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A podcast about movies and the movies that inspired them. A good movie is the result of a large number of people both in front of and behind the camera combining to create a piece of art… But what about the movies that came before that inspired those filmmakers to make the movie? On Piecing It Together we figure out what the clear (and not so clear) influences were that make up the movies we love.

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A podcast about movies and the movies that inspired them. A good movie is the result of a large number of people both in front of and behind the camera combining to create a piece of art… But what about the movies that came before that inspired those filmmakers to make the movie? On Piecing It Together we figure out what the clear (and not so clear) influences were that make up the movies we love.

    Problemista (Featuring Shadan Larki)

    Problemista (Featuring Shadan Larki)

    On the 380th episode of Piecing It Together, Shadan Larki joins me to talk about Problemista. This surrealist comedy from writer/director/star Julio Torres takes our protagonist on a series of misadventures trying to find work and become a toy designer. Puzzle pieces include The Science of Sleep, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Idiocracy and The Devil Wears Prada.
    As always, SPOILER ALERT for Problemista and the movies we discuss!
    Written by Julio Torres
    Directed by Julio Torres
    Starring Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Isabella Rossellini, Greta Lee
    A24
    https://a24films.com/films/problemista
    Shadan Larki is a film critic and Awards Editor at InSession Film.
    Follow Shadan on Twitter @ShadanLarki
    My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!
    My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968
    My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAo
    Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod
    And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod
    And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.
    And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!
    And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
    You can also support the show by checking out our Vouch store where we're selling a bunch of great products at https://vouch.store/piecingittogether
    Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!
    And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!
    And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!

    • 37 min
    Breaking It Apart – Die Hard (Featuring Sean O’Connell)

    Breaking It Apart – Die Hard (Featuring Sean O’Connell)

    On this new entry in the special episode series Breaking It Apart, I'm joined by Sean O'Connell for an episode on Die Hard. The 1988 Bruce Willis led action film is one of the most beloved and influential action movies of all time, ushering in practically every action movie from the 90s and beyond. Puzzle pieces include Speed, Under Siege, Cliffhanger and Home Alone.
    As always, SPOILER ALERT for Die Hard and the movies we discuss!
    Written by Jeb Stuart & Steve E de Souza
    Directed by John McTiernan
    Starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman
    20th Century Studios
    https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/die-hard
    Sean O'Connell is a journalist and author and editor of CinemaBlend as well as the co-host of ReelBlend. He also has a new book out on Bruce Willis called "Bruce Willis: Celebrating The Cinematic Legacy of an Unbreakable Hollywood Icon."
    Check out CinemaBlend at https://www.cinemablend.com/
    Check out his book at https://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Willis-Celebrating-Cinematic-Unbreakable/dp/1493076337
    And Follow Sean on Twitter @Sean_OConnell
    My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!
    My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968
    My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAo
    Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod
    And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod
    And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.
    And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!
    And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
    You can also support the show by checking out our Vouch store where we're selling a bunch of great products at https://vouch.store/piecingittogether
    Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!
    And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/piecing-it-together-podcast-635852"...

    • 50 min
    Bad Boys: Ride Or Die LIVE (Featuring Korey Kilgore, Kris Mayeshiro & K.L. Martin)

    Bad Boys: Ride Or Die LIVE (Featuring Korey Kilgore, Kris Mayeshiro & K.L. Martin)

    On the 379th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Korey Kilgore, Kris Mayeshiro and K.L. Martin to talk about Bad Boys: Ride Or Die! The latest in the long-running Bad Boys series is lived up to every expectation we could have had for it and was a blast to watch and talk about. Puzzle pieces include the Fast & Furious series, Lethal Weapon 4, Hardcore Henry and Running Scared.
    As always, SPOILER ALERT for Bad Boys: Ride Or Die and the movies we discuss!
    Written by Chris Bremner and Will Beall
    Directed by Adil & Bilall
    Starring Will Smith, Martin Lawerence, Vanessa Hudgens, Eric Dane, Jacob Siprio, Rhea Seehorn
    Sony Pictures
    https://www.badboys.movie/
    KL Martin is a writer-director-filmmaker from Las Vegas. He has directed nine shorts including “You Should Smile More” which is currently on a film festival run.
    Check out his work at https://linktr.ee/KEVINLMARTIN
    Follow KL Martin on Twitter @Codename_LEON
    Korey Kilgore is a retired Navy Vet and co-creator and host of The Killing Tyme Podcast.
    Check out The Killing Tyme Podcast at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzMv6EvS5hSz72_SBY6q2Qw
    And follow Korey on Twitter @KoreyKilgore
    Kris Mayeshiro is an actor, stunt choreographer and visual artist.
    Check out Kris’s website at http://www.km2creative.com/
    And Follow Kris on Instagram @KM2Creative
    My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!
    My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968
    My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAo
    SONG INFO
    Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod
    And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod
    And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.
    And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!
    And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
    You can also support the show by checking out our Vouch store where we're selling a bunch of great products at a href="https://vouch.store/piecingittogether"...

