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  1. 8h ago

    Episode 391: THE RED SPECTACLES (1987) with Matt Clark

    THE RED SPECTACLES is one entry in a long-running multimedia dystopian sci-fi series by the guy who made GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995). It’s one of the wildest, most tone-swingy things we’ve ever seen at the Trylon. It almost feels impossible to fully encircle, one of those flicks that takes hairpin turns just when you think you’ve got a handle on it. Amidst the confusion, our friend and film writer Matt Clark picks up on some elements that can be traced to Japanese crime films. That’s as good an entry point as any into THE RED SPECTACLES, but we’re doing our usual thing and poking around the edges of this weird movie to see how close we can get to its elusive center! Find Matt… At Kino Ventura , his blog about movies Making Apache Revolver , his zine about crime films On Bluesky at kinoventura On Letterboxd at kino_ventura On Trylove episodes about SHOGUN ASSASSIN (1980), THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951), NIGHT MOVES (1975), THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (1973), THE ROCKETEER (1991), MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (1978) Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: https://mn50501.org/donate Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: Trylove Episode 207: GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995) https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/trylove/2522e5f0-0157-0137-f265-1d245fc5f9cf/episode-207-ghost-in-the-shell-1995/a088db50-06d3-4f38-aa02-0f124abe3674 Watch THE RED SPECTACLES on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/1987-the-red-spectacles-mamoru-oshii-1987-english-subs THE RED SPECTACLES 4K remaster crowdfunding campaign: https://motion-gallery.net/projects/red_spectacles Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #DCP Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Main Title” by Kenji Kawai from the THE RED SPECTACLES soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 391: THE RED SPECTACLES (1987) with Matt Clark 3:13 - Whadja Watch this Week? 18:58 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 22:39 - Matt’s coverage of Japan’s lost decade of cinema 28:51 - Aaron, the GHOST IN THE SHELL fan 38:18 - The switch from color to black and white 47:04 - Balancing the slapstick and stoicism 56:09 - The moment when you were bought in 1:01:58 - An egotistical odyssey 1:11:48 - The Junk Drawer 1:21:20 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1987 1:26:33 - Cody’s Noteys: The TED Spectacles (guessing view counts on TED Talk videos)

  2. Jul 7

    Episode 390: VANISHING POINT (1971)

    A mythologized decade, a souped-up Challenger, and the man behind the wheel are running out of time in Richard C. Sarafian’s 1971 amphetamine-fueled road trip movie VANISHING POINT!  With 15 hours to make it from Denver to San Francisco in a new white Dodge Challenger, the former cop/driver/motorcyclist/boyfriend actually takes up a bunch of stops. Each detour exposes him to another unique character or group: A snake-catcher selling vipers to desert Pentecostals; fellow drivers looking to prove their mettle; a dead-end hippie commune; gay hustlers hitching a ride. With the help of police and media attention, Kowalski becomes more than a desperate washed-up has-been on the run — for a public turning the page on the 60s, he becomes nothing less than an American hero. We’re kicking off the Trylon’s big summer program by discussing this cult classic as a time capsule and as an action movie, and figure out how it fits among “end of an era” films. Note: We recorded this episode before the Trylon started showing the standard cut of VANISHING POINT, so we watched the extended cut, which contains a particular scene we think is pretty important to the point of the movie. We’ve noted the difference in the discussion. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: https://mn50501.org/donate Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “I Dreamt I Killed the Jaguar” by Finn Odum for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “The Real Cannonball Run” at SB Nation (Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/3aATkNVj7eAKbCCPODUPQ3?si=gaecx5aKRBW6NkgRZ51tpw ) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #TakingTheScenicRoute #DCP Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Mississippi Queen” by Mountain from the VANISHING POINT soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 390: VANISHING POINT (1971) 2:02 - Whadja Watch This Week? 27:19 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd.) 28:22 - The weird tension of VANISHING POINT as an ‘end of an era’ movie 46:06 - Reckoning with what the ‘60s didn’t end up being 50:43 - How Kowalski becomes a torchbearer for the American spirit 57:38 - The Cannonball Run and the arbitrary desire to race across the desert 1:05:33 - The distinctly American nature of the story 1:10:35 - The Charlotte Rampling scene and the ending 1:23:06 - The Junk Drawer 1:31:17 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1971 1:35:51 - Cody’s Noteys: Vanishing Joint (trivia tangent to Minneapolis-area hangout spots that have closed)

