Episode 179: Movies By Actors #2: ONE-EYED JACKS (1961)

"You may be a one-eyed jack around here, but I've seen the other side of your face"This week we continue the long-awaited follow up entry in our 'Movies By Actors' series by discussing Marlon Brando's sole directorial feature: ONE-EYED JACKS. We go over the troubled pre-production of this film, and the events which led to Brando taking the reins. We discuss his performance in the film, the atypical West coast setting, the revenge narrative, and John raises some crackpot theory about WHY David Lynch named the Canadian brothel in Twin Peaks after this film. Hard to believe this is the first proper Western we've ever discussed on the show and we're almost at episode 200. The world of cinema sure is ocean wide AND ocean deep. Before that, we run through some Oscars chat and a couple of RIPs, before over some new releases and talking about what we watched recently.Next episode we will be joined by a special guest to discuss Abel Ferrara's NEW ROSE HOTELTIME STAMPS00:00:00 Introduction00:07:40 Shout Outs (Oscars recap; RIP Chuck Norris and Nicholas Brendon)00:17:58 New Releases (Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man; Spacewoman; Project Hail Mary; The Bride!; Ready or Not 2: Here I Come)What We Watched This Week00:22:07 Dances with Wolves (Curtis)00:22:51 F1: The Movie (Curtis)00:24:24 Frybread Face and Me (Curtis)00:25:03 The Last Horror Film (Curtis)00:26:40 Marty Supreme (Curtis)00:31:46 We Are Pat (John)00:37:16 Nash the Slash Rises Again! (John)00:40:17 Montreal, Ma Belle (John)00:42:18 Point of Order! (John)00:45:04 Mile End Kicks (John)00:42:09 Careful (John)00:49:15 Where to Land? (John)00:50:46 ONE-EYED JACKS Discussion01:10:22 Our Scores01:14:21 What's coming up next?CREDITS AND PLUGSIntro and Outro: One-Eyed Jacks theatrical trailerhttps://www.transgendermediaportal.org/Read part one of John's best of 2025: https://johnnycakes.substack.com/p/best-of-2025-part-one-favourite-firstFollow John on Letterboxd—@johnnycakes91Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'https://curtisrunstedler.ca/Dr Curtis Reads: https://www.youtube.com/@curtisrunstedler