On this week’s episode of Filmspotting, Adam and Matty dedicate much of the time to the late Dennis Hopper, starting things off with a flashback to mid-2009 and their impressions of Easy Rider (in which Hopper directed and acted in). The film was clearly a favorite in their New Hollywood marathon a year ago, earning Matty’s best cinematography award amongst the pack of nine films.
After hitting upon the typical Massacre Theater and poll question segments, Filmspotting returns to the Billy Wilder marathon with their latest pick, The Lost Weekend. Both Adam and Matty acknowledge their biases right from the beginning, saying that this film doesn’t nearly match up to the rest of Wilder’s pedigree. Despite that fact, Matty finds a lot to identify with in terms of the message about alcoholism as a disease. Since The Lost Weekend brings an end to the Wilder marathon, the guys also discuss his success in his career as a whole along the way.
This shorter, more tightly focused show closes out with a revisiting of the top five movies about loneliness from June 2008.
:13-3:17 – Dennis Hopper
3:18-16:54 – Review: “Easy Rider” (May 2009)
Music: Bess Rogers, “Bulldozer”
17:29-21:47 – Massacre Theatre (Winner: Matthew Beem)
21:48-26:25 – Poll Questions / Notes
26:26-43:45 – Wilder #2: “The Lost Weekend”
Music: Bess Rogers, “Dirty Lies”
44:24-53:04 – DVDs / Donations
53:05-1:09:05 – Top 5: Movies About Loneliness (June 2008)
1:09:06-1:12:05 – Close / Outtakes
Runtime – 1:12:09
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