The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover vs. The Platform - The Hi-Lo Bro Show - Ep 18 – February 2026

This is the one where Richard quotes W.B. Yeats and Moss Hart to express different forms of hunger and the correct way to communicate figurative thinking, and Garrett waxes nostalgic about VHS dreams and silver screen fantasies.***Referenced media:“Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” (Pedro Almodóvar, 1989)“Driving Miss Daisy” (Bruce Beresford, 1989)“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (Alfonso Cuarón, 2004)“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (Mike Newell, 2005)“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (David Yates, 2007)“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (David Yates, 2009)“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” (David Yates, 2010)“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” (David Yates, 2011)“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)“The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)“Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop” (1932) by W.B. Yeats“Squid Game” (Hwang Dong-hyuk, 2021-2025)“The Platform 2” (Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, 2024)“The Hunt” (Craig Zobel, 2020)“The Omega Man” (Boris Sagal, 1971)“Ms. 45” (Abel Ferrara, 1981)“Re-Animator” (Stuart Gordon, 1985)“Cries and Whispers” (Ingmar Bergman, 1972)“A Man Escaped” (Robert Bresson, 1956)Audio quotation:“The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover” (Peter Greenaway, 1989), including “Memorial” and “Coupling” by Michael Nyman, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mf6Ot7D6738AgqITvj_PInF4J5uYJECFo“‘Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop’ by W. B. Yeats - Read by Arthur L Wood”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxfTQ5dp0rk“The Platform” (Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, 2019), including the songs “El Hoyo” and “Calor” by Aranzazu Calleja, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1bR6ysDT4irvtAY_ePy9T1EAZxt1WpdY“The Hunt” (Craig Zobel, 2020), including music by Nathan Barr, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaR-Kx4U56MRIKCD7I0i1Oq7