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Episode 383: SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954)
2w ago01:50:28Tap to summarizeHelp the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K A governor in 11th century Japan is exiled, and his wife (Kinuyo Tanaka) and two children are sold into slavery. And it only gets crazier from there! The young boy (Yoshiaki Hanayagi) and girl (Kyōko Kagawa) come of age in the service of the local administrator Sanshō (Eitarō Shindō). Disgraced, each member of the shattered family survives unending cruelty with only the belief that good will triumph over evil. Which, as this episode proves, isn’t everybody’s cup of tea. Kenji Mizoguchi’s SANSHO THE BAILIFF is recognized as one of the greatest films of all time, a heartrending narrative of the indomitable human spirit in the face of systemic adversity. It’s kind of like Superman. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “The Golden Age of Repertory Cinema Is Now” by Alison Foreman for IndieWire “Dismantling a Monolith of Misery: Finding Hope Amid State-Protected Violence in Kenji Mizoguchi’s Sansho the Bailiff” by Chris Polley for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Trylove Episode 190: FOREVER A WOMAN (1955) (aka THE ETERNAL BREASTS) Trylove Episode 192: LOVE LETTER (1953) Trylove Episode 193: GIRLS OF THE NIGHT (1961) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #TheBalladOfKinuyoTanaka #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Sanshō the Bailiff Theme” by Fumio Hayasaka from the SANSHO THE BAILIFF soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 383: SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954) 3:35 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 5:33 - Whadja Watch This Week? 14:20 - Why the movie’s named after a bad guy 36:22 - Is goodness actually its own reward? 56:06 - Zushiō after the time jump 1:02:37 - What if it’s NOT all gonna work out? 1:08:28 - The ending 1:17:23 - “Obvious” moments that still work well 1:25:59 - The Junk Drawer 1:32:04 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1954 1:34:26 - Sanshō the ‘Boxd Fiend (over/under for movies above or below the Letterboxd ranking of SANSHO THE BAILIFF)
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Episode 382: A HEN IN THE WIND (1948)
3w ago01:36:03Tap to summarizeHelp the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K When a single mother’s son falls ill while awaiting her husband’s return from the front, she turns to prostitution to cover the bill. After his return, Tokiko (Kinuyo Tanaka) comes clean to Shuichi (Shūji Sano), whose reaction jeopardizes their otherwise stable relationship. In 2022, we covered several movies directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. A new series at the Trylon gives us an opportunity to explore the filmmaker’s better-known career as an actress with Yasujirō Ozu's A HEN IN THE WIND! Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Life After Wartime: Ozu’s Darker Side” by Dan Howard for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Trylove Episode 190: FOREVER A WOMAN (1955) (aka THE ETERNAL BREASTS) Trylove Episode 192: LOVE LETTER (1953) Trylove Episode 193: GIRLS OF THE NIGHT (1961) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #TheBalladOfKinuyoTanaka #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro from the A HEN IN THE WIND soundtrack.
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Episode 381: FAMILY PLOT (1976)
May 501:24:55Tap to summarizeHelp the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K Years ago, we covered Alfred Hitchcock’s first surviving feature film, THE PLEASURE GARDEN (1925). The final movie he made before his death, 1976’s FAMILY PLOT, is on the other side of one of the most storied careers in all of film. It’s also… fine. Eager to cash in on the bounty, a pair of small-time hustlers (Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris) go hunting for the new heir of an old fortune — unaware that their quarry is one half of a lucrative crime duo (Karen Black, William Devane) who’ll eliminate anything between them and their next score. Less thrilling than madcap, the ensuing hijinks are evidence of either a master who lost his touch for suspense or the GOAT kicking back and having some fun with someone else’s story. Both perspectives are represented on this episode! Then, we’re into some introspective Trylove trivia with a thrilling conclusion that would make the Master of Suspense proud. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Hijinks in Hitchcockland: Family Plot” by Penny Folger for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “Who’s Buried in the Plot?” by Patrick Clifford for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #The2026HitchcockFilmFestival #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Family Plot Theme” by John Williams from the FAMILY PLOT soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 381: FAMILY PLOT (1976) 3:49 - Whadja Watch this Week? 15:42 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 19:36 - The plates this movie’s spinning 25:55 - All the Hitchcockiness it’s got going on 28:59 - Grandparent cinema 32:40 - A defense! 38:32 - Leaning into both simultaneously 47:03 - What about this era of Hitchcock? 53:45 - What the loss of cinematographer Robert Burks (d. 1968) did to Hitchcock’s late career 1:00:16 - The Junk Drawer 1:04:42 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1976 1:09:24 - Trylove Plot (we guess Trylove movies based on plot synopses)
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Episode 380: MIAMI VICE (2006)
