Get your spooky old-time mask on, everybody: it's the NO SUDDEN MOVE episode. We're talking Soderbergh's 2021 HBO Max crime thriller and all things 1954 Detroit, Black Bottom, carburetors, becoming aware of your position as a historical actor, Bill Duke, Bill & Ted (different Bill), anamorphic lenses, apologizing while hitting your boss in the face, money flowing uphill, and lots more. Really enjoyed this one - check it out! And get rid of your car!
Further Reading:
Black Detroit: A People's History of Self-Determination by Herb Boyd
The American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker's Notebook by James Boggs
The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford by Beth Tompkins Bates
The Origins of the Urban Crisis by Thomas Sugrue
Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard
"How the UAW Broke Ford's Stranglehold Over Black Detroit" by Paul Prescod https://jacobin.com/2023/10/united-autoworker-ford-black-detroit-race-labor
"No Sudden Move Writer Ed Solomon on Drawing From Real History for the HBO Max Movie" by Adam Chitwood https://collider.com/no-sudden-move-ed-solomon-interview-true-story/ Further Viewing:
KISS ME DEADLY (Aldrich, 1955)
THE KILLING (Kubrick, 1956)
BLUE COLLAR (Schrader, 1978)
OUT OF SIGHT (Soderbergh, 1998)
THE NICE GUYS (Black, 2016)
BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC (Parisot, 2020)
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Produced by Ian Rhine and Jake Serwin with additional production by Ryan Torgeson.
Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- PublishedAugust 28, 2026 at 7:01 AM UTC
- Length2h 1m
- Season3
- Episode38
- RatingExplicit
