"I'm a kind of person who with film and music I'll force myself to listen to something that I don't necessarily think I like, whether its has no sound or has no traditional narrative.
The city of Los Angeles might be where Hollywood's dreams come true, but for film critic Jordan Cronk, his mind often wanders toward the films of countries far and abroad, reflective works of the most avant-garde order. So when Jordan decided to make a pit stop in New York before heading off to the Toronto Film Festival, Peter had him drop by the studio for some chat on his work as a critic, the state of world cinema, Los Angeles's growing repertory theaters, how to approach music the same way as film, and his slight obsession with actress Shailene Woodley. They then dream of an LA they never knew with Alex Cox's crazy cult classic, Repo Man, whose humor and political allegory is uniquely distinct and worth deconstructing, as well as simply rocking along with.
0:00-1:01 Opening
2:09-8:31 Establishing Shots - Twixt / Trivia Round
9:16-51:41 Deep Focus - Jordan Cronk
53:05-1:12:11 Double Exposure - Repo Man (Alex Cox)
1:12:13-1:14:47 Close / Outtake
Visit Jordan's blog, as well as his work for Reverse Shot, Slant Magazine, Fandor, Little White Lies, and Coke Machine Glow.
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Notes and Links from the Conversation
-Buy Twixt on Blu-Ray
-Keith Uhlich's Letterboxd Review
-Criterion's "Early Fassbinder" Set
-Peter's capsules for the Early Fassbinder Set
-James Quandt
-Andrea Picard
-Dominique Leone
-Mark Abraham
-Joel Elliott
-Robert Koehler on LA Cinema's impending death
-CineFamily
-The New Beverley
-Red Cat
-AFI Fest
-The Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis, Minnesota
-Sight and Sound's "Slow Cinema" Debate
-Catherine Grant's roundup of "Slow Cinema" articles
-Jordan on The Strange Case of Angelica
-On House of Pleasures for "The Life of Film"
-Leviathan
-Peter on Manakamana
-Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
-Ben Rivers
-Ben Russell
-Jordan's 2013 Cannes, 2012 Cannes Reports
-#Woodley
-Thom Anderson's Los Angeles Plays Itself
-Calum Marsh and Jordan discuss Los Angeles Plays Itself
-"Morning in America"
-Keith Uhlich's Letterboxd Review
-Criterion's "Early Fassbinder" Set
-Peter's capsules for the Early Fassbinder Set
-James Quandt
-Andrea Picard
-Dominique Leone
-Mark Abraham
-Joel Elliott
-Robert Koehler on LA Cinema's impending death
-CineFamily
-The New Beverley
-Red Cat
-AFI Fest
-The Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis, Minnesota
-Sight and Sound's "Slow Cinema" Debate
-Catherine Grant's roundup of "Slow Cinema" articles
-Jordan on The Strange Case of Angelica
-On House of Pleasures for "The Life of Film"
-Leviathan
-Peter on Manakamana
-Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
-Ben Rivers
-Ben Russell
-Jordan's 2013 Cannes, 2012 Cannes Reports
-#Woodley
-Thom Anderson's Los Angeles Plays Itself
-Calum Marsh and Jordan discuss Los Angeles Plays Itself
-"Morning in America"
Theme Music: “Forward” by Northbound
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