WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:05.120 You are now listening to the Someone's Favorite Productions podcast network. 2 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:21.320 Hello there, and welcome back to the Disconnected. We are 3 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:23.239 here doing a little bit of a catch up with 4 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:26.280 somebody that we talked to earlier this year. We got 5 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:30.640 the director, filmmaker, writer and everything extraordinary, Damian Leahy. 6 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:34.280 Thanks for coming back on sir. Thank you Ryan. It's 7 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:37.960 great to be back on here. I had a wonderful 8 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:41.159 time speaking with you last time. And you know what, 9 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:43.759 you know what I want to kick kick things off 10 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:49.640 with some holiday some holiday physical media and real real quick, 11 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:53.159 because I am I am still here in Pakistan. I'm 12 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:57.640 in Karachi. It's early morning here, I'm having some having 13 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:03.399 some coffee, and I was recently, I was recently doing 14 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:08.920 some shopping right for Christmas. So Christmas shopping, some holiday 15 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:13.920 shopping as you do, and what I wanted to yeah, yeah, 16 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:16.159 and you know, I was talking to some friends of 17 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:20.799 mine and you know, when when we were younger, our 18 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:23.079 parents would be the ones that would like surprise us 19 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:28.640 with gifts of course, but now for years now that 20 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:32.280 I'm older, like I'm the one that surprises them with 21 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:38.079 gifts and they just ask me to shoot them some 22 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:43.079 Amazon links. You know what I mean. And so so 23 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:46.040 it's like reverse like I'm the one that like you know, 24 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:49.079 bends into a pretzel trying to get all these thoughtful, 25 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.959 clever and creative gifts, just like they used to when 26 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:53.959 I was like, you know, in grade school and in 27 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:57.719 high school. And they're the ones now that are you know, 28 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.280 just get the obvious stuff that like get be the 29 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:04.239 obvious stuff, right, They're just like they're just like, don't 30 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:06.920 forget to send us a couple of weeks on Brad, 31 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:10.960 you know, on Black Friday for you know, for what 32 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:14.719 you want. But I was doing that. So I was 33 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:20.400 looking for a couple of things, and you know, I 34 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:24.400 was looking at the prices on Amazon. And one thing 35 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:26.000 that I've tracked, and you and I have kind of 36 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:28.479 talked about this is I've kind of been tracking how 37 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:36.120 like not just Amazon, but in general, the deals that 38 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:40.840 companies haven't rolling out aren't very aren't very enticing, you 39 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:44.560 know what I mean. Absolutely, like like you're seeing a 40 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:50.800 lot of seventeen percent off, you know, like like like 41 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:54.159 like up to forty percent off, Like like a couple 42 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:57.199 of years back for Amazon, it wasn't up to forty 43 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.000 percent off. It was up to seventy percent off, right, 44 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:05.159 you know. And I was looking at the steel books, 45 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:11.000 and you know, during the pandemic, I scooped up and 46 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:15.039 before the pandemic, I scooped up quite a few cool 47 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:19.560 steel books. And you know, I picked up that Scarface 48 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:24.919 steel book, the Blues Brothers one that had the the 49 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:28.719 alternate cut of the movie on there, the Bridge Over River, 50 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:32.360 Kawhi steel book, you know, those more art you know, 51 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:36.520 mid artistic design ones they were doing there. And I 52 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:41.080 picked up, you know, Rock and Roll High School, which 53 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:44.719 was awesome. I got that steel book, but again, those 54 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:48.919 were those were in the context of those being movies 55 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:51.800 that I kind of already wanted to have in my collection. 56 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.759 And I got the steel book because of the flash sales, 57 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:59.680 because the the flash sales the steel Book was was 58 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.919 in some cases cheaper than the standard verse. Very true. Yeah, 59 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:06.680 it seems like they want to get rid of those. Yeah. Yeah. 60 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.479 And and so that was during that was kind of 61 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:14.159 during the pandemic. And you know, I'm not gonna you know, 62 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:16.600 I'm not ashamed to say that I'm on a budget. 