Episode 10: Love ‘Em Till They Run for Cover Steelin' In the Dan

Get ready for one digression after another (and a little Reddit theater) as Scott and Joe piece together their thoughts on Can’t Buy a Thrill’s final track “Turn That Heartbeat Over Again.” The song’s narrative inspires Scott’s choice, the “try-hard” meth noir The Salton Sea (2002), starring Val Kilmer and a cranked-up Vincent D’Onofrio. Joe is similarly criminal minded, pulling focus to the Safdie brothers’ unrelenting Good Time (2017). Also discussed: heat checks; the destructive power of Disney; Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems; an underrated Paul Schrader gem; the healing power of the drums… I told you it was a digressive one. Just remember: Steely Dan is NOT prog rock.


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Links:


William Gibson review of Two Against Nature
S. Victor Aaron's take on "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again" (Something Else!)
The Salton Sea trailer
Roger Ebert on The Salton Sea
Good Time trailer
Film Comment Podcast with the filmmakers and Robert Pattinson 
Donate to the Byrd Theatre
Matt Zoller Seitz on Disney (Vulture)