a small Georgia town has a gang of leather-clad motorcyclists rolling through and then... hanging out. Willem Dafoe makes his screen debut as Vance. It's a mood piece, all right, and a pretty good one we have a lot to say about (shocking).
1991's Point Break has become Bigelow's most beloved film. For good reason - it is amazing. Lightning in a bottle casting with a borderline absurd script and strange deification of surfer bros but it works perfectly. The main character in named Johnny Utah and the film is NOT a parody. It is one of the best action movies of an era comprising some of the best action movies ever. A treat start to finish, we show it a lot of love.
THEME SONG BY: WEIRD A.I.
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