63 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:21.399 We all should be. Yeah, yeah, absolutely absolutely, I'm always 64 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:24.839 trying to find good deals on these things. So and 65 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:28.839 I got them all like Amazon was constantly having flash 66 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:32.480 sales on those things. Oh yeah, And I got most 67 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:37.720 of those between eight dollars and ninety nine cents and 68 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:41.680 seventeen ninety nine. I think seventeen ninety nine for Fargo 69 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:46.240 is the most I paid. Eight ninety nine was the cheapest, 70 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:51.040 and I got I got Snatch Steel Book and then 71 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:53.199 but most of them I was scooping up for like 72 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:57.079 twelve ninety nine, you know, like the Psycho Steel Book 73 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:01.319 and the Court Dobula and Steel Book, you know, right, and. 74 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:03.800 Around that time they were pushed by best Buy all 75 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:04.519 that competition. 76 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:09.639 Yes, yes, and actually Snatch I got from best By. Actually, 77 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:15.879 there you go. And so I got, you know, I 78 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:20.439 splurged in got the I got a Mondo edition of 79 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:24.600 Ghost in a Shell that I like, splurge and bought 80 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:28.959 myself as a as a too Damien from Damien Birthday 81 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:31.920 President one year. So that was like twenty five bucks. 82 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:34.839 And that was the I don't know if you were 83 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:37.000 aware they had the but there were two versions of 84 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:41.079 Ghost in the Shell available yep. There was one that 85 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:45.959 was like super digitally remastered, and then there was one 86 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:50.360 that retained the more like film quality, right, you know, 87 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.759 and depending on your taste, your preference, you could get 88 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:56.600 either or you know what I mean, Oh yeah, both 89 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:00.560 were available. So I got that one. But I was 90 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:03.879 so I was looking at the steel books on the 91 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:11.800 Black Friday on Amazon, and you know, the deals were 92 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:17.040 not very good, right, And then I wound up And 93 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:19.879 here's the here's kind of like the unspoken rule with 94 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.959 my family when it comes to like gifts around the holidays. 95 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:26.920 It's like, you know, air on the special edition, right, 96 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.160 because it's the holidays. So it's like, if you're going 97 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:31.920 to get somebody a book, usually get the hardback, right. 98 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:34.519 If you get somebody a movie, it's usually the two 99 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:40.000 disc special edition, whatever, you know. And so I and 100 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:41.639 I also try to pick out things we can all 101 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:46.000 watch together, right. So I got a steel book for 102 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:50.120 the Guns of Navarone I had. I shot my parents 103 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.319 the links to that. I think that was like twenty 104 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:55.680 two bucks yep. And that was on and that was 105 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.720 on sale, and that was on the that was like 106 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:04.920 the cheaper side, and that was just I believe the 107 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:06.680 Blu ray. I'm not sure if I have the four 108 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:08.720 K in it. I don't. I don't do four K. 109 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:12.160 So I don't care. I noticed that they eliminated a 110 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:16.480 lot of the Blu Ray Only correct, you know, and 111 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:21.560 as if there's like like like like uh propping up 112 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:25.240 this narrative that four K just like dominated the scene, 113 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:30.279 which didn't happen, you know what I mean, They just 114 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:35.879 want to push it so to a point. Yeah, I 115 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:37.800 mean it's caught on a little bit, but I mean 116 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:40.680 not not not to the point where you're like no 117 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:43.920 longer selling Blu rays steal books. Like I know those 118 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:47.000 steal books are available, you know what I mean, they're 119 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:50.160 just not on the on the website. You know, they 120 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:53.279 either the company either had, you know, told them to 121 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:55.800 ship them back or do whatever to push the four K. 122 00:07:56.120 --> 00:08:00.160 You know, any of the newer titles are almost entire 123 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:02.720 not getting Blu ray steal books at all. That they're 124 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:06.600 they're really sticking to four K sometimes four K Blu 125 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:09.759 Ray combo packs. But there really are not being made 126 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:11.560 many more of the Blu Ray only. 127 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:15.240 Steel books, right, right, And that's a that's that that's 128 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:21.319 an adoption by force, right to a point. Yeah, and 129 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:27.279 so so so I went ahead and got that, right. 