INCREMENT VICE - EPISODE #21 “...they’re an Indochinese heroin cartel...” with Blake Howard

If the first hour of Inherent Vice is a hazily mysterious stretch of world-building in which we—and Doc—realize that something has gone wrong, then the second hour of the film is reveal after reveal of what is wrong with the world, and the people in it. And resting between those two hours is this one-scene, in which the film simultaneously exhales after an hour of introductions and inhales before diving deep into the world of the Golden Fang, and exponentially expanding the scope of Inherent Vice. And who better to join us to celebrate cracking Inherent Vice ’s first hour with a one-minute scene than the host of One Heat Minute himself? Inherent Vice is a film that deceptively uses its hardboiled detective fiction framework as a method of inquiry into something far deeper, and far more serious, than a plot to kidnap a real estate developer. It tricks us into settling in for a noir about a man solving a mystery, and instead presents us with a man confronting a melancholy truth: everything—lives, eras, and loves—comes to an end. *About the Guest - BLAKE HOWARD* Blake Howard is a writer, a podcaster, and the editor-in-chief & co-founder of Australian film blog Graffiti With Punctuation. ( https://graffitiwithpunctuation.com/ ) He is the creator of One Heat Minute Productions ( https://oneheatminute.com/ ) and the producer of *Increment Vice*. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands