The Irishman, The Farewell, and The Ones We’ve Lost.

On this episode, Jim begins the podcast with a tribute to a few Hollywood notables who passed in 2019 that he and Teal had not acknowledged yet. Two of these artists have some personal ties to both Jim and Teal. The first is actor Seymour Cassel, who Jim and Teal both worked with on the 1992 independent feature, In The Soup. And then next they talk about legendary documentary filmmaker, D.A. Pennebaker, who Teal worked with on Depeche Mode: 101.

 

On the last episode, Jim mentioned seeing The Irishman, but now Teal saw it, and the two spend a chunk of time dissecting the film.

After that, Teal tells Jim he watched The Farewell, based on his recommendation. It wasn't intentional, but both films (Irishman and Farewell) have a lot to say about the meaning of Life and Death, and make for an interesting double-bill.