Showing Home On Main
with MC Nanda
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Hard Boiled
Seen at a 1pm Lincoln Center showing, packed with fellow unemployed podcasters. Dan Rosen
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Bad Boys
The comparison point: John Woo as the source Bay and Tarantino quietly raided.
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Lethal Weapon
Offered as shorthand for what Hard Boiled really is, only in Cantonese.
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In the Mood for Love
Invoked, half-garbled, as the case for Tony Leung's enduring hotness.
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Marvel grafting on a legend's juice, per Dan, and no one has seen it.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
What Quad Cinema's interior looks like, if the spaceship also poured heavy wine.
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Gladiator
The VHS he saved up for, stabbing in the dark at culture without a guide. Brian Park
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Deadwood
Offered as the closest available image of Shreveport's riverboat casino life.
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Sharp Objects
Floated as the Southern gothic touchstone before she counters with True Detective.
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True Detective
Season one felt like home: "I've met a few Rust Cohles in my life." MC Nanda
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Dallas City Hall
Beautiful, and reportedly headed for demolition to make room for an arena.
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Red Hook Tavern
The real destination behind Dan's suggestion that they play a little tennis first. Brian Park
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The Royal Tenenbaums
Margot Tenenbaum invoked for the fur coat and motocross pants years in Shreveport.
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The Morgan Library & Museum
Cited as what rich people used to do with ill-gotten gains before superyachts.