Apr 2801:56:53Tap to summarizeHelp the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K A funny thing happens the first time you see Michael Mann’s MIAMI VICE. The funny thing is that you don’t really like it very much, and it’s kind of confusing and… just kind of off. You know how I know that? Because people who absolutely LOVE it will tell you this. MIAMI VICE is more than a filmmaker looking back at his old work. It’s an aging archetype cast against an updated version of the environment in which it was born. Michael Mann’s neon skylines, broad ocean vistas, and dead-inside detectives hide an intense emotionality — one the movie deftly and frustratingly hides from the viewer. In another Aaron-less episode, the rest of the boys blow MIAMI VICE’s cover, going beyond the wafer-thin personas to identify the real, dimensional people underneath. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Miami Vice and Michael Mann’s City Vibes Films” by Ryan Sanderson for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #MichaelMannsDarkAmericana #DCP Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. You know what the outro is. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 380: MIAMI VICE (2006) 3:29 - Whadja Watch This Week? 15:00 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd.) 31:28 - The earnestness is the juice 36:09 - Mann to Mann: The director approaches his old work 49:23 - What do we do with characters this thin in a world this rich? 1:12:08 - The whole movie is undercover? 1:18:01 - The ending 1:25:08 - The Junk Drawer 1:30:54 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 2006 1:33:14 - Cody’s Noteys: Jottin’ Tomato (darts rules but with RottenTomatoes scores)
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Episode 379: COLLATERAL (2004)
Apr 2102:33:06Tap to summarizeCOLLATERAL is a different flavor for Michael Mann, yet it’s still familiar territory for the tortured auteur. There are enough distinct ingredients, for sure: Some mixture of Stuart Beattie’s script, a blend of film and digital aesthetics, and Tom Cruise’s real-life sociopathy resulted in a critical and commercial darling (something of a rarity in Mann’s body of film work). In this episode, Jason, Cody, and Harry recap what we’ve watched lately and then hop in the back seat on a long night’s journey through COLLATERAL’s bristling version of Los Angeles. It’s a discussion replete with takes: On the relationship between the meek Max and the vicious Vincent; on the vices and virtues that define Michael Mann movies; and a pretty okay analysis of the coyote scene. You didn’t think we wouldn’t have an answer for that, didja? Then, as we so often do, we finish with some trivia about craft brewery offerings that have some tangent connection in name to the films of Tom Cruise. I guess that means this episode is 21+! Haha. Just joshin’. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Collateral’s Unintentional Influence on No-Budget Digital Cinema” by Tim Schwagel for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “The Cabbie and the Hitman: How Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise Created Memorable Characters in Michael Mann’s Collateral” by Dan McCabe for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “Hell on Wheels: Paul Cameron and Dion Beebe, ACS push hi-def video to its limits for Collateral, which chronicles a hit man’s nocturnal killing spree” by Jay Holben for American Cinematographer (August 2004) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #MichaelMannsDarkAmericana #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Briefcase” by Tom Rothrock from the COLLATERAL soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 379: COLLATERAL (2004) 4:28 - Whadja Watch This Week? 27:43 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd.) 30:49 - Different stakes than your usual Mann movie 42:04 - Our Mann-kings rankings and what Tom Cruise’s casting does for this movie 51:49 - How COLLATERAL changes the calculus of Michael Mann’s mechanical men 58:38 - Vincent: Everything is performance and there is no self 1:05:27 - The one-sidedness of change in COLLATERAL 1:10:23 - Max, the malleable man 1:21:40 - Fate, coincidence, and coyotes 1:34:11 - The ending 1:47:18 - The Junk Drawer 1:56:36 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 2004 2:02:11 - Cody’s Noteys: Tom Brews (Tom Cruise-adjacent craft brewery trivia)
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Episode 378: HEAT (1995) with Kelly Krantz and Natalie Marlin
Apr 1402:23:50Tap to summarizeThat’s right: We’ve finally got Womenn on Mann on Trylove! The heist of a lifetime. Everything on the line. And at the center of it: Two guys in their 50s having romantic tensions that make classic Hollywood look like a convent. HEAT is a thoroughly sung masterpiece of Michael Mann’s career: inspired by real events, a remake of his own earlier work, and embellished with the director’s signature lonely, lingering, Shakespearean pathos. With Kelly and Natalie, we’re circling HEAT like a shark to figure out what makes it the melodramatic, epic, load-bearing high water mark that most gritty crime movies are still trying to match — and what still gives it an edge over the rest, more than three decades later. Then, it’s time for some rapid-fire HEAT-adjacent trivia. Find Kelly… On Bluesky at @kransekage.bsky.social On Twitter at @kransekage_ On Letterboxd at @luckyhoss On Trylove episodes: WINGS OF DESIRE (1987), ARREBATO (1979), PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974), REVOLVER (1973), THE DOOM GENERATION (1995), THE NIGHT PORTER (1974), REMEMBER MY NAME (1978), PLAY IT AS IT LAYS (1972), OUTLAND (1981), BASIC INSTINCT (1992), THIEF (1981) Find Natalie… On Twitter and Bluesky On Letterboxd at @framingthepic In the byline for Noise Music, a forthcoming entry in Genre: A 33 ⅓ Series book about the noise genre and its influences on and intersections with culture On Trylove episodes about THE THIRD MAN (1949), CHESS OF THE WIND (1979), RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985), MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015), MILLENNIUM MAMBO (2001), THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999), LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2018), ZARDOZ (1974), NOSTALGHIA (1987), SECONDS (1966), THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007), THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972), STAR WARS (1977), DEMONLOVER (2002) Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “The Sun Rises and Sets with Heat” by Natalie Marlin for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “Of Late Nights and High Detail: Michael Mann’s Heat (1995)” by Dan McCabe for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #MichaelMannsDarkAmericana #DCP Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “God Moving Over The Face of the Waters” by Moby as heard in the HEAT soundtrack.