130 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:30.759 So I haven't seen the Guns of Navarona forever. Yeah, 131 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.399 you know, and I think it'll be a good thing 132 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:35.279 when I come back. I'm going to be back in 133 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:38.960 the States in the summer, right, so I'm i'll you know, 134 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.320 when i'm and I'll be you know, spending time with 135 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:46.720 the folks. So we'll definitely have that to look forward to. 136 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:50.919 But it was interesting checking that out. I did get 137 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:56.440 my dad the support your local Share of Support, your 138 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:59.120 local gun Fighter. I got my dad those on on 139 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:03.399 Blu Ray by Kenose. That'll be a nice surprise or 140 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.120 he won't see see that coming. I got my mom 141 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:13.440 the Dances with Wolves two disc. Oh right, I almost 142 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:15.919 got heard the Steel book for that, but I noticed 143 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:18.080 that the two disc Blu Ray has like a different 144 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.960 cut of the movie on it. Yeah, and that was 145 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:22.559 an odd one. 146 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:25.799 They shouted this thing where they had a limited Steel 147 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:28.879 book that had ten thousand print run, and then that 148 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:31.960 sold out, and then a handful of months later they said, oh, 149 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:35.879 we're reprinting another Steel book that has a ten thousand 150 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:38.519 print run. The only thing that's different is the cover 151 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:46.039 of the steel really yeah, yeah. 152 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:48.279 So I've got the one that I got isn't steel, 153 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:51.240 it's two discs and it's got like a director's cut 154 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:53.559 of the movie on it, And to be honest, I 155 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:57.519 had never heard of a director's cut for that film. 156 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:02.840 You know, things are a thing get blurry with with 157 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:07.559 uncut and director's cuts now, of course, yeah, because it 158 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:10.799 kind of used to be. You know, extreme examples are 159 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:13.120 are the best to use. You know, you had the 160 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:17.399 famous Once upon a Time in America example, right right, 161 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:22.840 But that's like, you know, that's like an outlayer, and 162 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:26.759 then you do have like other films. Obviously, the uncut 163 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:31.200 version of Dead Alive is superior to the cut one 164 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:34.240 that sub video stores got in the nineties. You know, 165 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:39.360 that's another extreme example. And but then you see a 166 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:43.879 lot of you know, especially with the horror, where it's 167 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.799 like the theatrical version is the superior version. It's the 168 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:54.519 version that the director approved and prefers. Yet we also 169 00:10:54.600 --> 00:11:00.480 have an uncut version that's not a better movie bloated 170 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.759 usually yeah, yeah, and it has just like either more 171 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.200 it usually just has like more gore for the gorehounds, right. 172 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:13.360 But but it confuses it because people are are sometimes 173 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:18.639 you know, they think of those examples of oh man, 174 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:22.720 the director's cut is superior, you know, they think it 175 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:25.559 once about Time in America or like the Dead Alive thing, 176 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:27.559 it's like, oh, I've got to get the director's cut, 177 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:31.120 Like I got the amidais with the director's cut, and 178 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:33.399 there's a couple of scenes in there that are like 179 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:40.440 that one are not necessary to the movie, but they're 180 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:45.000 also like the direction in the acting is like film 181 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:47.879 school quality, right, right, you know what I mean, Like 182 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:50.840 I mean, it was just a poorly produced scene, and 183 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:53.919 then it happens, you know what I mean, for any 184 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:57.399 number of reasons, Like there's a reason that this scene 185 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:03.879 shouldn't be in Phnomadai's like tonally it stinks the acting 186 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:05.919 is bad, you know what I mean. But there it 187 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:10.799 is in the director's cut, yep, you know. And that's 188 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:14.440 a thing where it's not really the you know what. 189 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:18.320 It sometimes gets blurred as to what's the preferred version, 190 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:24.559 and sometimes the sometimes the producers are right, you know, 191 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:30.159 sometimes the director isn't right quite often, you know. And 192 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.679 and you you you see from just like all the 193 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:37.120 mistakes that get made by by directors, you know, and 194 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.159 and again a lot of it goes back to that 195 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:42.960 once upon Time in America example, you know, the like 196 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.200 or like Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, you know, 197 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:52.480 the like evil studio, you know, the evil studio trying 198 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:58.279 to compromise the director's vision, you know. And it's like, look, man, 199 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:01.879 I've I've read a little books on Sam Pegan Paw. 200 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.519 He was irresponsible and completely ship faced on that set 201 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:12.759 on you