This week, we discuss two films from Japanese director Shohei Yamamura.

The first is The Eel (1997), starring Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho and Akira Emoto. The film is loosely based on the novel On Parole by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura, combined with elements from the director's 1966 film The Pornographers. It shared the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival with Taste of Cherry.

The second is Black Rain (1989), based on the novel of the same name by Masuji Ibuse. The story centres on the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its effect on a surviving family.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:10) – Talk to Me, My Girl, Headhunters, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Bear season 3

The Eel (00:28:00)

Black Rain (00:57:10)

Coin toss (01:13:20)

Links

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Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

This week, we discuss two films from two prominent New German Cinema directors.

The first is Until the End of the World (1991), an epic science fiction adventure drama directed by Wim Wenders. Set at the turn of the millennium in the shadow of a world-changing catastrophe, the film follows a man and woman, played by William Hurt and Solveig Dommartin, as they are pursued across the globe, in a plot involving a device that can record visual experiences and visualise dreams.

The second is Fitzcarraldo (1982), an epic adventure-drama written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog, and starring Klaus Kinski as would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known in Peru as Fitzcarraldo, who is determined to transport a steamship over the Andes mountains to access a rich rubber territory in the Amazon basin.

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:07) – A ton of stuff. Check out our letterboxd accounts for a rundown.

Until the End of the World (00:40:20)

Fitzcarraldo (01:03:30)

Coin toss (01:23:10)

Links

Instagram -

@callitfriendopodcast

@munnywales

@andyjayritchie

Letterboxd –

@andycifpod

@fat-tits mcmahon

Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

This week, we discuss two films featuring friend of the show Roy Scheider.

The first is The Seven-Ups (1973), a neo-noir mystery action thriller produced and directed by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Roy Scheider as a crusading policeman who is the leader of the Seven-Ups, a squad of plainclothes officers who use dirty, unorthodox tactics to snare their quarry on charges leading to prison sentences of seven years or more upon prosecution, hence the name of the team.

The second is Marathon Man (1976), a thriller directed by John Schlesinger. It was adapted by William Goldman from his 1974 novel of the same title and stars Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller.

Timestamps

This podcast contains spoilers for the following films/TV shows:

What we’ve been watching (00:01:02) – Deadpool & Wolverine, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Turbo

The Seven-Ups (00:23:45)

Marathon Man (00:57:40)

Coin toss (01:25:30)

Links

Instagram -

@callitfriendopodcast

@munnywales

@andyjayritchie

Letterboxd –

@andycifpod

@fat-tits mcmahon

Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

The Seven-Ups: Re-edited In the Style of The French Connection - https://youtu.be/jcl1Sc4pjlE

The Seven-Ups Car Chase (1973) - https://youtu.be/9vACWV5sRcY