
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
Hardcore Henry/John Wick: Chapter 2 - The Hi-Lo Bro Show - Ep 16 – February 2025
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Richard Ryan and Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
This is the one where Richard celebrates protest art via Russian punk rock influences, while Garrett realizes that loving low culture is like eating French fries.
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Referenced media:
- “Eye in the Sky” (Gavin Hood, 2015)
- “Night Watch” (Timur Bekmambetov, 2004)
- “Day Watch” (Timur Bekmambetov, 2006)
- “1917” (Sam Mendes, 2019)
- “District 9” (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)
- “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
- “John Wick” (Chad Stahelski, 2014)
- “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” (Chad Stahelski, 2019)
- “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Chad Stahelski, 2023)
- “Nobody” (Ilya Naishuller, 2021)
- “The Matrix” (The Wachowskis, 1999)
- “The Matrix Reloaded” (The Wachowskis, 2003)
- “The Matrix Revolutions” (The Wachowskis, 2003)
- “The Matrix Resurrections” (Lana Wachowski, 2021)
- “Point Break” (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
- “A Scanner Darkly” (Richard Linklater, 2006)
- “Death Wish” (Michael Winner, 1974)
- “Death Wish II” (Michael Winner, 1982)
- “Death Wish 3” (Michael Winner, 1985)
- “Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (J. Lee Thompson, 1987)
- “Death Wish V: The Face of Death” (Allan A. Goldstein, 1994)
- “Deadwood” (David Milch, 2004-2006)
- “The Searchers” (John Ford, 1956)
- “Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
- “Atomic Blonde” (David Leitch, 2017)
- “The Fall Guy” (David Leitch, 2024)
Audio quotation:
- “The Stampede” (Ilya Naishuller, 2011), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYm-dT24iRY
- “Bad Motherfucker” (Ilya Naishuller, 2013), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgox84KE7iY
- “Hardcore Henry” (Ilya Naishuller, 2015), featuring “Don’t Stop Me Now” (1978) by Queen and “For the Kill” by Biting Elbows, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2acgXYvfFGFUAD1PT9_dhXLR0RZYz5Xv
- “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
- “John Wick: Chapter 2” (Chad Stahelski, 2017), featuring “Plastic Heart”, “Razor Bath”, and “Presto Museum Battle” by Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh4Eme5gACZE7DDD_LKltfN8jBe_AzofV