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Filmspotting Gets Terrestrial
 Hello Filmspotter,
From Chicago, this is The Dope Sheet... I'm Adam Kempenaar.
We'll announce this next week on the show but wanted to share the
news first with you very special Dope Sheet subscribers... Starting
June 24, Filmspotting can be heard on Chicago Public
Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM) every last Saturday of the month at 8 pm.
WBEZ is switching to an all-talk format and we're very excited that
they've deemed Filmspotting worthy of a slot.
What does this mean for you? Not a whole lot, really. The show
that will air on WBEZ will actually be the podcast you'll hear the
Tuesday prior with a few format modifications -- 60 minutes, longer
music breaks (probably), a DVD review segment where we'll replay some
of our comments on a new release or two, and a separate Top 5 list.
The first WBEZ edition of Filmspotting -- available for
subscribers on Tuesday, June 20 -- will feature our
Top 5 Movies of the Year... So Far. Send your list or any
other comments to
feedback@filmspotting.net.
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In the Tiny Country of Parmistan...
 Warner Home Video and Amazon are currently running a promotion called
DVD Decision 2006. Browse the list of 30 Warner titles currently
unavailable on DVD... vote for the ones you want... and the top 10
will be released. I've got 6 words for you... Johnathan Cabot is a
champion gymnast.
I ask you, how much longer can we go without one of the ultimate
'So Bad It's Good' movies -- Gymkata -- on DVD? You can end
this travesty right now. Kurt Thomas needs you.
Vote now!
Thanks to listener Matt Singer for bringing this important cause to
our attention.
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Overlooked VHS(!?) Pick: Trust
I was having trouble deciding on an Overlooked DVD Pick this morning
when we got this serendipitous email from Kim in Austin, TX:
You left Hal Hartley's "Trust" off your top 5 dysfunctional families,
and I thought you might remedy it in your top 5 parents list, but no.
Sigh ... Someday "Trust" will get its place in the Filmspotting
pantheon. I hope."
Not only do I feel bad about excluding "Trust," but I also feel a
little guilty about making an impassioned plea for a movie like
"Gymkata" to be released on DVD when a far less ironic but bigger
crime is that Hal Hartley's 1991 gem is still only available on VHS.
This really is a smart, fantastic film -- and a remarkably accessible
one for Hartley -- that plays with romantic comedy conventions in
ways not wildly different than "The Break-Up." Martin Donovan is
great in a 'David-Thewlis-in-Naked' type role playing a highly
educated, or at least highly intelligent, societal misfit.
I haven't seen "Trust" in almost 10 years, but I thought it was
so cool at the time that when I was putting together
my film school short film
later that year, I insisted on opening my movie abruptly, without a
fade-up or title credit, just like Hartley did with "Trust." Why?
Because Hartley is cooler than I am. And I'm not a very original
person, nor am I apparently very clever since it's an ambiguous
reference that nobody would ever recognize.
Again, sadly, you can't find this film on Peerflix or Netflix,
but it really is worth seeking out on VHS. Until "Trust's" DVD prince
comes along, Peerflix does have
several other Hartley films
worth checking out.
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n. Slang.
A list of scenes from the script that have already been filmed,
or a list of the contents of an exposed reel of film stock.
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