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Episode 377: THIEF (1981) with Kelly Krantz
Apr 701:54:29Tap to summarizeMichael Mann’s debut THIEF is pretty fully formed, a tightly wound caper with the grit of a ‘70s movie and the pizazz of an ‘80s thriller. Frank (James Caan) is an ex-convict and current master thief with a one-track mind: Make the money, marry the girl, make the family, live in peace at last. This being a movie, none of those things happen as he expects them to. In this episode with guest Kelly Krantz, we talk about the pitiful antihero at the center of THIEF, the supporting cast (including Tuesday Weld and Willie Nelson), the Tangerine Dream score, and the crushing effect of the American carceral system on the American dream itself. Find Kelly… On Bluesky at @kransekage.bsky.social On Twitter at @kransekage_ On Letterboxd at @luckyhoss On Trylove episodes: WINGS OF DESIRE (1987), ARREBATO (1979), PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974), REVOLVER (1973), THE DOOM GENERATION (1995), THE NIGHT PORTER (1974), REMEMBER MY NAME (1978), PLAY IT AS IT LAYS (1972), OUTLAND (1981), BASIC INSTINCT (1992) Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Thief: That One Last Job and the American Dream” by Sophie Durbin for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “The Study of Mann” by F.X. Feeney for The Directors Guild of America Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #MichaelMannsDarkAmericana #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Turning Point” as performed by Mighty Joe Young from the THIEF soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 377: THIEF (1981) 3:39 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 5:29 - Why THIEF is in Kelly’s top Michael Mann movies 9:38 - Frank, the pitiful man who’s still got prison in him 14:09 - A heist movie that’s not really about the heist 17:57 - The “masterfully architected” opening act 23:11 - The way the score parallels the story and characters 29:03 - Imprisonment, autonomy, and compromise 34:35 - Dependency and the fantasy worlds inhabited by Mann men 46:37 - Did Frank ever have a chance? 55:31 - Willie Nelson as Okla 1:05:04 - Tuesday Weld as Jessie 1:15:54 - The Junk Drawer 1:26:58 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1981 1:35:58 - Cody’s Noteys: Marketing Mannagers (guessing Michael Mann movies by their taglines)
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Episode 376: DEMONLOVER (2002) with Natalie Marlin
Mar 3102:02:52Tap to summarizeOlivier Assayas’s post-millennium brain-bender DEMONLOVER is only a corporate thriller up to a point. A business deal over distribution rights to commercialize fetish content stirs discord among French enterprise, Japanese production houses, American entrepreneurs, and the hidden forces repeatedly shifting the levers of power. DEMONLOVER the movie becomes as compromised as its playactors: Unanticipated plot shifts, unclear linearity, harsh sound design, and claustrophobic cinematography lend a pervasive feeling between not getting the whole picture and already seeing too much. DEMONLOVER is a very ‘noisy’ film in more ways than one. Writer, movie lover, and noise connoisseur Natalie Marlin is maybe the only person up to the challenge of explaining what that means! Find Natalie… On Twitter and Bluesky On Letterboxd at @framingthepic In the byline for Noise Music, a forthcoming entry in Genre: A 33 ⅓ Series book about the noise genre and its influences on and intersections with culture On Trylove episodes about THE THIRD MAN (1949), CHESS OF THE WIND (1979), RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985), MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015), MILLENNIUM MAMBO (2001), THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999), LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2018), ZARDOZ (1974), NOSTALGHIA (1987), SECONDS (1966), THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007), THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972), STAR WARS (1977) Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Toward a Cinema of Noise: Demonlover (2002)” by Natalie Marlin for Perisphere, the Trylon blog BLACK IS (1965) , dir. Aldo Tambellini “A Conversation on Electronics and Black TV with Aldo Tambellini” from Artscanada (1968) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #BadCompany19FilmsFeaturingEvilCorporations #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Move Away” by Sonic Youth from the DEMONLOVER soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 376: DEMONLOVER (2002) 5:05 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 6:38 - Defining noise as a cinematic genre 23:38 - What Assayas does and doesn’t show you and why 27:21 - The important turn at the midway point 32:34 - Patterns of control and subjugation in the worlds of fetish, commerce, and corporate interest 38:41 - Sexuality and the dehumanization of women for profit 1:00:43 - Web 1.0 and the ending of the movie 1:14:26 - The Junk Drawer 1:30:21 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 2002 1:36:08 - Cody’s Noteys: Seamenlover (seafaring trivia with tangent connections to films)
