Completely Conspicuous23 Aug 2022

Completely Conspicuous 596: Pass the Popcorn

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about movie fandom.

Show notes:

- Recorded while driving to Tree House Brewery

- Watching scary movies as a kid

- The Shining still holds up

- Favorite directors: Kubrick, Scorsese, Tarantino

- Jay: After Hours is a fun movie; similar plot to Into the Night, which came out around the same time

- The current state of prestige TV is giving movies a run for their money

- Better Call Saul is the latest great show

- The early days of the pandemic led to watching lots of movies

- Great time to catch up on old favorites and things you missed

- The greatness of The Decline of Western Civilization, Part 2

- U2 was riding high until they released the movie Rattle and Hum

- Lots of movies filmed in our area

- Jay: After we had kids, didn't go to an adult movie in the theater for years

- Movie dates used to be a big deal when we were younger

- Don't do it that much anymore

- The movie viewing experience at home is much better than it used to be

- Phil hasn't been to a movie in a theater since the pandemic started

- Watching edited versions of movies on network TV

- We interact differently with movies today

- Movie recommendations: Jay recommends Prey, The Limey, Burn After Reading, No Country For Old Men, Something Wild, After Hours

- Phil recommends Bernie, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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