This podcast is a discussion of the merits of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s new film The Revenant.
It’s an important film, and one that I think every man would benefit from.
Film
Never Get Out Of The Boat, Unless You’re Going All The Way
There is a scene in the 1979 film classic Apocalypse Now where Willard and the Chef stop their river patrol boat to collect some mangoes in the jungle. They come face to face with a tiger, and this causes the tightly-wound Chef to become unglued.
“Never get out of the boat…never get out of the boat…I got to remember: never get out of the boat,” he repeats over and over.
The Films Of Gaspar Noé
Sometimes we need to take a break from virtue. All things in moderation, I say, including virtue. Sometimes, we need to look deeply into the abyss. Someone once said that the abyss looks back at you, but it’s more accurate to say something else: it blows out its breath at you, like the open maw of a hungry grizzly bear, if you happen to be unlucky enough to be near his jaws. And then you catch a good whiff of that dank, fetid breath.
The Dark Themes Of Film Noir, And Why They Matter Today
In the 1940s and 1950s, a new genre of film began to filter out of Hollywood. It was a hard-bitten, cynical genre, dealing with themes that movies had not dealt with before. It’s often said that jazz is the only truly unique American art form. This is not exactly true. Film noir is a cinematic genre that was created in America, and has been copied elsewhere extensively around the world.
Quintus Curtius 
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