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Episode 140: HARVEY (1950)
October 15, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBIt’s impossible to deny the charm of HARVEY, because if you do, you’re choosing ‘smart’ over ‘pleasant.’ Of those two, you know which we’d recommend. The titular non-character might be described as an invisible, six-foot-three-and-a-half-inch, anthropomorphic rabbit, but Harvey is so much more than a “benign but mischievous creature”: it’s a highlight of the inherent value of personhood, an appeal to consciousness of the other, and a rejection of the bourgeois pressures of society – all wrapp...
Episode 139: RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (1995) with Seth Zarate
October 08, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBFeaturing special guest Seth Zarate (https://twitter.com/snzarate)! With one eye on Chinese martial arts and one eye on American ‘tude, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX was Jackie Chan’s breakout Western hit. There’s dirtbike gangs in the streets, diamond-peddling crime syndicates, a hoverboat – everything you’d expect from an American action comedy, just with 100% more Jackie Chan. More violent, more outspoken, more plot-heavy, and just a bit less fun than Jackie’s Hong Kong films, RUMBLE also functions,...
Episode 138: SHERLOCK, JR. (1924) with Chris Polley
September 30, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBFeaturing special guest Chris Polley (https://twitter.com/qhrizpolley) of Film Trace (https://linktr.ee/filmtrace)! Sure, SHERLOCK, JR. is a century-old masterwork of performance, direction, and editing that still rouses today – but it also demonstrates an awareness of its audience that’s been rarely seen since. In many ways, it democratized physical comedy and stunt craft in general, which is part of what makes it the case study for the value of human labor in practical effects that it is to...
Episode 137: BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (1999) with Emily Csuy & Charlie Mackin
September 24, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBFeaturing special guests Emily Csuy (of Stoop Kidz!: A Hey Arnold! Podcast) and Charlie Mackin (https://twitter.com/charliemander13)! BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER is Jamie Babbit’s tacky, iconic entry in the history of sardonic queer cinema, panned at release but brought back as a cult classic by the queer communities it was made for. Its dire subject matter (an all-American cheerleader discovers her homosexuality by force when she’s sent to conversion therapy) is wrapped in a bubblegum aesthetic a...
Episode 136: DRUNKEN MASTER II (1994) aka THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER (2000)
September 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBDRUNKEN MASTER II, known as THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER on its belated stateside release, is an absolute high watermark of the kung fu genre. Its classically dazzling choreography would be enough to earn it a place among the all-time best, but its anti-Western/pro-worker plot and artful filming really put it in another tier. At the same time, it works at a very basic level: watching people move like this, and watching their environments change around them, is a fundamentally joyous byproduct...
Episode 135: WINGS OF DESIRE (1987) with Kelly Krantz
September 08, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBContent warnings: Suicide. This week, we’re joined by Trylonteer and movie lover Kelly Krantz (https://twitter.com/kransekage_) to discuss one of Wim Wenders’ classic films: WINGS OF DESIRE! WINGS OF DESIRE tells the story of Damiel and Cassiel, angels floating above Cold War-era Berlin, studying, analyzing, and listening to our inner thoughts – but never revealing their presence. Damiel eventually pines for the inimitable “now”-ness of the human condition, embodied in Marion, a trapeze arti...
Episode 134: SPRING BREAKERS (2012)
September 04, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBContent warning: Explicit discussions of sexual content, drug use, and some crude but good-natured goofing. Fuck James Franco. The opening scenes of SPRING BREAKERS showcase two intentional worlds: One is a sardonic sensory overload, full of “bikinis and big booties”’ the other is a wry examination of cultural assumption through racial aesthetics, fraught with the implications of finding your own identity at the expense of another. When four college girls break bad to fund their spring break ...
Episode 133: KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989) (feat. Charlie Mackin)
August 26, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBFeaturing returning guest Charlie Mackin (https://twitter.com/charliemander13)! KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE is about how the journey to self-actualization, despite being an internal one, is never taken alone. Thirteen-year-old Kiki ventures off to find her own identity as a witch – whatever that may be – and learns more about herself, her talents, and how others appreciate them (or don’t) when she tries doing the thing she loves for a living. We’re known fans of Studio Ghibli’s repertoire, but K...