know, yeah, then on most sets. But you know, 202 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:16.799 if he had cared about his director's vision so much, 203 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:21.720 he could have tightened up, you know what I mean. 204 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:31.960 Oh yeah, So that's and I know Criterion Criterion just 205 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.360 put out like a four disc version of that. I 206 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:37.159 was an early adopter of that movie, and I'm you know, 207 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:40.519 that's one of those movies where, you know, Sam Pegan 208 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:43.399 pau is one of my main guys coming up. You know, 209 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:45.399 that inspired me to get into film and all that. 210 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:50.000 And I just want to say that, you know, and 211 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.200 I am just like an avid, Like I am like 212 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:56.360 a pretty big Bob Dylan fan. Yeah, you know what 213 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:58.679 I mean, Like I'm a very big Bob Bob Dylan fan. 214 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:02.720 So like Bob Dylan pat you know, Sam Peghan Pad. 215 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:05.240 To me, that was like a killer combination. And I've 216 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:11.480 probably seen that movie fifteen times, Like I had the 217 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:17.320 first director's cut that came out, and I think it's 218 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:20.080 a I think it's a good movie at best. Like 219 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.120 I would love to be able every time that I 220 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:25.240 watch it. I would love to be able to like 221 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:29.600 join the ranks of it's a masterpiece, but I I 222 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.720 just can't. Like, I think some of it is like inept. 223 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:36.600 Some of it is like a Jess Franco movie, you 224 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:40.039 know what I mean. Like, I mean like the basics 225 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:45.240 of like filmmaking, like like just eyelines don't match. Like 226 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:48.279 there's one scene where like the film is like oddly 227 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.480 sped up. You can tell it's a mistake. I mean 228 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:57.399 it's truly Like there's moments, especially the beginning. The beginning 229 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:03.080 is super clever, amazing, Bob Dylan's score is awesome. Yeah, 230 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:09.039 I just think it's it's it's me needlessly. Uh. I 231 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:15.120 think it's sloppy, and so I've I've watched another cut 232 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:18.360 of it. I watched another cut of it. I got 233 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:21.200 the DVD which had like three cuts on it. Did 234 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:23.960 you ever get that version? Not the DVD? 235 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:27.639 No, I I honestly I've not even seen the film ever. 236 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:29.919 This is one that has eluded me. And I just 237 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:32.480 got the Criterion version when they released it, and it's 238 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:34.360 on my list for coming up here. Soon after I 239 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:36.399 finished a couple more of these projects. 240 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:41.799 And yeah, so so I I got that version. And 241 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:44.559 then what was weird about that version is that it 242 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:46.960 took away some things that I thought were really cool 243 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:56.759 in the the first director's cut, right, and then like 244 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:59.360 like in my opinion, it kind of broke even you 245 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:02.440 know what I mean. So I know that, and I 246 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:08.240 have some very very dear friends that swear by that movie. 247 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:11.960 But that's one that I think is I think it's good, 248 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:14.360 you know what I mean, Like I think it, I 249 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:17.840 think I think it gets to good, and but I 250 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:21.440 don't think it's great. And I think I think it 251 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:28.320 reflects the I think it reflects the behavior, you know, 252 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:32.440 of the director, which you know was well documented as 253 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:39.240 certainly contributing to the film's demise, like like no, there's 254 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:42.159 just no there's just no way you can come down. 255 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:44.720 And I'm not you know, I'm not a boot liquor 256 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.720 for the studios, you know what I mean for studio executives. 257 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:51.960 But you know, sometimes you know, it takes two to tango, 258 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.000 and you know that that's one of those cases where 259 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:59.639 like the Homeboy was just fucked up, you know, and 260 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.720 did to himself any favors, just like really self destructive. Now, 261 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:07.279 I will say this, have you heard the uh have 262 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:12.160 you heard the pay Cohast Blues? I don't think so, okay, 263 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:16.319 Pay Coast Blues. So when when Bob Dylan came in 264 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:21.480 for a couple sessions to record the soundtrack for Pat 265 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:26.880 Garrett and Billy the Kid, they just left the the 266 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:32.279 tape rolling for like the entire thing, so you hear 267 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:38.359 like all the behind the scenes conversations with Bob Dylan 268 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:42.119 talking to the studio people, and then like you know, 269 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:46.039 just candid conversations, and then James Coburn comes in and 270 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:49.599 Bob Dylan and they run through a bunch of the 271 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:52.599 songs and all this. It's awesome. It's called Payghost Blues. 