Episode 34: Bringing Out the Dead

This week on Remainders we begin Cage Fest with the 1999
underrated gem, Bringing Out the Dead. Directed by Martin
Scorsese with a screenplay by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging
Bull), the Dead follows Frank Pierce, an insanely burnt out
emergency paramedic working the night shift in 1990s New York
City. As the stress and unpredictability of the job start to wear
him down, Frank begins to see the ghosts of the people he could
not save. Like a drug, Frank does what he can to maintain the
high of saving lives but to extremes he can’t control. A hidden
masterpiece in both Scorsese’s and Cage’s filmography, we check
out where it stands in both their careers. Don’t make me take off
my glasses.


Other topics include Best Picture Oscar nominees, continued
praise for late-stage Tom Cruise, the Tom Sizemore school of
acting, artistic inspiration, Darren’s photography retrospective,
The Strokes, The Webstirs, new music picks, and Warren Zevon’s
rising appreciation and recognition.  


Songs of the Week


Crimson Wave by Tacocat


Venus by Television


Every Remainders Song of the Week here


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