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Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
David Lynch - The Straight Story
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
Take a slow-as-molasses journey with us across the wide open prairie as we visit David Lynch's 1999 film The Straight Story and delve into a warm dreamscape of a different kind than we're normally used to from the master of surreal dreamscapes.
Based on a true story, The Straight Story follows Alvin Straight as he attempts to make it across the Iowa/Wisconsin border to visit his ailing brother. Though he's not a well man himself, along the way Alvin makes friends and comes to a deeper understanding about his life and helps other to see the beauty in the world around them.
Starring: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy SpacekDirected by: David LynchWritten by: John Roach & Mary SweeneyProduced by: Pierre Edelman, Michael Polaire
Notes: Eighteen Bridges article, "A High and Lonesome Sound" by Robbie Jeffrey: http://eighteenbridges.com/story/high-and-lonesome-sound-canada-rural-crisis/
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Mark Frost - Buddy Faro
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
It might not have been here for a long time, but it was a good time! Buddy Faro was Mark Frost's 90s-noir lovechild that brought a pair of private eyes from different generations together into a colour-saturated, quirky, and delightful private eye comedy.
Quick and witty dialogue, interesting characters, and fun abound in this great meetup between 90s and 30s-through-70s culture. Featuring a number of Mark Frost's core group of collaborators, it's a unique show that deserved a better fate than to quietly fade away after the fall season of 1998. Join us as we chat about this great series, as well as its connections to Twin Peaks and The Return.
Starring: Dennis Farina, Frank WhaleyDirected by: Charles Haid, Lesli Linka Glatter, John PattersonWritten by: Mark FrostProduced by: Mark Frost, Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent