Filmspotting Madness (Best of the 2000s) / Cassavetes #2 - A Woman Under the Influence

Filmspotting Madness (Best of the 2000s) / Cassavetes #2 - A Woman Under the Influence

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64 films. Only one survives. Welcome to the Madness.

In the 2018 edition of Filmspotting Madness - Best of the 90s - the championship round had “Fargo” facing off against “Pulp Fiction.” The Coen Brothers’ “Fargo” pulled out a surprise victory over Tarantino’s decade-defining masterpiece. So what surprises await us in this year’s contest? The Coens are back with another strong entry - 2007’s Best Picture-winning “No Country for Old Men” - but will their primary competitor be Tarantino again (“Kill Bill” “Inglourious Basterds”)? Or maybe Paul Thomas Anderson (“There Will be Blood”)? Or Christopher Nolan (“The Dark Knight”)? And maybe don’t rule out Michel Gondry’s Charlie Kaufmann-penned “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

This week on the show, Adam and Josh talk through this year’s bracket with their Top 5 Hardest - and Top 5 Easiest - first round votes. Plus the second film in thee John Cassavetes Marathon, 1974’s “A Woman Under the Influence.”

0:00-1:10 - Billboard
41:53-42:34 - Filmspotting Madness: Round 1 Match-Ups
Strand of Oaks, “Ruby”
51:56-59:24 - Next Week / Notes
45:22-52:36 - Stanley Donen / Oscar Recap
52:36-1:15:15 - Filmspotting Madness: Round 1 Match-Ups, cont.
Strand of Oaks, “Goshen ‘97”
1:16:16-1:47:37 - Cassavetes Marathon #2: “A Woman Under the Influence”
1:47:37-1:50:51 - Close / Outtake

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