272 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:54.759 I'll go ahead and send you the link. I actually 273 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:57.599 think that's better than the freaking movie. Again, I've seen 274 00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:01.559 it fifteen times, so obviously it's got stuff that keeps 275 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:03.640 me coming back, you know what I mean. I just 276 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.039 wish I just kind of always go back to that one, 277 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.559 like hoping it's going to be a better movie. So 278 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:15.599 and and you mentioning that that four disc Criterion Sampeck 279 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:17.759 and Pop Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid deal. I 280 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:21.000 have a question for you. I have a question for you, like, 281 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:27.640 have you ever experienced, like, have you ever watched has 282 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:33.119 it been so dramatic right like remastering, especially when we're 283 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.440 talking about like Blu Ray of four K. Has it 284 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:40.880 ever taken a two star movie and made it a 285 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:41.799 four star movie? 286 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:47.400 For you? I, honestly, yeah, there have been a couple 287 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:51.039 of times that I have definitely re evaluated that way. 288 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:54.160 I don't know that it was necessarily only due to 289 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:57.440 the remaster. I know that there was sometimes that I 290 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:04.920 saw films early in my film appreciation that I either 291 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:09.720 didn't have the life experiences to really appreciate yet, or 292 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:13.240 I was simply too young and naive to really understand 293 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:16.400 them yet. But beyond that, there's also some things that 294 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:20.279 I just simply did not like the look and feel of, 295 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:25.759 but later on, when they were either clearer or handled properly, 296 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:29.079 at least, it went, oh wait, wait, wait, there was 297 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:32.759 a good movie hidden in there. And now that you 298 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:35.599 can see the details, this means quite a bit more. 299 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:39.200 Now, has that been the same cut of the film? Oh? Yeah, 300 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.160 pretty much every time. 301 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:43.640 Yeah, I really try to keep when I'm comparing stuff 302 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:48.079 like that fairly one to one. Obviously, if something happens 303 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:50.559 internally and that they're changing something, we can't control that. 304 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:53.319 But yeah, I tend to watch the same cuts that 305 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.200 I did previously. 306 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:58.880 Okay, that's fair, that's fair. What do you what do 307 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:02.880 you see as a you know, I was speaking with 308 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:06.359 our dear friend Michelle Kissner about a couple of years ago, 309 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:09.359 somebody posted a very good and I'm sorry, I don't 310 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:12.880 have the guy's name, somebody posted a very good YouTube 311 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:20.119 video about physical media collecting, right, and he called out 312 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:25.480 and I think in our first our first chat, our 313 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:29.279 first tire side chat as it were, we talked about 314 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:35.759 this kind of re revisionist evaluation, this like inability to 315 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:40.200 criticize anything that that we purchased, not us, or that 316 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:46.119 collectors in general, and this this pot this this chat 317 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:49.839 on his YouTube. Fella was just talking about how it's 318 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:56.599 created this epidemic of revisionism, like nobody wants to admit 319 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.799 that some that that some of these movies aren't very good. 320 00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:03.240 Like even though it's like some subjective, it's all subjective. 321 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:08.519 It's like it's created this like bizarre reluctance to be 322 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:12.480 critical of these movies because you feel like you're being 323 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:16.440 critical of the like the boutiques, like their their fancy 324 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:21.279 box sets, and you know, all their packaging and all 325 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:25.400 that stuff, which you know amounts to and this is 326 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:30.160 his words, not mine, polishing a turd, right right, So 327 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:32.680 I mean, what are your thoughts on that. I mean, 328 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.920 there's a couple of things. 