Let's Take Five

More than any other artist we've covered, this has to be the subject where it seems impossible that you haven't seen one of his films. It isn't just that Harrison Ford works in popular genres, he's one of the major reason he makes them possible. From a carpenter to a galactic hero, Ford is the rare action hero that brings this level of intensity without ever going full superhero. The guys look back at the films they covered and all the fun (and terrible) ones they didn't. Also they announce their next Five...   Harrison Ford's Five 1) Star Wars 2) Raiders of the Lost Ark 3) Witness 4) The Fugitive 5) Blade Runner 2049   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for the first film in their next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Not everything ages well, but the older and grumpier Harrison Ford gets, the more we love him. After a couple of forgettable performances, Ford returns to a couple of his most iconic characters with a new perspective. His role is brief in Blade Runner 2049 but it gets at what it means to return to a franchise, the strange compassion he is able to convey and why he succeeds at being an angry old man. As always major spoilers for this movie.   Harrison Ford's Five 1) Star Wars 2) Raiders of the Lost Ark 3) Witness 4) The Fugitive 5) Blade Runner 2049   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Wednesday for their wrap-up of Harrison Ford and the announcement of the next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

If we know one thing about Harrison Ford is that he did not kill his wife. And despite evidence to the contrary, we care! In the 1993 thriller The Fugitive, Ford blends his superhero quality with a normal man put in an impossible situation as he risks everything to clear his name and find justice. The guys discuss why character is so important for an action movie, the value of small intelligent decisions and why it works that Dr. Richard Kimble looks so miserable.   Harrison Ford's Five 1) Star Wars 2) Raiders of the Lost Ark 3) Witness 4) The Fugitive 5) Blade Runner 2049   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for their review of Blade Runner 2049. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Harrison Ford is known as a box office star, but it is only Witness where he was acknowledged by the Oscars. In this he plays John Book (seriously) a cop who decides to protect a young Amish boy after he is witness to a violent murder. It's a quieter movie in terms of performances and a unique stillness. Did this genre shift work for the guys or did they want to get out of Amish country?   Harrison Ford's Five 1) Star Wars 2) Raiders of the Lost Ark 3) Witness 4) The Fugitive 5) Blade Runner 2049   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for their review of The Fugitive. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

After Han Solo, Harrison Ford could have done whatever he wanted. In one of the rarest career moves, he managed to go from one iconic character to another one with Indiana Jones. Raiders of the Lost Ark rejuvenated Steven Spielberg's career and showed another side of Ford's talents as a gruff leading man who is more at ease in a collapsing cave than he is in front of the classroom.    Harrison Ford's Five 1) Star Wars 2) Raiders of the Lost Ark 3) Witness 4) The Fugitive 5) Blade Runner 2049   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for their review of Witness. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Have you heard of the movie Star Wars? You have? Oh finally we didn't pick an obscure film. The guys start off the Harrison Ford Five with one of the biggest breakout films of all time. It could have been an irritating character who would have kept questioning the plot to much. Or it could have been a boring character who talked about planets in a way that wasn't cool. Instead Ford made Han Solo one of the most beloved characters in fiction. Why?   Harrison Ford's Five 1) Star Wars 2) Raiders of the Lost Ark 3) Witness 4) The Fugitive 5) Blade Runner 2049   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for their review of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord   

Five films later and now Eric and Austin are walking around Chicago with trenchcoats and fedoras and unexpectedly...it looks cool. That is due 100,000% to the works of Jean-Pierre Melville. The guys look back at the films they discussed, why certain ones had more of a connection to each of them and then they announce their next daring Five. Get excited!   Jean-Pierre Melville's Five 1) Bob le Flambeur 2) Leon Morin, Priest 3) Le Samourai 4) Army of Shadows 5) Le Cercle Rouge   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for the beginning of their next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

The guys watch their final film of their Jean-Pierre Melville Five where they see a return to what he does best. It's a swirl of his previous films where criminals are going to team up to take part in a diamond heist while keeping away from the cops. It even stars Mr. Le Samourai himself, Alain Delon! But does Le Cercle Rouge suffer from being compared to the previous accomplishments?   Jean-Pierre Melville's Five 1) Bob le Flambeur 2) Leon Morin, Priest 3) Le Samourai 4) Army of Shadows 5) Le Cercle Rouge   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Wednesday for their wrap-up of Jean-Pierre Melville and the announcement of their next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Most spies in film get to have tailored suits and sexy action scenes. In Jean-Pierre Melville's masterpiece, every spy is exhausted, drained and always living in dread. This is the tale of members of the French Resistance during WWII who keep trying to accomplish anything they can no matter the personal cost. The result is mesmerizing and horrifying.   Jean-Pierre Melville's Five 1) Bob le Flambeur 2) Leon Morin, Priest 3) Le Samourai 4) Army of Shadows 5) Le Cercle Rogue   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for their review of Le Cerce Rogue. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Jean-Pierre Melville's most famous film is Le Samourai, the story of a super cool assassin with the code of a samurai. Will Melville's stylish noir sensibilities work for the guys or will it leave them as cold as the hero's soul? Will one of the guys actually make a point or just state how cool the movie is? Find out! I wish I can say that Austin's dog, Wynne, apologizes for eating for a little bit on mic but she is not ashamed.   Jean-Pierre Melville's Five 1) Bob le Flambeur 2) Leon Morin, Priest 3) Le Samourai 4) Army of Shadows 5) Le Cercle Rogue   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for their review of Army of Shadows. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Last week, the guys saw Jean-Pierre Melville tells a tale of immorality, heists and betrayal. This week, it's a a story about faith, comfort and God. A woman goes into a church ready to display her frustration by mocking a priest for his hypocrisy. Instead what begins is a series of conversations and debates with the titular Leon Morin, Priest about what it means to be Catholic and to have faith in an impossible time. The guys discuss how Melville makes these moments cinematically gripping and how rare it is to see a positive look at the church in cinema.   Jean-Pierre Melville's Five 1) Bob le Flambeur 2) Leon Morin, Priest 3) Le Samourai 4) Army of Shadows 5) Le Cercle Rogue   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for their review of Le Samourai. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Happy New Year! Eric and Austin are here to welcome you into 2018 the only way they know how. With a super cool French director from the 1960s. They begin with Bob le Flambeur, the slick noir film about an aged gambler who tries a new heist while his unlucky streak continues. It's a film that seems to have inspired modern films like Ocean's 11 and maybe even The Wrestler.    Jean-Pierre Melville's Five 1) Bob le Flambeur 2) Leon Morin, Priest 3) Le Samourai 4) Army of Shadows 5) Le Cercle Rogue   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for their review of Leon Morin, Priest. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

