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In Part 1 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid establish a baseline for comparison by examining movies embraced by the masses just before The Financial Crisis.

Topics and films mentioned:


Hell or High Water, 2016, directed by David Mackenzie


The Big Short, 2015, directed by Adam McKay


The Deer Hunter, 1978, directed by Michael Cimino


Kelly's Heroes, 1970, directed by Brian G. Hutton


M*A*S*H, 1970, directed by Robert Altman


The Devil Wears Prada, 2006, directed by David Frankel


Wikipedia: Critical response to The Devil Wears Prada


Rotten Tomatoes: Review of The Devil Wears Prada


The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006, directed by Gabriele Muccino


Wikipedia: Critical response to The Pursuit of Happyness


Rotten Tomatoes: Review of The Pursuit of Happyness


The Guardian: Peter Bradshaw review of The Pursuit of Happyness


The New York Times: Manohla Dargis review of The Pursuit of Happyness


Crash, 2004, directed by Paul Haggis


The Aviator, 2004, directed by Martin Scorsese


V for Vendetta, 2005, directed by James McTeigue


Flight Club, 1999, directed by David Fincher


Office Space, 1999, directed by Mike Judge


Clockwatchers, 1997, directed by Jill Sprecher

In this final part of this season on "Patter", Tori quizzes Dávid on the way that gangsters, film noir, and hardboiled detectives speak in movies. They also cover how "screwball" and other types of comedy of the 30s and 40s influenced this style of speaking and how it evolved through the 60s and beyond.

Topics and films mentioned:


The Marx Brothers & Groucho Marx
The Big Sleep, 1946, directed by Howard Hawks
Screwball comedy
His Girl Friday, 1940, directed by ⁠Howard Hawks⁠
Bringing up Baby, 1938, directed by ⁠⁠Howard Hawks⁠⁠
Sweet Smell of Success, 1957, directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Frank Sinatra & The Rat Pack
Neo-Noir
Chinatown, 1974, directed by Roman Polanski
The Godfather, 1972, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Martin Scorsese
The Pubic Enemy, 1931, directed by William A. Wellman
Scarface, 1932, directed by Howard Hawks⁠
The Maltese Falcon, 1941, directed by John Huston
Double Indemnity, 1944, directed by Billy Wilder
Detour, 1945, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Kiss of Death, 1947, directed by Henry Hathaway
Pickup on South Street, 1953, directed by Samuel Fuller
Little Caesar, 1931, directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Patter online dictionaries:


"Jargon" from "Loose Shadows Stories"
"The Lingo of Film Noir" from Nancy Friedman

In Part 1 (of 2) of this season on "Patter", Tori and Dávid discuss the way that gangsters, hardboiled detectives, and tough guys talk in the movies of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, and how it changed over time.

Topics and films mentioned:


Little Caesar, 1931, directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Scarface, 1932, directed by Howard Hawks
The Maltese Falcon, 1941, directed by John Huston
The Big Sleep, 1946, directed by Howard Hawks
Pickup on South Street, 1953, directed by Samuel Fuller
The Public Enemy, 1931, directed by William A. Wellman
Frank Sinatra & The Rat Pack
The Hays Code (The Motion Picture Production Code) - Original Text
Martin Scorsese
Double Indemnity, 1944, directed by Billy Wilder
⁠Leslie Nielsen⁠ & ⁠The Naked Gun⁠, 1988
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1982, directed by Carl Reiner
The Cheap Detective, 1978, directed by Robert Moore
Murder by Death, 1976, directed by Robert Moore
Philip Marlowe
Film Noir & Hardboiled
48 Hrs., 1982, directed by Walter Hill
Die Hard, 1988, directed by John McTiernan
Lethal Weapon, 1987, directed by Richard Donner
Dirty Harry, 1971, directed by Don Siegel
WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant)
Arnold Schwarzenegger, (Quote is from Commando)
Raymond Chandler & Dashiell Hammett
Columbo, TV Series, 1971-1978
Chinatown, 1974, directed by Roman Polanski
Murder, My Sweet, 1944, directed by Edward Dmytryk
Detour, 1945, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

In Part 4, the last part of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid discuss unusual Act 1 structures that don't follow the standard Hero's Journey.

Topics and films mentioned:


Barbarella, 1968, directed by Roger Vadim
A Serious Man, 2009, directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Taxi Driver, 1976, directed by Martin Scorsese
Dancer in the Dark, 2000, directed by Lars von Trier
The Lighthouse, 2019, directed by Robert Eggers
Do the Right Thing, 1989, directed by Spike Lee
One Day, 2018, directed by Zsófia Szilágyi
The Thing, 1982, directed by John Carpenter
Die Hard, 1988, directed by John McTiernan
Star Wars, 1977, directed by George Lucas
Triangle of Sadness, 2022, directed by Ruben Östlund
The Florida Project, 2017, directed by Sean Baker
The Hunt, 2012, directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Cléo from 5 to 7, 1962, directed by Agnès Varda
Daisies, 1966, directed by Věra Chytilová
Fargo, 1996, directed by Joel Coen

In Part 3 of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid dunk on bad Act 1s and talk about why they fail so hard.

Topics and films mentioned:


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring⁠, 2001, directed by ⁠Peter Jackson
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012, directed by ⁠⁠Peter Jackson⁠
Star Wars prequels, 1999-2005, directed by George Lucas
Rebecca, 1940, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Rebecca, 2020, directed by Ben Wheatley
A Field in England⁠, High Rise, and Free Fire directed by ⁠Ben Wheatley

In Part 2 of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid discuss how a voiceover can help or hurt Act 1 of a movie.

Topics and films mentioned:


The Matrix⁠, 1999, directed by ⁠The Wachowski's
Die Hard: With a Vengeance, 1995, directed by John McTiernan
Christopher Nolan's "Batman movies" (The Dark Knight) and Inception
Ghostbusters, 1984, directed by Ivan Reitman
Rambo: First Blood⁠, 1982, directed by ⁠Ted Kotcheff
"The Rambo where he fights the Russians" = Rocky IV (not a Rambo movie)
Double Indemnity, 1944, directed by Billy Wilder
Singing in the Rain, 1952, directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Sunset Boulevard, 1950, directed by Billy Wilder⁠
The Big Lebowski, 1998, directed by Joel Coen, written by Ethan Coen
The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992, directed by Brian Henson
American Beauty, 1999, directed by Sam Mendes
Palmetto, 1998, directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Stranger Than Fiction, 2006, directed by Marc Forster
Casino, 1995, directed by  Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas⁠, 1990, directed by ⁠Martin Scorsese
Blade Runner, 1982, directed by Ridley Scott
"Neo Noir" genre
"Breaking the fourth wall"
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986, directed by John Hughes
The Big Short, 2015, directed by Adam McKay
High Fidelity, 2000, directed by Stephen Frears
Risky Business, 1983, directed by Paul Brickman
Alfie, 1966, directed by Lewis Gilbert
Annie Hall, 1977, directed by Woody Allen
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, 1983, directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Citizen Kane, 1941, directed by Orson Welles
Casablanca, 1942, directed by Michael Curtiz
Wayne's World, 1992, directed by Penelope Spheeris