Episode 56. Three Films by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: (BONUS) Heat and Dust

With West Coast temperatures in the 110s, we figured why not add
a little more Heat... and Dust to the world. That's right, we
watched a 4th Ruth Prawer Jhabvala film, this one based on her
1975 Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name.

But before we go back in time with our great-aunt Olivia to
British Colonial India (and then 1970s India), we first have to
talk about what we watched this week. And, honey, it was a
lot.

Goodman watched two Jon M. Chu's: the new film version of In the
Heights, the Tony Award-winning play by musical maestro
Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the less well-revered Step Up 3D
(although he didn't watch it in 3D this time around), starring
everyone's favorite Step Up castmate, Moose played by Adam G.
Sevani. Next, he watched the meta/innovative/super-impressive
comedy special, Bo Burnham's Inside;  Raiders of the Lost
Ark, a little 'indy' flick that a few people admire; Season 5 of
Netflix's Workin' Moms, created by and starring Catherine
Reitman; and The Wolf of Wall Street, featuring a stellar Leo
performance that he should've won Best Actor for.

Dre loves spaghetti and meatballs, so he watched two Spaghetti
Westerns starring Lee Van Cleef: The Big Gundown and Death Rides
a Horse. Then he watched Hal Ashby's final directorial feature, 8
Million Ways to Die, starring Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette and
Andy Garcia;  The Hot Rock, a fun little caper starring
Robert Redford, based on the book by Donald E. Westlake (i.e.,
not Richard Stark); Luca, the latest Pixar film about sea
monsters, humans, Italy and bicycles; an Australian quasi-noir,
The Dry; the 4-episode TV miniseries version of Howards End
adapted by Manchester by the Sea's Kenneth Lonergan; and the show
that's spreading like wildfire (according to Dre), Netflix's
Formula 1: Drive to Survive.

Then it's time to age ourselves as best as technically feasible
in the early 80s as we narrate what went on in Heat and Dust,
including the cast, the one quote worth quoting, some trivia, and
more.

Last we announce our next theme: Samurai films! And our
upcoming slate of episodes:


7/8: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

7/15: Onibaba

7/22: Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai

8/5: Lady Snowblood

8/12: [Double Animation feature] Ninja Scroll and Sword of
the Stranger



So get out your samurai sword and join us next week for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance.
SONG CREDITS:
Theme music: "70s Funk" by Frank Cogliano
Closing music: "This is My Jam" by Will Van De Crommert