From Citizen Kane to Falstaff, we looked at the dramatic rises and falls of Orson Welles' career. The guys look back at his incredible screen presence, the scope he was able to achieve with what he was working with and they announce their next Five which will start in 2018. Thank you all for listening to us throughout 2017! You all are fantastic and thank you for taking this cinematic look with us.   Orson Welles' Five 1) Citizen Kane 2) The Third Man 3) Othello 4) Touch of Evil 5) Chimes at Midnight   --Listen to Orson Welles' odd outtake for a wine commercial and a peas commercial.   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us on Friday, January 5th for the first film in our new Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

It's Orson Welles and William Shakespeare back again! After a successful team-up with Othello, this time Welles plays a character with the same skin tone as himself with the beloved and tragic fool of Falstaff. With Chimes at Midnight, Welles took elements from Henry IV Part I and Part II and mixed in parts of Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor to give this side character his own starring role. The guys are joined by the brilliant Tara Olivero from Shakespearemachine to provide more context for what Welles was accomplishing.    Orson Welles' Five 1) Citizen Kane 2) The Third Man 3) Othello 4) Touch of Evil 5) Chimes at Midnight   --See Tara perform Faustus with Shakespearemachine this January!   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Wednesday for the wrap-up of Orson Welles and the announcement of the new Five for 2018. Ar

Orson Welles returns to Hollywood and instead of looking like a dashing knight, he is a very gross overweight racist cop. It wasn't how the audiences remembered him, but years later Touch of Evil remains one of his most memorable films. It is a noir film set on the Mexican border about the fallout of a bomb explosion. The guys talk about its iconic tracking shot, the fact that Charlton Heston plays a Mexican and how disgusting this world is.    Orson Welles' Five 1) Citizen Kane 2) The Third Man 3) Othello 4) Touch of Evil 5) Chimes at Midnight   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for the review of Chimes at Midnight. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

What does Orson Welles do after making perhaps the greatest movie of all time? He gets basically exiled to Europe to make low-budget Shakespeare films. But are they any good? The guys look into his Othello adaptation and how he interprets the Moor of Venice. Without the resources of Hollywood, Welles uses real incredible settings and new tricks to bring gravitas to the leader who is being betrayed by Iago. And yes, they are distracted by the blackface pretty much the entire time.   Orson Welles' Five 1) Citizen Kane 2) The Third Man 3) Othello 4) Touch of Evil 5) Chimes at Midnight   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for the review of Touch of Evil. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Orson Welles is known as a man of many hats as seen with his tour-de-force last week. This week, with The Third Man, the guys are just focusing on him as an actor. It's one of the most beloved noir films of all time as a dimestore novelist travels to Vienna to see an old friend who he learns died under confusing circumstances. As the mystery continues, here enters Welles and he steals the show with perfectly evil charisma.    Orson Welles' Five 1) Citizen Kane 2) The Third Man 3) Othello 4) Touch of Evil 5) Chimes at Midnight   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for the review of Othello. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

Citizen Kane keeps coming up as the greatest American film of all time. Due to that, it all seems really intimidating. And yet part of the reason it may have such acclaim is because it's so much fun to watch. The guys start their Orson Welles Five with his masterpiece about a newsman who keeps thriving to have it all and unfortunately frequently does.   Orson Welles' Five 1) Citizen Kane 2) The Third Man 3) Othello 4) Touch of Evil 5) Chimes at Midnight   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for the review of The Third Man. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord 

After five weeks, it's time for Austin and Eric to see what they learned. In one final discussion, the guys decide if Gene Kelly succeeds in old fashioned Hollywood escapism or he's too distracting to be escapist. They also talk about some of the films they didn't cover like On the Town and That's Entertainment Part II. Also they (awkwardly) announce their next Five...   Gene Kelly's Five 1) An American in Paris 2) Singin' in the Rain 3) It's Always Fair Weather 4) The Young Girls of Rochefort 5) Xanadu    –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Friday for the review of the first film in the next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord   

This Five has taken us from Best Picture to Razzie loser as we enter the magical world of Xanadu. It's the typical story of a man influenced by a magical woman who may have awoken from a wall because he tore up a drawing. Along with their special guest Erin Oechsel, they determine what effectively creates a musical world and does the bad acting of the lead actually make Gene Kelly's older performances better?    Gene Kelly's Five 1) An American in Paris 2) Singin' in the Rain 3) It's Always Fair Weather 4) The Young Girls of Rochefort 5) Xanadu   --Watch Erin's award-winning webseries, NewB   –Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com –Subscribe to Eric’s video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion –Listen to Austin’s other podcast, The Immortals.   Email Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next Wednesday for their wrap-up of Gene Kelly and the announcement of their next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale Theme Song by Adam Lord