Episode 132: NIGHT MOVES (1975) (feat. Matt Clark)
August 20, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBFeaturing returning guest Matt Clark (https://twitter.com/themplsmatt)! If NIGHT MOVES isn’t quite like other neonoirs of the 1970s, it’s because of Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman), a tragic antihero whose fatal flaw can’t really be called “hubris” because he actively seeks out his own problems and never accepts their resolution. When the “perfect” case lands in his lap (the 13-year-old daughter (Melanie Griffith) of a starlet past her prime (Janet Ward goes missing with her ex-lover as the only ...
Episode 131: KEY LARGO (1948)
August 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBKEY LARGO is a story about leaving to change things, only to come back and get caught up in them all over again. It’s a tightly wound noir stuck in a flimsy boarding house off the coast of Florida where an ex-GI, a war widow, a hounded mobster, a group of Seminole Indians, and many more seek freedom – and find instead signposts that the world they hoped to build never came to be after World War II. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail...
Episode 130: LADY TERMINATOR (1988)
August 04, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 38.7 MBFirst she mates… then she terminates. Then we talk about it! Maybe you can’t say LADY TERMINATOR is more than the sum of its parts (problematic depictions of women, poor editing, and a sometimes shot-for-shot ripoff of THE TERMINATOR (1984)), but it absolutely doesn’t need to be. Blending Indonesian folklore with ‘80s action tropes and a healthy dose of exploitation, it’s roughly about the curse of 100 generations coming to roost in the innocent young. But it’s so much a product of its time a...
Episode 129: MIRROR (1975)
July 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBWarning: This podcast was recorded at 7 a.m. Central on a Sunday morning. Minor bullshit, “on one”-ness, and legitimately enlightening discussion ensue. It was stupid of me to write that THE SACRIFICE (1986) is Tarkovsky’s most personal film. That’s definitely MIRROR. Depicting stories from Tarkovsky’s own life and cognition with a dreamlike throughline, it’s a movie that seeks to explore the relationship of self and memory rather than explain it. It can be hard to even summarize, full of no...
Episode 128: THE SACRIFICE (1986) (feat. Seth Zarate)
July 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBFeaturing special guest Seth Zarate (https://twitter.com/snzarate)! Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film might also be his most personal. Through the tale of a family rendered catatonic by impending nuclear obliteration and one man’s fateful gambit to avoid disaster, he wrestles with the morality of human existence, the sin of the unnecessary, and the role of faith in determining the self. It was a first for all of us, and while we didn’t all go in with the same expectations, we all came to what we...
Episode 127: CLAUDINE (1974)
July 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB(Listening note: Harry was late, so we start the episode by talking bullshit about Star Wars and some other stuff. Use the timestamps to skip to the good stuff.) CLAUDINE isn’t a textbook blaxploitation film, but it leans on those tropes and expectations to subvert them in a really radical way, especially in the context of its 1974 release. The story of a struggling mother on welfare finding love with a hardworking man amid the trials of life under capitalism is given a sharper edge by its s...
Episode 126: THE FACULTY (1998) (feat. Eric Leith & Seth Zarate)
July 07, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBFeaturing special guests Eric Leith (https://twitter.com/unintellivision) and Seth Zarate (https://twitter.com/snzarate)! THE FACULTY lifts from sci-fi and horror touchstones like ALIEN (1979), THE TERMINATOR (1984), and THE THING (1982), deconstructing classic tropes and even whole scenes in a high school context. It’s not as heady as that makes it sound, but it’s still fun and subversive in a lot of the right ways. In this episode, we discuss the movie’s sense of cheek, great creature effe...
Episode 125: SAY ANYTHING (1989)
June 30, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBOur Polly Platt series comes to an end with one of the producer, production designer, and hitmaker’s best-known works: the ur-teen romcom SAY ANYTHING… We discuss the movie’s status as romcom classic, the questionable influence of the American dream over the lives of vulnerable youth, whether or not Lloyd Dobler is a simp, and whether or not they should’ve cut the “ding” from the final shot of the movie. IYKYK. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylove...
Episode 124: BOTTLE ROCKET (1996)
June 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBIn BOTTLE ROCKET, Wes Anderson focuses on the moments before you realize it’s time to say goodbye – to your friends, your family, the person you thought you were, and the person you thought you’d become. Without his toyetic visual indulgences, Anderson’s style reveals a somewhat more heartfelt version of the real relationships between goofy characters that populate his later movies. Resources: - Bottle Rocket (Short Film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrt-ZKa4u0k - Life Underground: an LGB...
