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
Her/Upgrade - The Hi-Lo Bro Show - Ep 10 – June 2023
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Richard Ryan and Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
This is the one about Artificial Intelligence where the Richard Chatbot signals Northrop Frye, and the Garrett Chatbot remembers eating.
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Referenced media:
- “Death Wish” (Michael Winner, 1974)
- “Un Chien Andalou” (Luis Buñuel, 1929
- “The Terminator” (James Cameron, 1984)
- “The Matrix” (The Wachowski’s, 1999)
- “2,001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
- “Westworld” (Michael Crichton, 1973)
- “Westword” (Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, 2016-2022)
- “Colossus: The Forbin Project” (Joseph Sargent, 1970)
- “WarGames” (John Badham, 1983)
- “Saw” (James Wan, 2004)
- “The Invisible Man” (Leigh Whannell, 2020)
- “Mad Men” (Matthew Weiner, 2007-2015)
- “Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)
- “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (Ron Howard, 2018)
- “American Graffitti” (George Lucas, 1973)
- “THX 1138” (George Lucas, 1971)
- “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)
- “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” (George Lucas, 2005)
- “12 Years a Slave” (Steve McQueen, 2013)
- “Dallas Buyers Club” (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013)
- “Being John Malkovich” (Spike Jonze, 1999)
- “Weird Science” (John Hughes, 1985)
- “Adaptation” (Spike Jonze, 2002)
- “Where the Wild Things Are” (Spike Jonze, 2009)
- “Cast Away” (Robert Zemeckis, 2000)
- “Gravity” (Alfonso Cuarón, 2013)
- “All Is Lost” (J.C. Chandor, 2013)
Audio quotation:
- “Upgrade” (Leigh Whannell, 2018)
- “Death Wish (Main Title)” (Herbie Hancock, 1974)
- “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
- “WarGames” (James Badham, 1983)
- “The Moon Song” (written by Karen Orzolek and Spike Jonze, and performed by Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix, 2013)
- “Her” (Spike Jonze, 2013)
- “Song on the Beach” (written and performed by Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett, 2013)
- “I’m So Glad” (written by Nehemiah Curtis James, and performed by Entrance, 2013)