Uncut Gems Podcast - Episode 137 - Red Sonja

Episode 137 - Red Sonja

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09/08/23 • 123 min

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In this episode of the show we are launching our brief expedition into the 80s to investigate some of Arnold Schwarzenegger lesser liked ventures and we begin with 1985's Red Sonja. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the legacy of Conan the Barbarian, 80s romance with fantasy movies, Arnold's ability to know his place, Brigitte Nielsen's onscreen energy, the movie as a feminist protoplast of Xena and Wonder Woman and much more!

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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows

Intro: Infraction - Cassette

Outro: Infraction - Daydream

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Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows

Intro: Infraction - Cassette

Outro: Infraction - Daydream

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BONUS Cutting into Soderbergh 09 - Side Effects (teaser)

Here's a short teaser of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series where we will be examining the cinema of Steven Soderbergh. On our main show we are going through his more underrated works, while on our Patreon we are talking about Soderbergh's most prominent movies. This month, we are talking about a perhaps a bit underrated, but nonetheless important entry in Steven Soderbergh's catalogue - his 2013 Side Effects. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about this film's connection to De Palma, Hitchcock, Clouzot and paranoid thrillers of the 70s, Scott Burns' passion for socially relevant cinema and Soderbergh's strange relationship with genre. We also talk about leadless narratives, Jude Law's likeability, and whether this movie would have been better with Matt Damon.

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BONUS Tie-in 26 - Conan the Barbarian (teaser)

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Here's a short teaser of our brand new Patreon-exclusive episode of Uncut Gems Tie-ins, a monthly series where we take a classic movie and connect it to a film discussed on our main show. This month, in connection to a selection of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 80s oddities we explore on the main show, we are tying in with a conversation about Conan the Barbarian, the movie that catapulted him into stardom. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about John Milius as the legendary badass of the New Hollywood, the genesis of 80s action man, this movie's peculiar approach to fantasy storytelling, flammable witches, stiffened snakes and much more!

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