Episode 123: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983)
June 16, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBIn this episode, the first non-Boggie in our Polly Platt series, we discuss TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, Albert Brooks’s ‘real’ character drama. We discuss how its core conflicts do (and don’t) round out its characters, how nice it is to see the uncomfortable parts of family relationships portrayed unwincingly (if unconvincingly), and Jack Nicholson’s undeniable, scene-chewing sluttiness. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in tou...
Episode 122: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971)
June 09, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBIn Peter Bogdanovich’s THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, two generations in a 1950s Texas town come to grips with the promise of postwar American glory when it turns out to be a myth. In this episode, we discuss how the movie finds its moral center amid a pedestrian malaise, the clear contributions of Polly Platt, and present-day parallels to the real-life cinema facing closure in Uptown Minneapolis. Resources: - “Watching The Last Picture Show with Tom Ford” by F.X. Feeney for DGA Quarterly: https://ww...
Episode 121: TARGETS (1968) (feat. Jenny Ackerson)
June 02, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBFeaturing special guest Jenny Ackerson (https://twitter.com/ackersonjenny)! The directorial debut of Roger Corman protégé Peter Bogdanovich is a startling, screeching indictment of the past and future of American violence, and what it looks like when they meet in the present. Following the parallel stories of aging classic horror star Byron Orlok (Boris Karloff) and quietly disgruntled, emasculated veteran Bobby Thompson (Tim O’Kelly), TARGETS is a portrait of the low-budget, high-tension fil...
Episode 120: PLAYTIME (1967)
May 26, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBAs Jacques Tati’s best-remembered film, PLAYTIME is a technical achievement on many levels. The crew built an entire city block, complete with skyscraper façades and cardboard extras, to manufacture a grey, corporatized Paris against which to feature its many layered gags. It’s fitting, then, that the film’s third-act script-flip, which corrals us into a wonderfully chaotic nightclub, feels so freeing. But because the film is neither as pointed as MON ONCLE (1958) nor as dour as TRAFIC (1971...
Episode 119: TRAFIC (1971)
May 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBWhat TRAFIC lacks in punchlines, it makes up in pathos. A sidestep from the meticulous comedic craftwork that defined Tati’s masterpieces, it doesn’t feature many of the clever gags seen in MON ONCLE (1958) or LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT (1953). It feels a little empty, actually – until you get used to its currents of anti-comedy and high-minded statements about the folly of man and the ways we get around without going anywhere. Support organizations and causes providing aid to the Palest...
Episode 118: LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT (1953)
May 12, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBMaybe because it’s the debut of M. Hulot, LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT (MR. HULOT’S HOLIDAY) isn’t quite as consistent, coherent, or radical in its messaging as MON ONCLE (1958). What it IS, however, is a string of great bits and vibes from the French coast. In this episode, we run down our favorite gags from the film, discuss how it distills the bizarre experience of vacationing, ponder its use of sound to show silent film jokes, and spend more than the usual amount of time talking about M...
Episode 117: MON ONCLE (1958)
May 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBM. Hulot isn’t so much a fly in the ointment of the bourgeoisie as a flashlight on the silliest aspects of their way of life. He’s a picture of Franco goofiness rooted in the rural; the chaotic; the human. MON ONCLE is Jacques Tati’s blocking masterclass that maps the geometry of homes, cities, streets, and factories onto the characters that move within them to illustrate the contrast between high society and the commonfolk. Support organizations fighting for the survival and protection of Mi...
Episode 116: POINT BREAK (1991) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #5/5)
April 27, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBThe Trylon’s playing movies we already recorded on earlier in the pandemic, so we’ve changed the rules for a short Non-’Lon Series on movies we HAVEN’T seen and may never see at the Trylon! They say it’s not tragic to die doing what you love, which is why the Non-’Lon BoysPick series is dying with POINT BREAK (1991), the most Dudes Rock movie ever. It’s a thoughtful exploration of a cop’s ability to find a soul, what he has to give up to find it, and the people who help him do it. In our disc...
