The Big Picture

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

May 19, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Unsuccessful Fast and the Furious Movie

3min

Fast Five: The Apotheosis of the Franchise

3min

The Fast Act: A Fast and Furious Movie

4min

Tom Cruise and the Body in Space

2min

Vin Diesel and the Fast Franchise

2min

The Death Rattle

2min

The Death Rattles of the James Bond Franchise

2min

The Most Cynical Fucking Thing I've Ever Seen in My Life

2min

10.

The End of Mission Impossible

2min

11.

The Snap. Defend It. Go

2min

12.

Brie Larson in Short Term 12

2min

13.

Reacher: The New Jack Reacher

2min

14.

How to Do 30 Pushups

2min

15.

The Importance of Consequences

2min

16.

The Tacky's Death

2min

17.

FastX: A Movie That Can Just Be FedExed All Over the World

2min

18.

The Fissure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

3min

19.

Master Gardener Is the Emotional, Tonal, Structural, Intellectual Inverse of FastX

4min

20.

Paul Schrader: The Movie Nerd of the Movie Neanderthals

2min

21.

Master Gardener: A Provocation

3min

22.

Schrader's Decision to End the Story in This Way Is Fascinating

5min

23.

What Is Your Masculine Ideal?

3min

24.

The Big Picture: A Conversation With Poshrader

5min

25.

The Tax Driver

5min

26.

The Limits of Forgiveness

4min

27.

Why I Made a More Romantic Film

2min

28.

The Metaphor of the Nationalists

6min

29.

The Fungible Process of Making a Movie

5min

30.

The End of Hardcore

7min

What a double feature. Sean and Amanda discuss ‘Fast X’ and the troubles of the franchise (1:00), before making the hard pivot to Paul Schrader’s ‘Master Gardener’ (40:00). Then, Sean is joined by Schrader to discuss the film, his long career as a writer and director, the state of movies, and more (57:00).

Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Guest: Paul Schrader

Producer: Bobby Wagner

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