Sep 1, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 12 segments
Joe is joined by Steve and new guest to the show, Sarah Beck from the West Chester Film Festival, to kick off a series of four films intertwined in various themes of power & control. First up is Elio…
Steve HackerGuest
Sarah BeckGuestWhenever we kick off these theme shows, try to kind of explore what it means in the theme itself.
And this one, when it kind of came, like when me and Graham are formulating it, the ideas of power and control, we were seeing it, what we felt in our everyday lives when we were watching the news.
And I mean, you can see it at work and stuff like that.
And I thought I would be mean and I programmed this film.
Nice.
we're always going back in time.
Yeah.
Now, I tend to also program heavily Italian when I have, like, a little bit of free-flowing taste for it.
And this one kind of came, like, I didn't watch this until even a few years ago, but it was John Maria Volante's performance, along with everything else that I just could not take my goddamn eyes off of.
Very, very excited to hear what y'all have to say about it.
But before we hear that, let me get into a little bit about what the film is and what it's about.
Released in 19.
Oh, my gosh.
My film thing is 1970.
Whenever we kick off these theme shows, try to kind of explore what it means in the theme itself.
And this one, when it kind of came, like when me and Graham are formulating it, the ideas of power and control, we were seeing it, what we felt in our everyday lives when we were watching the news.
And I mean, you can see it at work and stuff like that.
And I thought I would be mean and I programmed this film.
Nice.
we're always going back in time.
Yeah.
Now, I tend to also program heavily Italian when I have, like, a little bit of free-flowing taste for it.
And this one kind of came, like, I didn't watch this until even a few years ago, but it was John Maria Volante's performance, along with everything else that I just could not take my goddamn eyes off of.
Very, very excited to hear what y'all have to say about it.
But before we hear that, let me get into a little bit about what the film is and what it's about.
Released in 19.
Oh, my gosh.
My film thing is 1970.
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