  3. Jun 30

    Episode 389: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS (1982)

    Music industry veteran Lou Adler’s second and final directing credit, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS predated the riot grrrl movement by close to a decade. It effectively pioneered the aesthetic behind the feminist punk movement that took off in the 1990s. Three anxious teens (Diane Lane, Laura Dern, and Marin Kanter) form The Stains, taking the stage in scandalizing outfits and outrageous makeup — and carrying a transgressive message to young women seeking self-expression after the era of sexual liberation. The Stains have more spirit than talent, but they’ve got bigger problems. A cast of aging rockers (including real members of The Tubes, The Clash, the Sex Pistols, and more) and competitive upstarts (Ray Winstone as a cockney punk) send The Stains’ leader into a self-interested spiral. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains 4K UHD/Blu-ray from Fun City Editions “University of Minnesota expert helped make animated beavers in ‘Hoppers’ true to life” by Kirsti Marohn for MPR News “Johnny Knoxville: ​‘Jackass was born among friends and that’s how it will end’” by Natalie Marlin for Little White Lies “The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie” (1999) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #RiotGrrrls #DCP Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “I Slept in an Arcade” by Black Randy and the Metrosquad from the LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 389: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS (1982) 02:04 - Whadja Watch This Week? 21:27 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd.) 24:12 - A movie that’s unsure what it wants to say 37:15 - Filmmakers admitting they have no idea what the kids are up to 47:54 - What we wished we’d seen in THE FABULOUS STAINS 59:31 - Lawnboy 1:13:25 - Figures, real and imagined, who throw things a bit out of whack 1:19:22 - The ridiculous ending 1:26:57 - The Junk Drawer 1:39:07 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1982 1:42:53 - Cody’s Noteys: The Sabulous Grains (sandpaper trivia)

  4. Jun 23

    Episode 388: LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005)

    Four girls in a Japanese school prepare for their performance at the school festival with one sub-in: The Korean exchange student who doesn’t know the songs. The new shape of their group, and the uncertain shape of their lives to come, casts a weird malaise over the days leading up to the show, broken only by their moments of youthful camaraderie. LINDA LINDA LINDA holds a special place in the boys’ hearts — most of them, anyway — as both a wistful reminiscence of teenage abandon and a movie that helped us feel a bit less distant from one another during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, we’re trying to do that awkward thing of breaking through the vice grip of nostalgia to give this cult classic hangout movie a real critical eye. Is the success consistent or varying? As with all things in your life, it’s up to you to decide! Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: Watch LINDA LINDA LINDA on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/linda-linda-linda-2005_202309 “Studying Abroad with Linda Linda Linda” by Mimi Huelster for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #RiotGrrrls #DCP Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “リンダ リンダ' (“Linda Linda Linda”) by The Blue Hearts from the LINDA LINDA LINDA soundtrack.

  5. Jun 16

    Episode 387: CISCO PIKE (1971)

    CISCO PIKE was Bill L. Norton’s directorial debut, Kris Kristofferson’s first screen credit, and just another Coked Up Crazy Ass White Boy role for Gene Hackman. A musician turned drug dealer wants to pull a 180 and go back to the music biz after a stint in the pen. But he spent the Summer of Love behind bars, and when he gets out, he finds out the ‘70s ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. Karen Black and Harry Dean Stanton support as his hapless passengers, adjusting in their own ways to the new bummer decade. On this Cody-less episode, we’re discussing crooked cops, cusp-of-the-decade vibes, how we’d sell 200 keys of giggle smoke, and whether or not Tom Hanks is hot. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “The Silver Tongued Devil’s Last Ride” by Matthew Tchepikova-Treon for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “How Kris Kristofferson Beat the Devil” by Chris Lehmann for The Nation (Oct. 1, 2024) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #CultFilmCollective #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Wailin' & Whoopin'” by Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry from the CISCO PIKE soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 387: CISCO PIKE (1971) 3:50 - Whadja Watch This Week? 26:28 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 29:29 - It’s basically a drug dealing montage 31:25 - The ‘60s high crashing in the ‘70s 41:01 - Why Cisco Pike struggles to survive the new decade 42:36 - What Cisco Pike really wants 55:29 - Cisco and Holland’s relationship 1:02:41 - Merna and Lynn: Cisco’s women 1:11:09 - The Junk Drawer 1:14:52 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1971

