Episode 345 – BLACK BAG, “The Lying Comes Honestly”

Runtime 97 minutes Show Contents 0:00 Introduction 3:35 Know Your Enemy with guest Kurt Halfyard 31:46 The New Slang: BLACK BAG 78:018 The Other Side: Kurt and Ryan talk further reading after Steven Soderbergh’s new film Thoughts from Your Host A Question for You, Dear Listeners – In the middle of this episode, we touch on the nature of spoilers – specifically how it affects the people who listen to this show. You see, over the lifespan of this show we have generally tried to keep our conversations spoiler-free as a way to maximize engagement. It’s not that I believe that giving details away will actual ruin one’s experience with a film, so much as it is a feeling that there is much more to talk about when it comes to movies than who-did-what-to-who. Discussing themes, sharing personal experiences, bringing personal perspectives – these are the conversational points I find more interesting, and perhaps why you choose this show to tune into. However – This assumes that people listen to shows where they haven’t seen the film yet – which may or may not be the case. While I like to believe that people listen to us talk about a film they haven’t seen yet and use it as a spark to track it down, I know from personal experience that many of you might watch a movie one evening and then pick through my feed to see if it’s a film we did a show on (“…what did Ryan think of this?…) So if you don’t mind, get in touch and let me know how you watch-and-listen: Are you the sort to listen to us talk about a film you haven’t seen yet – or do you come back and join us after you have watched for yourself? Thanks in advance! Links Mentioned on Episode 345: Matineecast 267 where Kurt and I talked about THE GREEN KNIGHT “Things in Life” scene in CHUNGKING EXPRESS My Blindspot post after my first time watching THE THING Kurt has two Instagrams that you can follow here and here. The Matinee’s BlueSky can be found here and Letterboxd can be found here. Comments and feedback are welcome and thank you very much for listening.  Enjoy!