Cinecast #94: Brick
It took five years for writer/director Rian Johnson to get his debut film made, and as far as Cinecast is concerned, it was worth the wait. Currently in limited release, "Brick" is burdened by a premise that's almost too clever -- Dashiell Hammett-inspired noir in a modern day high school setting -- but among the film's many pleasant surprises is just how expertly first-timer Johnson puts it all together, from the swift dialogue to the Lynchian humor to the carefully composed cinematography. It helps to have a crack cast of great young actors, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Sam Spade stand-in Brendan Frye, and Lukas Haas as 'The Pin'. Admirable for its willingness to confound, "Brick" deserves -- and rewards -- your attention.
Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre, and a preview of this week's Top 5 ... Movies About Money. (Thanks to listener Jared Sorensen for the suggestion in honor of Tax Day.)
Notes: After 93 shows and with your hosts once again 800 miles away from each other in separate studios, it was inevitable that the audio quality of one or two shows might not be up to our usual standards. In this case, Sam sounds fine; Adam sounds vaguely like he's speaking into a Fisher-Price Karaoke machine. We're not sure what went wrong -- it's the same setup we used for shows #90 and #91 -- but we apologize and will be sure to correct it for next week ... Also, Cinecast #95 will be available a day early by visiting Peerflix's Peerblog at blog.peerflix.com. This site and our feed will be updated as usual on Friday morning, but if you're jonesing for Friday's show, you can access it over at Peerblog on Thursday.
Music by Chuck Prophet from the album "No Other Love."
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Cinecast #94
:39-19:58 - Review: "Brick"
Music: Chuck Prophet, "That's How Much I Need Your Love"
20:38-23:40 - New DVD Releases, Peerflix DVD Winner
23:41-25:17 - Donations/Nicknames
25:18-29:06 - Notes, Poll Questions
29:07-34:29 - Listener Feedback (101 Greatest Screenplays)
Music: Chuck Prophet, "After the Rain"
35:04-37:49 - Massacre Theatre
37:50-42:39 - Top 5 Preview: Movies About Money
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13 Comments:
There is some audio strangeness happening around Adam in this episode. Different microphone and/or recording location?
Just curious. Strange audio quality or no, the quality of content is good, as always.
There is an explanation in the Notes for the show.
Yes, and the Official Cinecast, "Why do you need to pay attention to details?" Ed Woodies Award goes to... me, apparently.
-RT
Don't sweat it... I knew most people wouldn't read the notes, and yet, I want people to be aware of it. Unfortunately, Friday's show will be the same way. Maybe we should put a little audio disclaimer before the show... I don't know.
Nah, it sounds fine.
Next week, the Top Five Movies That Take Place Underwater, in honor of Adam's microphone; but for this week, my top pick for Movies About Money would have to be DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp. While not as good an overall film as Trading Places or Brewster's Millions, it does feature Scrooge McDuck swimming through a bin full of golden coins.
'The Argentinian Goose Step': beautiful. Thanks, Sam!
I can't believe it! I hate all of these crappy horror movies, especially horror movies based on video games... but I'm intrigued by Silent Hill too! The first half of the trailer looks like it could be great. I thought something was wrong with me... Thanks!
Jake
You guys obviously have never played any of the Silent Hill video games, because if you had, you'd be incredibly psyched for this movie...seriously, I was scared more by the first game than I was by most horror movies.
I'm just excited about it because of Christophe Gans's involvement. Brotherhood of the Wolf was fantastic!
Brick is an incredible film. I actually looked over at my friend halfway through the film and said, "this is fantastic" - which I never do. The language and the mood are all done perfectly. Everyone should see this film, but when they don't, this is gonna be a gem of a DVD to introduce people to.
wlg
is the show gonna still go up on the peerflix blog?
Yes, should be up soon...
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