  6. Jun 9

    Episode 386: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) with Emma Youndtsmith

    We’re thrilled to have Emma Youndtsmith back to discuss a longtime favorite of hers and many millennials’: The movie that made Edgar Wright’s career, SHAUN OF THE DEAD! We discuss the enduring love for this quirky movie, the comfort of regression, our favorite jokes, and our preferred zombie-fighting weapons (Emma’s legitimately surprised me). Then, we’re pitting seemingly random dead celebrities against each other in Cody’s Noteys! Find Emma… On Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/quiltedquads/ On Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/emma_why/ Volunteering at the Trylon every other Friday On Trylove episodes about WATERSHIP DOWN (1978) and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #TheThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: You know what it is.

  7. Jun 2

    Episode 385: DRAGNET GIRL (1933)

    Help the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K SURPRISE! We’ve got one more Kinuyo Tanaka movie in the tank, because Cody and Jason weren’t able to get 80s Action Extravaganza tickets this year. With Cody out anyway, we’re covering DRAGNET GIRL, our first silent film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. It has a very, VERY different energy from his better-known works with color and sound (for better and worse). A gangster and his moll enter a sort of love triangle when a scrappy ruffian wants to join the gang — only for the young upstart’s sister to catch the gangster’s eye. What follows on Trylove is a discussion of queer subtext (on which we’re not experts), prewar Japanese social constructs of masculinity (on which we’re not experts), and how cool this movie could be if it was like 35 minutes shorter (we’re kind of experts on that one tbh). Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Movie of the Week: Dragnet Girl’” by Richard Brody for The New Yorker (April 15, 2015) Trylove Episode 190: FOREVER A WOMAN (1955) (aka THE ETERNAL BREASTS) Trylove Episode 192: LOVE LETTER (1953) Trylove Episode 193: GIRLS OF THE NIGHT (1961) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #TheBalladOfKinuyoTanaka #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music from the DRAGNET GIRL soundtrack we heard when watching it at home, but I legitimately cannot find out who composed or performed that version.

  8. May 26

    Episode 384: THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958)

    Help the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K The Trylon’s series on Kinuyo Tanaka’s acting roles ends with a bang: Keisuke Kinoshita’s THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (no, not the 1983 version that won the Palme d’Or). It’s a dire tale: Tanaka plays an old woman on the cusp of 70, at which point she’ll be taken to the top of a mountain to die alone so her village can conserve food. And Bleak Week isn’t even here yet! The story itself is only ALMOST as interesting as how it’s told. A mix of traditional Japanese dramatic styles are filmed with a colorful expressiveness and visual dynamism that seems to undercut the stoic, passionless ritual at its heart. In this Harry-less episode, we discuss the subversive literary origins of this story, the way its cinematography helps you keep time and dread its passing, and the possibility that THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA is at war with itself. Then, we unwind with a lyrics guessing game based on peak millennial ballads. We also get into it about Werther’s® Originals®. Or is it Werther’s® Original®? Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: Find film critic and Trylove guest Matt Clark’s new zines on his blog, Kino Ventura, at https://kino-ventura.blogspot.com/ “The Astonishing Theatrical Style in The Ballad of Narayama (1958)“ by Zach Staads for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “Ballad of Narayama” by Darragh O’Donoghue for Senses of Cinema (February 2013) “Japan Twang: Tsugaru-jamisen with Sato Michiyoshi” (Kalamazoo Public Library, 2018) Trylove Episode 190: FOREVER A WOMAN (1955) (aka THE ETERNAL BREASTS) Trylove Episode 192: LOVE LETTER (1953) Trylove Episode 193: GIRLS OF THE NIGHT (1961) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #TheBalladOfKinuyoTanaka #DCP Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music by Chūji Kinoshita and Matsunosuke Nozawa from THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 384: THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958) 1:41 - Whadja Watch This Week? 16:38 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 18:24 - We had no expectations and that’s a good way to go in 22:06 - An arresting musicality and framing 40:46 - Where the style and heart of the movie diverge 48:52 - What ubasute means to the characters in this movie 1:04:52 - Why Westerners maybe can't relate to the "elder care" thing as much 1:10:26 - The narrative you expect vs the narrative you get 1:20:58 - The Junk Drawer 1:31:40 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1958 1:32:34 - Cody’s Noteys: The Ballad of Millennial (lyrics trivia from late ‘90s and early ‘00s songs)

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    Trylove
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
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