The Big Picture

‘Fast X’ and the Desecration of Movies. Plus: Paul Schrader!

May 19, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Unsuccessful Fast and the Furious Movie
03:06 • 3min
3
Fast Five: The Apotheosis of the Franchise
06:02 • 3min
4
The Fast Act: A Fast and Furious Movie
09:32 • 4min
5
Tom Cruise and the Body in Space
13:03 • 2min
6
Vin Diesel and the Fast Franchise
14:52 • 2min
7
The Death Rattle
16:23 • 2min
8
The Death Rattles of the James Bond Franchise
18:20 • 2min
9
The Most Cynical Fucking Thing I've Ever Seen in My Life
20:00 • 2min
10
The End of Mission Impossible
21:44 • 2min
11
The Snap. Defend It. Go
24:07 • 2min
12
Brie Larson in Short Term 12
25:54 • 2min
13
Reacher: The New Jack Reacher
28:10 • 2min
14
How to Do 30 Pushups
29:47 • 2min
15
The Importance of Consequences
31:57 • 2min
16
The Tacky's Death
33:37 • 2min
17
FastX: A Movie That Can Just Be FedExed All Over the World
35:22 • 2min
18
The Fissure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
37:16 • 3min
19
Master Gardener Is the Emotional, Tonal, Structural, Intellectual Inverse of FastX
40:29 • 4min
20
Paul Schrader: The Movie Nerd of the Movie Neanderthals
44:34 • 2min
21
Master Gardener: A Provocation
46:06 • 3min
22
Schrader's Decision to End the Story in This Way Is Fascinating
48:48 • 5min
23
What Is Your Masculine Ideal?
53:28 • 3min
24
The Big Picture: A Conversation With Poshrader
56:25 • 5min
25
The Tax Driver
01:01:51 • 5min
26
The Limits of Forgiveness
01:06:37 • 4min
27
Why I Made a More Romantic Film
01:10:59 • 2min
28
The Metaphor of the Nationalists
01:12:54 • 6min
29
The Fungible Process of Making a Movie
01:18:45 • 5min
30
The End of Hardcore
01:24:09 • 7min