    • 49 min
    The Hangover (Featuring Jeff Walker)

    The Hangover (Featuring Jeff Walker)

    On this new installment in our Missing Pieces series, I'm joined by Jeff Walker of the Jeff Does Vegas Podcast to talk about one of the most Las Vegas movies of all time, The Hangover! The film is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and this episode is part of a 3 part series of episodes about it along with the Jeff Does Vegas episode and my conversation with Dayvid Figler on CityCast Las Vegas about the film's impact on Las Vegas.
    As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Hangover and the movies we discuss!
    This conversation was originally part of a longer conversation about The Hangover that we had on an episode of Jeff Does Vegas which you can find at https://www.jeffdoesvegas.com
    Check out the CityCast Las Vegas converastion I took part in about The Hangover at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-the-hangover-still-relevant-15-years-later/id1615422152?i=1000657913091
    Written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
    Directed by Todd Phillips
    Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifanakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong
    Warner Bros
    https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/hangover
    Jeff Walker is the host of Jeff Does Vegas, a podcast about Las Vegas.
    Check out Jeff Does Vegas at https://www.jeffdoesvegas.com/
    And Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeffdoesvegas
    My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!
    My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968
    My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAo
    Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod
    And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod
    And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.
    And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!
    And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
    You can also support the show by checking out our Vouch store where we're selling a bunch of great products at https://vouch.store/piecingittogether
    Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!
    And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, a...

    • 32 min
    June 2024 Trailers (Special Episode)

    June 2024 Trailers (Special Episode)

    On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in June 2024. This month’s episode includes Under Paris, Hit Man, The Watchers, Inside Out 2, Tuesday, I Used To Be Funny, The Bikeriders, Kinds of Kindness, Thelma, A Quiet Place: Day One, Horizon: An American Saga, Daddio, Fancy Dance and Bad Boys Ride Or Die.
    We also announce a June live show on Bad Boys Ride Or Die at Maya Cinemas! More details at https://www.piecingpod.com/2024/05/22/bad-boys-ride-or-die-live-show-thursday-june-6th-in-las-vegas/
    As always, SPOILER ALERT for all of the movies we discuss!
    I also shout out some listener provided puzzle pieces from movies we covered in the month of May. Included are puzzle pieces from Josie DeMarco, George Hanna-Wilson and Joe Black.
    Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas).
    Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/
    My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!
    My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968
    My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAo
    The song at the end of the episode is "Coming Down Hard" from my 24 for 2024 series.
    Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod
    And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod
    And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.
    And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!
    And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
    You can also support the show by checking out our Vouch store where we're selling a bunch of great products at https://vouch.store/piecingittogether
    Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!
    And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!
    And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new...

    • 53 min
    The First Omen (Featuring Scott Drebit)

    The First Omen (Featuring Scott Drebit)

    On the 378th episode of Piecing It Together, Scott Drebit joins me to talk about The First Omen. This prequel to the classic 1976 horror movie overcame all the odds of bad horror prequels and ended up being one of the year's best horror films. Puzzle pieces include Possession, Suspiria, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Rosemary's Baby.
    We also talk about Scott Drebit's new book "A Cut Below: A Celebration of B Horror Movies 1950s-1980s" which is available now at https://www.amazon.com/Cut-Below-Celebration-Horror-1950s-1980s/dp/1476691959
    As always, SPOILER ALERT for The First Omen and the movies we discuss!
    Written by Arkasha Stevenson, Tim Smith, Keith Thomas
    Directed by Arkasha Stevenson
    Starring Nell Tiger Free, Sonia Braga, Maria Caballero, Bill Nighy, Ralph Ineson
    20th Century Studios
    https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-first-omen
    Scott Drebit is an author and writer at Daily Dead.
    Check out Daily Dead at https://dailydead.com
    Follow Scott on Twitter @phantasm2
    My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!
    My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968
    My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAo
    Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod
    And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod
    And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.
    And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!
    And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
    You can also support the show by checking out our Vouch store where we're selling a bunch of great products at https://vouch.store/piecingittogether
    Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!
    And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!
    And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new...

    • 53 min

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