Eraser feat. Séamus Malekafzali
Hit Factory
English - May 12, 2023 14:21 - 1 hour - 122 MBFilm Reviews TV & Film film film reviews movies film history 1990s 1990s movies 90s movies pop culture movie reviews pop culture podcast Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Journalist and writer Séamus Malekafzali joins us to discuss the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle 'Eraser'. It's an above average & satisfyingly self-aware film that represents the waning impact of a once-dependable action formula.
We discuss the film's gleeful subversions of action movie tropes and the ways it challenges Arnold's well-cultivated action hero status, the star's late-90s twilight years before his next era as a politiician, and the seemingly long-abandoned notion of vertically integrated tie-in materials for big studio releases.
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