#260 – Strange Days | Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (with Rolo Tony of These Guys Got Juice)

Tune in as Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony and These Guys Got Juice) hops back onto the podcast to navigate Strange Days, the 1995 tech-noir thriller that follows the last two days of 1999 as an LAPD vice cop-turned-black marketeer and a bodyguard/limo driver rush to uncover a criminal conspiracy involving illegal technology that records your memories and physical sensations for other people to viscerally experience. Comparing this to movies like Reminiscence and Alfred Hitchcock’s work, the lib-coded commentary on the police system and its racist violence, the unnerving rape sequence that somehow manages to be respectfully handled, and showering praise onto Angela Bassett’s Mace pop up as some of the topics for this episode.Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Strange Days stars Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Tom Sizemore, Juliette Lewis, Michael Wincott, Richard Edson, Glenn Plummer, Vincent D’Onofrio, William Fichtner, Brigitte Bako, Josef Sommer, Michael Jace, Nicky Katt, Louise LeCavalier, David Carrera, Jim Ishida, Todd Graff, Joe Urla, and Anais Munoz.Spoilers start at 36:25James Cameron’s scriptment for Strange DaysLos Angeles Times | Rave Party Extras Are ‘Dee-Lited’: Drug overdoses mar otherwise orderly concert for 10,000 who also are filmed for movie sceneCreate your podcast today! #madeonzencastrHere’s how you can learn more about Palestine and IsraelHere’s how you can keep up-to-date on this genocideHere’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected onlineGood Word:• Rolo Tony: Cyberpunk 2077• Arthur: Too Old to Die YoungReach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello!Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms!Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18Follow Arthur on Bluesky: @arthur-ant18Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscriticFollow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpodFollow Arthur on GoodreadsCheck out 2 Cents Critic Linktree