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Close Watch Episode 9: ‘The Big Lebowski’ (feat. Kerri Jones)

Call him The Dude, His Dudeness, El Duder, or even El Duderino (if you’re not into the whole brevity thing). Whatever you call Jeff Bridge’s loveable hipster hero in The Big Lebowski, he’s certainly become a cinematic icon.

This episode, Kerri Jones joins the show to help us break down the ethos of The Dude, what it has to say about the culture (and counter-culture), and why so many fans seem ready and willing to convert to Dudeism.

SYNOPSIS
Jeff “The Dude” Leboswki (Jeff Bridges) is mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski (Charles Durning), who is The Big Lebowski. In search of justice, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife (Tara Reid) has been kidnapped, and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak (John Goodman), a Vietnam vet, and Donny (Steve Buscemi).

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Close Watch Episode 8: ‘Time Bandits’ (feat. JC from Screen Fix)

Who needs parents when there’s adventure? That seemed to be the philosophy of fantasy films in the 1980s. And as it turns out, 1981’s Time Bandits might be the granddaddy of all those fan-favorite cult classics.

JC from the Screen Fix podcast joins the show as we talk about how Time Bandits influenced fantasy-adventure films, what the movie really says about childhood versus adult, and that completely bonkers ending.

SYNOPSIS
Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they’ve purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon (Ian Holm), Robin Hood (John Cleese) and King Agamemnon (Sean Connery) before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

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Close Watch Episode 7: ‘Do the Right Thing’ (feat. David Snyder)

Spike Lee is without a doubt one of the most essential filmmakers of his generation. And 1989’s Do the Right Thing is widely considered his masterpiece. So this episode, we’re giving this indelible classic its due.

David Snyder joins the show as we discuss Lee’s ground-breaking use of hip hop in the film, his stellar ensemble cast, and how Do the Right Thing balances a variety of tones to create something wholly unique.

SYNOPSIS
Salvatore “Sal” Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin’ Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria’s Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin’ Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin’ Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

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