Episode 115: PINK FLOYD – THE WALL (1982) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #4)
April 20, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBThe Trylon’s playing movies we already recorded on earlier in the pandemic, so we’ve changed the rules for a short Non-’Lon Series on movies we HAVEN’T seen and may never see at the Trylon! Aaron’s pick takes us to the dystopian UK of 1982’s PINK FLOYD – THE WALL, a musical journey through not just one man’s steady decline into fascist individualism, but that of all of Western society. In this discussion, we consider what the visual story structure does for the music it’s based on, what elem...
Episode 115: PINK FLOYD – THE WALL (1982) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #4/5)
April 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBThe Trylon’s playing movies we already recorded on earlier in the pandemic, so we’ve changed the rules for a short Non-’Lon Series on movies we HAVEN’T seen and may never see at the Trylon! Aaron’s pick takes us to the dystopian UK of 1982’s PINK FLOYD – THE WALL, a musical journey through not just one man’s steady decline into fascist individualism, but that of all of Western society. In this discussion, we consider what the visual story structure does for the music it’s based on, what eleme...
Episode 114: MONEYBALL (2011) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #3)
April 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBThe Trylon’s playing movies we already recorded on earlier in the pandemic, so we’ve changed the rules for a short Non-’Lon Series on movies we HAVEN’T seen and may never see at the Trylon! Sports correspondent Cody chose MONEYBALL (2011), a baseball-centric movie that fits so well in his wheelhouse, it’s a wonder we haven’t talked about it until now. Over the course of our conversation, we discuss the movie’s unique focus on the system of baseball as well as the game; the staid status quo o...
Episode 114: MONEYBALL (2011) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #3/5)
April 13, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBThe Trylon’s playing movies we already recorded on earlier in the pandemic, so we’ve changed the rules for a short Non-’Lon Series on movies we HAVEN’T seen and may never see at the Trylon! Sports correspondent Cody chose MONEYBALL (2011), a baseball-centric movie that fits so well in his wheelhouse, it’s a wonder we haven’t talked about it until now. Over the course of our conversation, we discuss the movie’s unique focus on the system of baseball as well as the game; the staid status quo of...
Episode 113: PERFECT BLUE (1997) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #2)
April 06, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBWhen we announced our "Non-'Lon" Series last week, how long did you wager it'd take before one of the boys chose an anime? If you guessed "immediately," we have good news! This week, Harry selected the late great Satoshi Kon's debut feature film, PERFECT BLUE (1997), an eerily prescient psychological horror film about a J-pop idol's reality unraveling that proved so visionary and influential that Western directors like Aronofsky and Nolan made careers out of ripping it off. In this episode...
Episode 113: PERFECT BLUE (1997) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #2/5)
April 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBWhen we announced our "Non-'Lon" Series last week, how long did you wager it'd take before one of the boys chose an anime? If you guessed "immediately," we have good news! This week, Harry selected the late great Satoshi Kon's debut feature film, PERFECT BLUE (1997), an eerily prescient psychological horror film about a J-pop idol's reality unraveling that proved so visionary and influential that Western directors like Aronofsky and Nolan made careers out of ripping it off. In this episode, ...
Episode 112: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #1)
March 30, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBThe Trylon’s playing movies we already recorded on earlier in the pandemic, so we’ve changed the rules for a short Non-’Lon Series on movies we HAVEN’T seen and may never see at the Trylon! Jason kicks us off with RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981), a seminal action-adventure ah hell, you know what RAIDERS is. It’s 40 years old in 2021, so we’re putting on our goggles and giving it a close contemporary read. Of course, we all kinda gush about it (and simp for Karen Allen [really hope she doesn’...
Episode 112: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #1/5)
March 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBThe Trylon’s playing movies we already recorded on earlier in the pandemic, so we’ve changed the rules for a short Non-’Lon Series on movies we HAVEN’T seen and may never see at the Trylon! Jason kicks us off with RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981), a seminal action-adventure ah hell, you know what RAIDERS is. It’s 40 years old in 2021, so we’re putting on our goggles and giving it a close contemporary read. Of course, we all kinda gush about it (and simp for Karen Allen [really hope she doesn’t ...
Episode 111: DAMNATION (1988)
March 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 38.6 MBContent warning: Pubes. So much of Béla Tarr’s DAMNATION punishes. It tries to convince its characters (a crushed singer, her husband, her drug-running boyfriend, the hellish bartender at the point of their intersection) that words aren’t worth speaking, that any distance is too far to cross, and that what change you do make to the world will be undone by someone close to you. But in between particularly long long takes, the way it frames communist Hungary is a rebuke of that: words being spo...
