"Five Easy Pieces": Films of 1970 + "Crime 101" & "Midwinter Break"

About this episode

The episode explores the film 'Five Easy Pieces' and the landscape of 1970's independent cinema.

This week, the boys headed to 1970 to the new decade of the new wave of American independent cinema! Bob Rafelson’s “Five Easy Pieces” established the behavior-driven, theme-over-plot indie movies that paved the way for the best era for indies. Jack Nicholson is a badass (asshole) prodigy-turned-roustabout looking to find himself in people he’s willing to screw over in Bob Rafelson’s seminal movie. After John fires off some mini-reviews and news, we set up the film year of 1970 before we drink beers and try to keep our conversation positive! linktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page! Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages. 0:00 Intro; 5:45 “Crime 101” mini-review; 7:25 “Midwinter Break” mini-review; 13:52 1970 Year in Review; 28:00 Films of 1970: “Five Easy Pieces”; 1:11:48 What You Been Watching?; 1:21:36 Next Week’s Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Karen Black, Sally Struthers, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Lois Smith, Carole Eastman, Laszlo Kovacs, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Bart Layton, Hale Berry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tate Donovan, Corey Hawkins, Don Winslow, Polly Findlay, Lesley Manville, Ciaran Hinds…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Topics covered

• 1970 cinema
• independent films
• film reviews
• Jack Nicholson
• American cinema
• mini-reviews

Keywords

• Five Easy Pieces
• 1970 films
• independent cinema
• Jack Nicholson
• film reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 22-25 Productions

Books & works: Five Easy Pieces, Crime 101, Midwinter Break

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