433 - UNFORGIVEN (1992) + THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (1995) ft. Alex Russell

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on 90s revisionist westerns, focusing on 'UNFORGIVEN' and 'THE QUICK AND THE DEAD' with guest Alex Russell.

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest writer-director Alex Russell (LURKER, THE BEAR, BEEF) discuss 90s revisionist westerns co-starring a villainous Gene Hackman with a double feature of Clint Eastwood's iconic, Oscar-winning and deeply weary/melancholy funeral for the genre UNFORGIVEN (1992) + Sam Raimi's playfully manic cartoon of the same archetypes and iconography in THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (1995). Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939) + THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast Intro // 00:00-12:09 UNFORGIVEN // 12:09-1:18:02 QUICK AND THE DEAD // 1:18:02-2:16:30 Outro // 2:16:30-2:21:16 NEW SLEAZOIDS SHIRT + HAT: https://blackbeltcinema.ca/search?q=sleazoids&options%5Bprefix%5D=last WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/ Pod Twitter: twitter.com/sleazoidspod Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/ Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl Josh's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/thejoshl Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas Jamie's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh, Jamie

Guest: Alex Russell

Topics covered

• 90s revisionist westerns
• Clint Eastwood
• Sam Raimi
• film analysis
• Oscar-winning films
• genre discussion

Keywords

• UNFORGIVEN
• THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
• Gene Hackman
• Clint Eastwood
• Sam Raimi
• western films
• film podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, SLEAZOIDS, blackbeltcinema.ca, twitter.com/sleazoidspod, letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS, twitter.com/thejoshl, letterboxd.com/thejoshl, twitter.com/jamiemilleracas, letterboxd.com/jamiemiller

Books & works: UNFORGIVEN, THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

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