Episode 44: John's Canon #3: WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

This week on The Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John and Quinn discuss the 1961 musical classic - West Side Story! We discuss our first time watching this film, why it's such a classic, and some of our favourite songs and moments. Before that, we run through our watchlist additions and discuss what we watched this week. Also, thanks to Curtis for providing some notes despite not being able to join us this week. For next week's episode, we will be back on our John Carpenter watch series, discussing his Showtime made-for-TV anthology film (co-directed with Tobe Hooper): BODY BAGS! TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction Watchlist Additions 00:02:17 Spoorloos [The Vanishing] (Quinn) 00:03:55 Easy Money [1983] (Quinn) 00:04:50 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Quinn) 00:05:48 Bunny Lake is Missing (John) 00:06:12 Man of the West (John) 00:06:43 For Sama (John) 00:07:20 Benny's Video (Curtis) 00:07:52 Fire of Love (Curtis) 00:08:35 Under the Banner of Heaven [TV] (Curtis) What We Watched This Week 00:09:44 Gulliver's Travels [2010] (John) 00:10:48 Stereo [1969] (John) 00:12:09 537 Votes (John) 00:13:13 Paddington [2015] (John) 00:14:37 Chernobyl [TV] (John) 00:16:11 Stranger Things Season Four, Volume One [TV] (Quinn and John) 00:23:32 A Lonely Place to Die (Curtis) 00:23:58 Demon Wind (Curtis) 00:24:37 Mad God (Curtis) 00:28:43 1883 [TV] (Curtis) 00:28:29 Tremors (Curtis) 00:29:55 WEST SIDE STORY DISCUSSION 00:52:13 Our ratings 00:58:26 Wrap up CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro: Prologue - West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim) Outro: End Titles - Tonight - West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim) Quinn: @seatstruckreviews Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes on Letterboxd Check out John and Tom's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.