The Hi-Lo Bro Show
Richard and Garrett talk up film culture: the Good, the Bad, and the Wonderfully Awful. We take on a piece of midnight trash/cult pop filmmaking, and pair it with a daunting, difficult piece of “High Art” cinema. Spoilers everywhere: these conversations are meant for listeners who have seen the films under discussion. We also delve into significant works of film criticism and history, as well as the source material for some of the greatest movies ever made. And some of the worst.
The Hi-Lo Bro Show
Harakiri/Colors - The Hi-Lo Bro Show - Ep 8 - August 2022
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Richard Ryan and Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
This is the one where Richard blazons the samurai katana, wakizashi, and the tanto, and Garrett remembers thinking that a photorealist depiction of gang violence might be the right way to woo a romantic partner.
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Referenced media:
- “The Last Samurai” (Edward Zwick, 2003)
- “Ronin” (John Frankenheimer, 1998)
- “Seven Samurai” (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
- “The Magnificent Seven” (John Sturges, 1960)
- “The Magnificent Seven” (Antoine Fuqua, 2016)
- “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
- “First Blood” (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
- “Gladiator” (Ridley Scott, 2000)
- “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
- “Se7en” (David Fincher, 1995)
- “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (Ishirō Honda, 1962)
- “The Tale of Zatoichi Continues” (Kazuo Mori, 1962)
- “The Leopard” (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
- “This Sporting Life” (Lindsay Anderson, 1963)
- “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” (Robert Aldrich, 1962)
- “The Exterminating Angel” (Luis Buñuel, 1962)
- “An Autumn Afternoon” (Yasujirō Ozu, 1962)
- “Knife in the Water” (Roman Polanski, 1962)
- “RoGoPaG” (Roberto Rossellini, Ugo Gregoretti, Jean-Luc Godard, and Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1963)
- “The Pawn Broker” (Sidney Lumet, 1964)
- “A Hard Day’s Night” (Richard Lester, 1964)
- “Marnie” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1964)
- “The Gospel According to St. Matthew” (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964)
- “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
- “Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
- “The Birds” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
- “The Last House on the Left” (Wes Craven, 1972)
- “The Human Condition—No Greater Love” (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
- “The Human Condition—Road to Eternity” (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
- “The Human Condition—A Soldier’s Prayer” (Masaki Kobayashi, 1961)
- “Fellini’s Casanova” (Federico Fellini, 1976)
- “Easy Rider” (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
- “Boyz n the Hood” (John Singleton, 1991)
- “Menace II Society” (The Hughes Brothers, 1993)
- “New Jack City” (Mario Van Peebles, 1991)
- “Above the Law” (Andrew Davis, 1988)
- “Action Jackson” (Craig R. Baxley, 1988)
- “Stand and Deliver” (Ramón Menéndez, 1988)
- “Shane” (George Stevens, 1953)
- “Joe Kidd” (John Sturges, 1972)
- “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
- “Tender Mercies” (Bruce Beresford, 1983)
- “The Great Santini” (Lewis John Carlino, 1979)
- “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (Amy Heckerling, 1982)
- “Taps” (Harold Becker, 1981)
- “The Falcon and the Snowman” (John Schlesinger, 1985)
- “Milk” (Gus Van Sant, 2008)