On this edition of the podcast, J. Robert Parks and Robert Davis talk about the new film from the Coen Brothers, a remake of a classic American Western, and rationalize away — utterly dismiss — any difficulties that might arise from the possibility that they have not seen the original.
0:00 Intro: Context for a Film
8:39 True Grit, Coen & Coen (2010)
14:00 A trio of voices, a triptych of clips:
- Quint, Jaws (Robert Shaw)
- Dr. Benway, "Twilight's Last Gleaming" (William S. Burroughs)
- Rooster Cogburn w/ Mattie Ross, True Grit (Jeff Bridges w/ Hailee Steinfeld)
17:55 True Grit, continued
35:01 Outro