Episode 110: CRUISING (1980) [feat. Ben Savard]
March 15, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBFeaturing special guest and Trylon volunteer Ben Savard (https://twitter.com/itbenjaminscott)! A crime thriller with shades of coming-of-age set in New York City on the cusp of the AIDS crisis, CRUISING’s depiction of S&M was rightly met by the skepticism and distrust of the gay community during its production and release. In retrospect, it advocates for the recognition of both the S&M and LGBTQ communities through a tragic, terrifying, ambiguous tale of loss, betrayal, and the poisonous con...
Episode 109: TIME BANDITS (1981) [feat. Seth Zarate]
March 09, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBIf you squint, there’s something behind the curtain of Terry Gilliam’s TIME BANDITS (1981) – but you really gotta squint tight. Seth Zarate joins again to help us take a closer look at what it’s saying about curiosity, how long is too long for a bit, and the lessons of history. 1:03:41 - Cody’s Noteys (Timelove) Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/ Them...
Episode 108: 2046 (2004)
March 02, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBWong Kar-wai reconciles with his own masterpiece in 2046, a reflection on the characters, places, and relationships he displayed over a decades-long career. Chow, the writer protagonist of IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000), takes up the playboy lifestyle after his near-affair with Su Li-zhen and moves into a new apartment, where he begins weaving his real-life interactions with his fellow tenants into his unpublished sci-fi novella. Part hobby and part therapy, the exercise slowly turns the pen bac...
Episode 107: THE HAND (2004)
February 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBCW: Discussions of sex work and abuse. In Wong Kar-wai’s short film THE HAND, released recently for the first time in its extended cut, a touch lasts forever. While it’s a compressed version of the director’s style, THE HAND is still a classic tragedy of love and loss across class divisions, exploring the hand – and a person’s entire being – as a tool for connection. At just 59 minutes, THE HAND is stitched together with a care that belies both the aloof professionalism of its titular call gi...
Episode 106: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000)
February 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBWong Kar-wai’s masterpiece IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE is an unimpeachable culmination of his best filmmaking tendencies, honed to a devastating sheen. In this story of two reticent would-be lovers bonding over the infidelity of their spouses, to be “in the mood for love” means to recognize who you are when you love, the roles and identities that come with loving outside yourself, and the ablution of self under the innate human desire for connection. 48:36 - The Aaron Grossman Wong Kar-wai Filmed Ap...
Episode 105: HAPPY TOGETHER (1997) [feat. Jenny Ackerson & Aegor Ray]
February 09, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBCW: Depictions of sex work. The Wong Kar-watch continues with HAPPY TOGETHER, a searing portrait of love in places of unbelonging (and Wong’s only Cannes winner to date). We’re joined by returning guest Jenny Ackerson and writer Aegor Ray for our discussion, which delves into ill-fated relationship of Fai and Po-wing, two Hong Kong ex-lovers stuck in Buenos Aires, as well as Wong’s portrayal of unglamorous queer love in ways that both leverage and buck his trademark visual panache. Follow Aeg...
Episode 104: FALLEN ANGELS (1995)
February 02, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBCW: Depictions of mental illness. Just a year after CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994), Wong Kar-wai found out he couldn’t stay away from that story – so he found another, more perverse way to tell a tale of Chungking Mansions and the Midnight Express in FALLEN ANGELS. More explicitly profane than the Wong films we’ve covered so far, it still retains his signature yearning, longing, and lusting – but this time, with a bloody, horny, funny, beaming sheen that makes it unique in his filmography. 23:37 - ...
Episode 103: CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994) [feat. Jenny Ackerson]
January 26, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBWong Kar-wai’s “inverse stories” structure really hits its stride in CHUNGKING EXPRESS, illustrating love as fleeting, important, slow, and instantaneous with the not-quite-parallel stories of the blonde, the cop, the MPDG, and… the cop. Jenny is back to help us discuss one of Wong’s better-known films (and one of her favorites), which she says uses a “call and response” style and characters that embody the different ways people value time with those they love through routines and rituals – ...
