The Uncut Gems Podcast - Episode 133 (Hardcore)
The Uncut Gems PodcastThe Uncut Gems Podcast is a show where a bunch of like-minded individuals gather around a virtual table to discuss films that for one reason or another have become forgotten. Tongues pressed firmly in cheek, the team don their film historian top hats and rant from sedentary positions to hopefully conclude whether the film in question deserves to be covered by sands of time or if it is a classic in dire need of attention.
In this episode of the show we talking about Paul Schrader's Hardcore as we begin our August journey through porn-adjacent days of summer. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how much this movie owes to The Searchers, how hard it must be for Paul Schrader to shake off Taxi Driver, how the movie might be autobiographical in places and how it would have been a different beast if the original ending was kept. We also talk about Schrader's lens he uses to portray the lurid nightlife of LA, the perils of religiosity, the horror of sitting down in a grindhouse cinema, and that Peter Boyle plays the best private detective in the world!
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Produced and hosted by Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
Featuring: Jak-Luke Sharp & Tony Larder
Edited by Jakub Flasz