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Episode 375: MATEWAN (1987) with Louis Gagnon
Mar 2401:36:16Tap to summarizeBased on the real 1920 labor uprising by West Virginia coal miners, John Sayles’s MATEWAN spends much more time on the place than the battle it’s remembered for. Ten people died, including three private detectives hired to violently repress the ascendant labor unions. Returning guest Louis Gagnon spent part of grad school learning about this period of labor history, so on this episode, we discuss MATEWAN as a movie and as a cultural time capsule, dramatizing a time when there was a more direct, vincible line between federal power, American capital, and the labor that grounded them both. Find Louis… On Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/PikedDogfish/ On the Trylove episode about ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “On the Road to Matewan” by Nate Logsdon for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #BadCompany19FilmsFeaturingEvilCorporations #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Fire in the Hole” by Mason Daring and Hazel Dickens from the MATEWAN soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 375: MATEWAN (1987) with Louis Gagnon 3:02 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 5:00 - The history of labor conflict in the US and Louis’s grad school work 8:38 - The coolest movie you could’ve been shown in high school history class 24:23 - The Battle of Matewan, the Coal Wars, and American labor post-World War I 32:53 - Violence vs. pacifism 38:06 - The ending 48:08 - Bridey May Tolliver 1:07:48 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1987 1:11:50 - Cody’s Noteys: My Mate, Wan (James Wan trivia)
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Episode 374: THE BAD SLEEP WELL (1960)
Mar 1701:53:26Tap to summarizeHow much Ham could a Hamlet let if a Hamlet could let Ham? Anyway, if you know Hamlet well, you may not enjoy THE BAD SLEEP WELL as much as someone who doesn’t. Toshiro Mifune (the GOAT) is an aggrieved secretary taking on a corrupt corporation, setting in motion a complicated plot to force confessions from sleazy profiteers who pressured a colleague into committing suicide amid an embezzlement scandal. Akira Kurosawa’s Shakespearean noir borrows the broad strokes of the Bard, but in updating the setting for postwar Japan, it makes kind of inverse conclusions about its main character (and the way it changes Hamlet’s classic tragic ending). Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “The Tragedies Play Well: Akira Kurosawa’s Three-Time Love Affair with Shakespeare” by Dan Howard for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “Human Enough,” Harry Mackin’s piece for Perisphere, the Trylon blog, about BLADE RUNNER (1982), which played as part of the Bad Company series at the Trylon “The role of Hamlet in Kurosawa’s ‘The Bad Sleep Well’” by A.A. Birdsall “Thousand Words: Evil Behind the Mask of Respectability (The Bad Sleep Well, 1960)” by Andrea Grunert for The Big Picture Magazine “The Japanese Myth: A Middle‑Class Society or a Reality Overwhelmed by Global Social Polarisation?” Nicola Costalunga Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #BadCompany19FilmsFeaturingEvilCorporations #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro from THE BAD SLEEP WELL. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 374: THE BAD SLEEP WELL (1960) 2:10 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 5:26 - Adapting Hamlet for the new postwar Japanese social order 19:13 - Is the anticlimactic ending good, actually? 33:50 - Another light defense of the ending 47:57 - Where’s the color and flair of the Bard? 1:00:58 - It’s not written for the groundlings 1:06:19 - The Junk Drawer 1:11:34 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1960 1:15:47 - Cody’s Noteys: To Try; to Love (ranking animals by how much sleep they need) 1:46:13 - The results & the reveal
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