Episode 133 - Hardcore

In this episode of the show we are talking about Paul Schrader's Hardcore as we begin our August journey through porn-adjacent days of summer. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how much this movie owes to The Searchers, how hard it must be for Paul Schrader to shake off Taxi Driver, how the movie might be autobiographical in places and how it would have been a different beast if the original ending was kept. We also talk about Schrader's lens he uses to portray the lurid nightlife of LA, the perils of religiosity, the horror of sitting down in a grindhouse cinema, and that Peter Boyle plays the best private detective in the world! Tune in and enjoy! Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows Featuring: Jak-Luke Sharp & Tony Larder Intro: Infraction - Cassette Outro: Infraction - Daydream Head over to uncutgemspodcast.com to find all of our archival episodes and more! Follow us on Twitter (@UncutGemsPod), IG (@UncutGemsPod) and Facebook (@UncutGemsPod) Buy us a coffee over at Ko-Fi.com (ko-fi.com/uncutgemspod) Subscribe to our Patreon! (patreon.com/uncutgemspod) The Uncut Gems Podcast is a CLAPPER production