8. Catch Me If You Can

My guest for this month is Allen Pike, and he’s joined me to discuss the film he chose for me, the 2002 biographical crime drama film Catch Me If You Can. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly.

Show notes:

Stephen Spielberg is a rather well known director
Frank Abagnale Jr. is a fascinating guy, who is well worth reading about
Pan Am was an airline, that I sorely miss, if only for their amazing graphic design
Tom Hanks is a wonderful actor, also worth reading about
I am indeed attempting to watch all the films in The Criterion Collection
Forest Gump is also a film starring Tom Hanks
There are, honestly, quite a few similarities between me and the Grinch
I think we would mostly all agree that Michael Bay is not a good director
On the other hand, Alfred Hitchcock made wonderful, wonderful films
Whether he was an Auteur or not, however, is a debate best suited for nights spent drinking with friends
I enjoyed this far more than the somewhat similar The Wolf of Wall Street
Many people don’t seem to enjoy Leonardo DiCaprio
If you do though, Titanic and The Aviator are films you might enjoy
I don’t get hating Leo, but Tobey Maguire makes perfect sense to dislike
I love Gangs of New York, but I know not everyone enjoyed it, it’s really long
If you haven’t seen Tom Hanks in Road to Perdition, you really should, it’s great
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks is seriously great, go watch it, now, I’ll wait
The last half hour of No Country for Old Men is certainly divisive amongst moviegoers. I loved it
Quentin Tarantino likes his vignettes, oh yes he does
The loop hole that Frank Abagnale used to pass the Louisiana Bar Exam is now closed
Watching GoodFellas or The Sopranos is probably not the best way to learn how to be in the actual mafia
Impostor syndrome is very real though
Photoshop would have made the forgery we see so much easier
Abagnale served time in France and Sweden, never Switzerland
I guess being an expert check forger makes you a great candidate for a job at the FBI
The Yankees definitely only win because of the pinstripes. There is no other reason
Washington Mutual was a bank, it existed at the time of this film, it collapsed in 2009
Saul Bass did the credits for many great films, including the Otto Preminger masterpiece Anatomy of a Murder
Ocean’s Eleven was definitely not the first heist film, there were many others, some of which are French
Casting James Gandolfini, Ed Harris, and Chloë Sevigny would have made for a very different film
It would have also been very different if directed by David Fincher, Gore Verbinski, Miloš Forman, or Cameron Crowe
Ellen Pompeo from Gray’s Anatomy and Jennifer Garner are great in their bit parts
Sorbet is delicious
Rob Zombie will probably never direct a remake of this film, probably
You should already be reading all the interesting things Allen writes at his website

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