Episode 78: 1961 with Larry Karaszewski
A podcast about the great movie years.
Larry Karaszewski isn’t just an award-winning screenwriter and producer — he’s also a serious cinephile, as evidenced by the fact that we asked him for a top five for the year of his birth, 1961, and he came back with six double-features. We talk about them all on this super-sized episode, with inspired pairings of American independents, Natalie Wood vehicles, Marcello Mastroianni classics, and more.
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Neither Something Wild nor A Cold Wind In August are currently streaming anywhere — A TRAVESTY! But you can watch Something Wild via its Criterion Blu-ray, and some soul was kind enough to put Cold Wind up on YouTube a few years back.
Splendor in the Grass is available for digital rental or purchase, while West Side Story is on Prime Video, Hoopla, Tubi, and PlutoTV, is available for digital rental or purchase. Whistle Down the Wind is not currently streaming, but there’s a nice rip of it up on YouTube, while The Parent Trap is streaming on Disney+ and is available for digital rental or purchase.
Divorce, Italian Style is on Max and the Criterion Channel, while La Notte is on Kanopy, Max, and the Criterion Channel, and is available for digital rental or purchase. Viridiana is on Kanopy and the Criterion Channel, and is available for digital rental or purchase; Il Posto is also on Kanopy and the Criterion Channel.
And finally, One-Eyed Jacks is on Prime Video, Peacock, Hoopla, Tubi, Shout Factory TV, and PlutoTV, (as well as several other ad-supported services), is available for digital rental or purchase, though the Criterion Blu-ray really is the way to go to make sure you don’t get one of those shoddy public domain versions Larry mentioned. And The Hustler is available for digital rental or purchase.
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