Macintosh & Maud Haven't Seen What?!

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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of crossdressing, sexism, gender, sexual harassment.

This week, we’re tackling a movie that’s so recognizable it might be a trope now. Yet somehow, some way, this movie was bound and determined to subvert expectations of an 80’s movie about a man impersonating a woman. It’s doubly impressive that known manipulative, controlling jerk Dustin Hoffman is the central figure of this film. But Sydney Pollack, a man notable on this show for being the best part of a Kubrick movie, works some directing magic to take a flimsy premise and really make it shine as an examination of sexism and gender dynamics. That is, until the very end, when the script buckles under its own pressure. It’s not perfect, but it’s also not bad, and somehow, remarkably, holds up. We’re talking about Tootsie on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “An Actor’s Life (Main Title)” from the motion picture soundtrack to Tootsie. Composed and arranged by Dave Grusin. © 1982, 1983 Columbia Motion Pictures Industries, Inc.

Excerpts taken from the film Tootsie are © 1982 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Excerpt taken from “Main Title” from the motion picture soundtrack to Frances. Composed and conducted by John Barry. © 2005 Beyond the Sea Limited, 1982 Fifth Continent Music Classics (FCMC).

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CONTENT WARNING: Discussionsof racism, transphobia, imprisonment and offensive tropes, toxic masculinity, murder, rape, death, plane crashes.

Claudia Elvidge, creator of The Beacon, joins us this week for a discussion of a film renowned for its bonkers quotient. You know, that point where an objectively not great movie suddenly becomes awesome just by the sheer force of will of its cast and crew. This movie is one of the best examples of that phenomenon, bursting with incredibly talented actors across the board being asked to say and do ridiculous things. I mean, your three leads for this film are Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, and John Malkovich, all playing very against type at this point, and all going for broke even though the roles may or may not be right for them. There’s a very, very weird alchemy going on in this movie: its premise is enough to render the entire movie unbelievable, it’s got terrible dialogue and pretty big plotholes, and the director is all over the map on how he’s filming things. But it oddly works - it might be garbage, but it’s really, really fun garbage. We’re watching Con Air on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “Con Air Theme,” composed by Mark Mancina and Trevor Rabin and conducted by Gordon Goodwin and Nick Glennie-Smith. Copyright 1997 Hollywood Records, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Clips taken from the film Con Air is © 1997 Buena Vista Entertainment.

Clips taken from the film Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood is © 2019 Visiona Romantica , Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Excerpt taken from “How Do I Live," written by Diane Warren and performed by Trisha Yearwood. Copyright 1997 MCA Records Nashville, a division of MCA Records, Inc.

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CONTENT WARNING: sex work, drugs, misogyny, sexual assault.

We’re back on the movie bit with a new series, catching up on some of the films one or both of us haven’t seen from the 1990’s, and we kick things off with the runaway smash hit rom-com that, well, redefined rom-coms. Julia Roberts makes everything better, but back in 1989 she was still completely unproven on screen and it was impossible to know if she could be a movie star. Enter Richard Gere, whose steely looks and detachment transform into something more subtle opposite the pitch perfect aw-shucks charm of America’s sweetheart herself. That chemistry, partnered with the thoughtful, caring eye of director Garry Marshall, make this a must-see for anyone who loves movies; a version of The Apartment for a new generation...almost. We discuss Pretty Woman this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “Oh, Pretty Woman,” written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees and performed by Roy Orbison. Copyright Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. 1964.

Excerpt taken from the film Burden of Dreams, featuring Werner Herzog and directed by Les Blank. Copyright 1982 Les Blank and Flower Films.

Excerpt taken from “Oh, Pretty Woman,” written by Joe Melson, Ray B. Rush and Roy Orbison and performed by Van Halen. Published Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. 1964. Copyright 1982 Van Halen Productions, Inc. and Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

Excerpt taken from “It Must Have Been Love,” written by Per Gessle and performed by Roxette. Copyright 1990 EMI Svenska AB.

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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assault weapons, gunfire, tactical weapons, guns, shootouts, robbery, crime, depression, sex workers, murder, grisly death.

This is one of those movies that everyone tells you to see, and yet so many people probably haven’t seen it. But wow, was it worth the wait. The maestro of crime dramas, Michael Mann, took nearly 15 years to make his magnum opus, and he barely missed. In fact, our biggest complaint about this movie is that we wanted more, more than the 2 hours and 50 minutes of run time to be able to explore even more of the characters and world Mann created. And if that’s not enough, this film dared to pit two modern legends in opposing roles, and did so with deftness, thoughtfulness, and subtlety - something that can be harder to come by in other Pacino and DeNiro movies. Be ready to drop everything in 30 seconds as we discuss Heat this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “Armenia,” written and performed by Einstürzende Neubauten. Copyright 1983 Some Bizarre Ltd.

Excerpts taken from the film Heat are © 1995 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

Excerpt taken from “Hey Man Nice Shot,” written by Richard Patrick and performed by Filter. Copyright 1995 Reprise Records.

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CW: Violence including violence against women, casual sexism, and sexual harassment.

Roger Moore...in a good Bond film? Who knew? Well, most Bond experts, but also Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!, now that we’ve seen this arguably classic spy film. There’s giant boats and nuclear submarines, a car that goes underwater, a gorgeous KGB agent and THE HORNIEST JAMES BOND OF ALL TIME. Not creepy horny, just HORNY HORNY. It’s adorable, and we love it. So join us for a discussion of Roger Moore’s best Bond outing, The Spy Who Loved Me!

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Excerpt taken from "James Bond Theme," written and composed by John Barry, and performed by the John Barry Orchestra. ℗ 1962, 2012 Capitol Records LLC.

Clips from The Spy Who Loved Me © 1977 Danjaq, LLC and United Artists Corporation.

Excerpt taken from from "Main Title (Theme from Jaws)," written and composed by John Williams. © 1975 Universal Pictures, MCA Records, Inc.

Clip from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery © 1997 Dnew Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Excerpt taken from from "Nobody Does it Better," written and composed by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager, and performed by Carly Simon. © 1977 Elektra Records, United Artists Records.

Excerpt taken from “Moonraker” written by John Barry and Hal David, and performed by Shirley Bassey. © 1979 Danjaq, S.A. & United Artists Music and Records Group, Inc..

Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.