Episode 102: DAYS OF BEING WILD (1990)
January 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBFrom the opening shots of Wong Kar-wai’s DAYS OF BEING WILD (1990), it’s clear that the real world is less important than making its characters – and its audience – feel. Harry calls it “almost Lynchian," using vague timelines and liminal spaces to foreground moment-to-moment emotion rather than adhere to a prescriptive structure. Without a single clear perspective or identity, it’s communicating the essential dependency every person has on the people and world around them. Whether or not we ...
Episode 101: AS TEARS GO BY (1988) [feat. Jenny Ackerson]
January 12, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBAre you making choices for now or for the future? AS TEARS GO BY, the debut film by acclaimed Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, occasionally feels like a sketch of the oeuvre to come – but in its strongest moments, it’s an essential part of his filmography. Returning guest and Wong Kar Wai stan Jenny Ackerson helps us pick apart the film’s use of visual form, tragedy, and hubris as they would come to define the filmmaker’s heartfelt signature. Follow Jenny on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ack...
Episode 100: A GOOFY MOVIE (1995) Table Read [feat. Guests of Trylove Past]
January 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBWe actually did it. For our 100th episode, we’re very lucky to be joined by six close friends and returning guests for a dramatic table read of the script of A GOOFY MOVIE (1995) written by Jymn Magon, Chris Matheson, and Brian Pimental. Thanks to Jenny Ackerson, Eric Leith, Charlie Mackin, Kyle Olson, Matt Yost, and Seth Zarate! Also, Aaron got Jim Cummings (Pete) and Rob Paulsen (P.J.) to wish us a happy 100th, which is the coolest thing that’s ever happened. Thanks to all our listeners, gu...
The 2020 𝓖𝓸𝓵𝓭𝓮𝓷 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂 Awards
December 29, 2020 00:00 - 2 hours - 82.4 MBThis is it. The definitive ranking of all things Trylon, all things 2020. Join us as we throw down to pare down another year of movies, podcasting, and noteys. It all ends here. 20:51 - Best “Trylove in the Time of Corona” Episode 34:30 - Trylon Event We’re Saddest About Missing 45:13 - Best Trylon Dry Run 1:04:18 - The Rashominies Award for the Movie Most Egregiously Longer Than RASHOMON (1950) 1:09:33 - Best Score 1:19:11 - Trylon Movie We're Saddest About Not Recording On 1:30:00 - Best Fi...
Episode 98: SWORD OF DOOM (1966)
December 22, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.5 MBCW: discussion of sexual assault as plot. As jidaigeki, samurai period pieces, Kurosawa’s films often level critiques against power structures by depicting their effects on laypeople. Kihachi Okamoto’s SWORD OF DOOM touches on those with a tale of violence set amid the resistance of the Meiji Restoration in 19th century Japan, using distinctly un-Kurosawa styles to heighten reality just ever so much. Tatsuya Nakadai’s unhinged, wayward swordsman, Ryunosuke, doesn’t have A moral code. He has w...
Episode 97: REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)
December 15, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBNot quite a feel-good Christmas film nor an acerbic character piece, REMEMBER THE NIGHT seems to forget what it wants to be after the first act. Mired in early WWII sentiments (and prejudice) about traditional values and self-sacrifice, it risks being scuttled by its uneven parts – but it’s spared the worst thanks to some dynamite performances from Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in...
Episode 96: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) [feat. Jenny Ackerson & Griffin Fillipitch]
December 08, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBFeaturing special guests Jenny Ackerson and Griffin Fillipitch! Floriography holds that honeysuckle connotes everlasting devotion. How fitting, then, that Henry Neff never notices the honeysuckle (or love, or deception) until it’s too late. Actually, by the time anyone realizes what’s right in front of them in Billy Wilder’s seminal noir DOUBLE INDEMNITY, things are out of their hands. If only they’d stop their double-crossing, their murdering, and their murdering, maybe things would be a lit...
Episode 95: SORRY, WRONG NUMBER (1948)
December 01, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBOrson Welles called SORRY, WRONG NUMBER "the greatest single radio script ever written". It does not translate so well to film. But it IS really fun to examine with 72 years of perspective. How did the ways we communicate change when we brought telephones, formerly an element of commercial and industrial society, into our homes? What kinds of stories and performances were created when we chose to let other people's ghosts haunt our living spaces? Why don't we see Burt Lancaster's feet? Follow...