329 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:38.519 I certainly agree that many of the movies getting these 330 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:43.039 giant bills and whistles releases do not simply do not 331 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:47.480 warrant that they are not great films. That being said, 332 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:53.200 I will counter the argument of an epidemic of not 333 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:55.559 being able to criticize those things, like, for example, on 334 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:59.079 my show, I tend to really only talk up things 335 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:03.200 that I like, and I've been personally criticized before. People 336 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:05.920 have said that I'm a yes man and I'm only 337 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:09.319 here to I had somebody tell me that the labels 338 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:14.480 were paying me to be positive about their releases. Oh yeah, 339 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:17.559 I've literally been accused of that, and I had to explain, 340 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:20.680 like if I don't if I spend two and a 341 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:23.000 half hours watching a movie and going through some bonus 342 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:26.000 features and I don't like it, why would I want 343 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:27.759 to come onto my show and talk about that for 344 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.519 fifteen minutes. 345 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:30.759 To me, that's not fun. 346 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:34.640 I don't get enjoyment out of that, out of talking 347 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:37.359 about why a movie was bad. I would much rather 348 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:41.200 spend fifteen minutes talking about a movie that moved me personally, 349 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:44.359 or that was relevant to my life or had some 350 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:47.200 sort of impact on me. And yeah, there are some 351 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:50.880 weeks where, you know, I may watch four films and 352 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:53.759 I can gush about two of them on my show 353 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:56.160 and say that I watched them. I may not even watch. 354 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:58.160 I may not even mention the other two that I 355 00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:01.960 watched if they were just straight garbage. That being said, 356 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:04.960 I think there are certain times where people are wanting 357 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:08.400 to hear somebody that does like I do, break from 358 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:10.240 the mold a little bit. So every once in a 359 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:12.119 while I'll throw something in and say I watched this 360 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:15.440 and it was it wasn't good. But you know, that 361 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:17.759 doesn't mean that I'm sharing that you're going to think 362 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:20.319 it was bad, but just the fact that I didn't 363 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:23.160 like it, so that people understand I do not like everything. 364 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:25.599 But that's I don't know. 365 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:28.759 I think, you know, we hear the words echo chamber 366 00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:32.599 a lot when a lot of people really don't comprehend 367 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:34.559 that it doesn't have to be an echo chamber to 368 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:38.480 always sound positive. It simply could be when you're trying 369 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:42.559 to be, you know, immersed in other people that are 370 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:46.880 watching these things. Things that are good are more enjoyable 371 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:50.319 than things that are bad. I would much rather talk about, 372 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:54.559 you know, classics than something that is, you know, a 373 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:57.559 one point three on letterbox that is awful. 374 00:23:58.440 --> 00:24:01.359 Right right, And I understand that a lot of it's 375 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:03.720 context and the position you're in, you know what I mean. 376 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:08.839 Like I'm a Look, I always I hesitate and certainly 377 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:11.559 publicly on my wall and things like that. You don't 378 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:14.839 see me very often, you actually you'll never see me 379 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:19.480 on my on social media posting anything negative about movies. 380 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:22.720 There's a couple of groups that I'm you know, and 381 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:25.519 I'm very careful with how I word criticism because look, 382 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:28.240 I'm a really small filmmaker, you know what I mean, 383 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:31.920 and screenwriter or whatever, and so you know, it's just 384 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:35.240 it would look ridiculous if I'm just like, you know, 385 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:40.839 talking out my ass like shredding like master filmmakers, you 386 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:42.480 know what I mean. Like I mean, that's the kind 387 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:44.519 of stuff that everybody, you know, we all go through 388 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:46.640 that phase when we're in our twenties. But once you 389 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:49.400 get to a certain point, you understand how the industry 390 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:51.240 works and how much goes into it, and you can 391 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:54.000 kind of, you know, if you learn how to contextualize 392 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:56.480 yourself properly and you have some sort of self awareness, 393 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:59.920 you know, you don't you know, you have to be 394 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:02.519 mindful of your place, you know what I means for 395 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:05.759 lack of a better lack of a better word, you know, 396 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:08.720 And I think that the way that I look at 397 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:14.079 it is, you know, there's some things that are going 398 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:18.160 to be released that are lesser quality because of the 399 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:24.319 artists standing, and it's almost like for academic purposes, right Like, so, 400 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:30.279 so Bob Dylan is going to have everything released because 401 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:33.519