Raging Bull (1980), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Even in the midst of a year as hectic and unconventional as this
one, Oscar season is still in full swing when it comes to this
week’s selection of heavy hitters. Joining me once again for the
first time in nearly three years is Maria Garcia, my former
partner in crime from such shows as Now Conspiring and Part-Time
Characters, and we’re discussing two films often hailed as being
among the greatest of all time! We begin with Raging Bull, the
morally complex sports biopic that saved Martin Scorsese’s life
and has developed a widely varied legacy, and which one of us
isn’t especially fond of! From there, we rewind the clock to
visit Miloš Forman’s award season darling One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest, a wholly unique classic within film history that
holds up wonderfully to this day! What is the nature of tragedy?
How far can sympathy and empathy take us? Has Sam become
completely unrecognizable in the past three years? Which actor’s
appearance in Cuckoo’s Nest has traumatized Maria on more than
one occasion, and who emerges as the unexpected MVP of the film?
Tune in to this week’s Extra Milestone for all of those answers
and more.


NOTE: Due to an unfortunate (and ultimately
miraculously avoided) technical error, the final 15~ minutes of
the episode were slightly distorted. Sorry about that!


SHOW NOTES:


00:01:55 – Raging Bull

00:57:30 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest



HOSTED BY: Sam
Noland and Maria Garcia


MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: Music from Raging
Bull composed by Pietro Mascagni, music from One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest composed by Jack Nitzsche


 


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