The Uncut Network - Directors, Actors and Genres The Geek Show

We are back for more on podcast favourite, Park Chan Wook, as part of the Directors Uncut Cycle. Join Rob, Andrew, James and Ben for more chat about the korean director made famous by the Vengeance Trilogy and part of a trio of men who launched Korean Movies onto the world at large.



We looked at one of his outliers and sole straight-horror feature, 2009's Thirst. Then, we hop skip and jump over to his most acclaimed movie, his most recent classic, The Handmaiden from 2016. We also chat about his career at large, vampire movies from asia and his incorporation of comedy into very, very, very dark movies.


If you enjoy this episode, you can get more of the same over on ⁠PATREON⁠. We have our spin off podcast, Uncut from the Video Aisle, which has two more episodes on Hong Kong favourite, Mr Vampire, before we launch into our next mini-series. And there's also our monthly check in podcast, Last Night and a bonus episode of our sister pod, Pop Screen.



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MUSIC CREDITS:

[INTRO] Funkgroove / Sofasound

[MID-ROLL] Reading Night / Xander

[OUTRO] Midnight Coffee / Englewood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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We return to the Directors cycle on the Uncut Network with the first two part episode in a while, but he more than deserves such a treatment.

Rob is joined by Rabia (RPISH) and Ygraine (What A Scream) to talk about one of Korea's greatest ever cinematic exports, Park Chan Wook. This first episode is focusing primarily on the Vengeance trilogy, specifically the landmark success that was OldBoy and perenially slept on Lady Vengeance. Along the way we also talk about Park Chan Wook's sense of style, his evasion of easy answers and how the OldBoy remake was so bad it became openly racist... Oof.

There are some technical gremlins in this edit, I tried multiple versions and they where all infected. But worry not they won't affect the listening experience of this episode too badly. And if you do enjoy this episode, which should be pretty easy as its great, you can get more of the same over on PATREON. We have our spin off podcast, Uncut from the Video Aisle, which is in the middle of a mini-series about Hong Kong favourite, Mr Vampire. And there's also our monthly check in podcast, Last Night.

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MUSIC CREDITS:

[INTRO] Funkgroove / Sofasound

[MID-ROLL] Reading Night / Xander

[OUTRO] Midnight Coffee / Englewood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Courtesy of Riot Games


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For the second of this month's Genres Uncut episodes, never say that we don't cover movies that aren't my speed.



While I may not be a fan of Westerns, I have been joined by people a lot more enthusiastic to talk about this Historic American Genre. We welcome back Mark, Graham & Vincent to discuss Revisionist Westerns (of the 70s). With Peter Fonda's 1971 movie, The Hired Hand, Clint Eastwood's 1973 movie, High Plains Drifter and the Wild Card 1974's Blazing Saddles by Mel Brooks, the order of the day.



Along the way, we talk about the visuals of the old West, what it means to be revisionist, the misogyny, and how the goalposts for a film to be racist or language to be racist have changed over the years. Or, to put it another way, Quentin Tarantino has done worse.



If you enjoy the show, subscribe and rate the podcast - or share it with your friends. Or if you want a little more, check out our ⁠Patreon ⁠for more of our sister podcast, Pop Screen, as well as our two spin-off podcasts, Last Night and Uncut from the Video Aisle - the latter of which is currently doing a blow-by-blow account of Hong Kong Action Horror classic, Mr Vampire.



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MUSIC CREDITS:

[INTRO] Funkgroove / Sofasound

[MID-ROLL] Reading Night / Xander

[OUTRO] Midnight Coffee / Englewood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Courtesy of Riot Games


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We are back to the cycle of Genre's Uncut and this time we are making camp in the 1970s.

Rob is joined by Graham and Robyn again for organised chaos, but in a more precise way we have come together to talk about English Folk Horror from the 1970s. Specifially, member of the unholy trinity - Blood on Satan's Claw. Whatever you'd call Psychomania. And we finish on something altogether classier in sub-genre defining Penda's Fen by Alan Clarke.

Along the way we talk about short films that everyone seems to have made, doctor who alumni, how countryside pigeon's are units and more, before we close out with a whole boat load of recommendations. Best have your letterboxd open for that part of the episode.

If you enjoy the show you can support us over on PATREON where you can get even more stuff. As well as a whole battalion of written articles, our sister podcast - pop screen - has a bonus episode over there, there's a monthly of what we've been watching and coming next week: the return of our spin-off, Uncut from the Video Aisle with Hong Kong Action Horror legend, Mr Vampire and more - it's a whole archive of stuff.

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MUSIC CREDITS:

[INTRO] Funkgroove / Sofasound

[MID-ROLL] Reading Night / Xander

[OUTRO] Midnight Coffee / Englewood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Courtesy of Riot Games


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And we are back after a New Year break to finish off our month of Actors Uncut with the legendary Robert Mitchum!

Rob is joined by Aidan, Graham and a debuting Mark to talk about the classic film noir Out of the Past, the legendary one and done of Night of the Hunter and, erm, Thunder Road. No, not that one. Also, along the way we talk about bad child acting, New Hollywood, Father Ted, as well as the man of the hour's pure magnetism. It's a fun return from our month off.

Join us next time as we sashay into a month of genres, specifically weird stuff from the 1970s.

If you enjoyed the show, you can also support us on PATREON where you can get all manner of bonus podcasts for the paltry sum of £3 a month. There's Uncut from the Video Aisle which returning very soon with Mr Vampire, there's Last Night and there's also Pop Screen Plus - a bonus episode of our sister podcast. Loads of written stuff too, like, it's ridiculous how much we are giving you over there.

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https://letterboxd.com/man_out_of_time/

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MUSIC CREDITS:

[INTRO] Funkgroove / Sofasound

[MID-ROLL] Reading Night / Xander

[OUTRO] Midnight Coffee / Englewood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Courtesy of Riot Games


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Mamma Mia, here we go again.



2023 is done and dusted and it's that time of the year for all podcasts to come together and review the past 12 months. Instead of a bog standard top 10 run down we are trying something different. Once again though, collaborating with our sister podcast, Pop Screen - fronted by Graham.



Join me and Graham is a long list of people, so long, in fact, that they won't be another podcast from me until 2nd Feb. That list of people is with Rob - Kat, Naomi, (also their choices present but because of a need to re-record they are not), Andy, Liz and Kim. And with Graham - Simon, James, Oliver, Vincent, and Mike. Almost as many people as movies, well, not quite, but it's best to get a pen and paper for this one - or open up your Letterboxd watchlists.



If you enjoy our shows and fancy more, check out our Patreon. On which, we have bonus episodes of Pop Screen and a monthly catch up podcast, Last Night, which took a break from tradition in December to talk Alternative Christmas Movies. There's also our spin-off podcast, Uncut from the Video Aisle - which we've just finished a series of on V/H/S and are taking a little January break before we get back to it with Mr Vampire.



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https://twitter.com/WhereIsKnowhere

https://muckrack.com/elizabethbishop

https://muckrack.com/kim-morrison-2

https://letterboxd.com/SimonRamshaw/

https://muckrack.com/james-rodrigues

https://letterboxd.com/oliverxparker/

https://twitter.com/DrGaine

https://twitter.com/autistic_horror




MUSIC CREDITS:

[INTRO] Funkgroove / Sofasound

[MID-ROLL] Reading Night / Xander

[OUTRO] Midnight Coffee / Englewood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Courtesy of Riot Games


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