Episode 319 - The Warriors
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This week on Full Clip, we talk sheer filmic efficiency, the wisdom of keeping a gay guy in the crew, and how shooting in New York is the best special effect of all in 1979’s THE WARRIORS! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 318 - Violent Panic: The Big Crash (w/ Joey Weiser)
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This week, we’re joined by comic artist Joey Weiser to talk the evolution of Toei movies, the political valences of Fukasaku, and the unusual skill of directors who come from a low-budget film background in 1976’s VIOLENT PANIC: THE BIG CRASH! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 317 - Face/Off (w/ Matthew Tucciarone)
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This week on the pod, we welcome back Heroes 3 legend Matthew Tucciarone to talk Travolta and Cage, Woo’s Hollywood era, and Venice Beach Catholics in 1997’s FACE/OFF! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 316 - Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (w/ Niamh Schönherr)
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This week on the show, we welcome back podcast queen Niamh Schönherr to talk the structures and standards of Yakuza film, the precise chemistry of drugs into hair care products, and the Crime Cenobite in 1981's SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 315 - Crank (w/ Kyle Daileda)
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This week on Swimfans: Full Clip, we’re joined by publishing pro Kyle Daileda to talk Josh’s taste in men, the novelty of a movie walking and talking like a video game, and explaining stuntwork to gay people in 2006’s CRANK! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 314 - True Lies (w/ Carina Taylor)
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This week on the pod, we're once again joined by art director Carina Taylor to discuss the artful rending of garments, the rich, textured flavor of divorce, and how to reconcile a movie that's kind of two movies in 1994's TRUE LIES! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode JEN7 - Grizzly Man
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Everybody say happy birthday, Jennifer!! This week we take a break from Full Clip to celebrate our beloved’s birthday and talk the prismatic view of man, the melancholy of Werner Herzog, and staring unblinkingly into The Void in 2005’s GRIZZLY MAN! Theme by Padlock:
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Episode 313 - Death to Smoochy (w/ Addy)
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Josh has become so proficient at “mime stuck in a box” that he’s trapped. Instead, Craig and Jennifer are joined by Addy to talk corruption in children’s television, the horrors of ice rinks, and Industrial Society and its Future. It’s Danny Devito’s 2002 black comedy DEATH TO SMOOCHY.
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Episode 312 - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
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This week on the pod, the girls get lost on Morocco Street and talk beauty in animated choreography, the fine art of people-watching, and every conspiracy theory known to man. It's Shinichirō Watanabe's 2001 joint, COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE.
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Episode 311 - Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
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This week on the pod, we're talking video game-style filmmaking, stylization of action and brutality in movies, and each of our thresholds for the term 'Lynchian' in 2012's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING! swimfanspod.com patreon.com/swimfans
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