Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast and HollywoodChicago.com’s Pat “The Uber Critic” McDonald amp up the paranoia with a “Reelpolitik” look at The Parallax View! Alan J. Pakula’s precursor to All the President’s Men finds Warren Beatty dodging death and searching for the truth behind a senator’s assassination. The down-on-his-luck newspaper reporter soon discovers that the only person he can trust is himself, and that not even he is a reliable source!

Ian and Pat unravel the film’s eerily prescient ideas about the political/industrial complex; chuckle at Beatty’s amazing luck; and find parallels to Parallax in the modern political climate!

Also, Ian layers on the spandex and heads down to The Spoiler Room for a round table review of Mystery Men, and shares a video for Pat’s music duo, The Dark Room Men!

Episode 574 died of natural causes!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 4:30

The Parallax View Trailer: 4:30 - 6:58

The Parallax View Discussion: 6:58 - 56:49

Outro Music: 56:49 - 57:17

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