Episode 137: Ridley Scott Watch Series #27: HOUSE OF GUCCI (2021)

"Father, Son, and the House of Gucci" On this week's episode, Simon and John discuss the penultimate entry in the Ridley Scott filmography (at least, until Gladiator 2 comes out), and chat his second 2021 release: HOUSE OF GUCCI, starring Adam Driver and Lady Gaga. We discussed the immaculate costuming and prop work, funky needle drops, and Jared Leto's hall of fame Gallagheresque performance as Paolo Gucci. Before this, we did the usual rundown of news and what we watched this week. We're away for the rest of the month, but we will return in September to talk NAPOLEON. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:57 A24 announced new X trilogy paperbacks. 00:04:04 RIPs (Rachael Lillis, Corey Yeun) 00:05:26 Criterion announced CC40, their 40th anniversary, 40-film box set—retailing for $799 00:12:37 Deadpool and Wolverine crossed $1B 00:14:08 New Releases (Cuckoo; Harold and the Purple Crayon; Borderlands) What We Watched This Week 00:18:12 Deadpool and Wolverine (Simon) 00:20:17 Night of Fear (Curtis) 00:22:22 House of the Dragon Season Two [TV] (Curtis) 00:26:46 Jim Henson Idea Man (Curtis) 00:30:33 Abigail (Simon) 00:31:54 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (John) 00:34:32 Ninja Terminator (John) 00:36:13 Buzzard (John) 00:38:32 3000 Nights (John) 00:39:00 Theater Camp (John) 00:42:00 HOUSE OF GUCCI Discussion 01:09:02 Our Ratings for HOUSE OF GUCCI 01:10:30 Coming Up Next! CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro: Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again Outro: Lil Pump - Gucci Gang Quinn: @seatstruckreviews https://www.youtube.com/@seatstruck Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' https://curtisrunstedler.ca/ John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes on Letterboxd Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts