Let's Take Five

All good things must end. For nature will one day destroy us all. Austin and Eric look back at their five weeks of Werner Herzog as they talk about the films they've covered and the films they've seen that aren't on their lists. Also, they announce their next Five!   Werner Herzog's Five 1) Aguirre, the Wrath of God 2) Nosferatu the Vampyre 3) Fitzcarraldo 4) Grizzly Man 5) Encounters at the End of the World   –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 first pick of our next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale

Austin and Eric travel down to the bottom of the planet to see what kind of interesting people decided to live down there. Oh look, it's Tim Irwin! Coming off his acclaimed tenure of the Artistic Director of Heartland Film, Tim joins the guys to talk about this wandering Werner Herzog film as he finds new curiosities in Antarctica from the strange people to the gay penguins. But is there meaning to it all?    Werner Herzog's Five 1) Aguirre, the Wrath of God 2) Nosferatu the Vampyre 3) Fitzcarraldo 4) Grizzly Man 5) Encounters at the End of the World   –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 a wrap-up of Werner Herzog and the announcement of the next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale

Twenty-nine episodes and Austin and Eric finally get to their first documentary. That's completely.....actually that seems about right. And what a documentary to cover. Werner Herzog finds his perfect subject of Timothy Treadwell, a man who thought he could live among the bears until he is tragically killed. The guys discuss the different perspectives of Treadwell and how Herzog guides us through the mental arguments of a man who may have had real insight into nature but did not understand the basic elements.    Werner Herzog's Five 1) Aguirre, the Wrath of God 2) Nosferatu the Vampyre 3) Fitzcarraldo 4) Grizzly Man 5) Encounters at the End of the World   –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 a review of Encounters at the End of the World. Artwork by Ray Martindale

It has been too long so Austin and Eric have returned to the jungle for an impossible task that shall question their sanity. It's time to review Fitzcarraldo! How will Fitzcararldo's attempt to push a steamboat over a mountain compare to Aguirre's quest for El Dorado? The guys discuss the ambitious tale and how it serves as a more autobiographical tale than the other films we have discussed so far.    Werner Herzog's Five 1) Aguirre, the Wrath of God 2) Nosferatu the Vampyre 3) Fitzcarraldo 4) Grizzly Man 5) Encounters at the End of the World   –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 a review of Grizzly Man. Artwork by Ray Martindale

What are podcasters but children of the night? Austin and Eric have timed everything perfectly to bring you Nosferatu the Vampyre just in time for Halloween. This is Werner Herzog's remake of the classic silent film. The guys talk about how Herzog adapts the Dracula story with new themes, how the film may actually have a wicked sense of humor and how they've never seen a mirror scene like that one.   Werner Herzog's Five 1) Aguirre, the Wrath of God 2) Nosferatu the Vampyre 3) Fitzcarraldo 4) Grizzly Man 5) Encounters at the End of the World   –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 a review of Fitzcarraldo. Artwork by Ray Martindale

As everyone knows, the best way to start a new Five is to head straight into madness in the heart of the jungle. At least that's what Austin and Eric think as they begin their Werner Herzog Five with Aguirre, the Wrath of God. It's the story of damned conquistadors who are searching for El Dorado. The film shows Herzog's impressive way of establishing a mood as well as the ability to doubt your own sanity. This film went over so well, one of the two called it one of the best films they've covered!   Werner Herzog's Five 1) Aguirre, the Wrath of God 2) Nosferatu the Vampyre 3) Fitzcarraldo 4) Grizzly Man 5) Encounters at the End of the World   –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 a review of Nosferatu the Vampyre. Artwork by Ray Martindale

17 more days til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween! Due to travel, Austin and Eric aren't ready to start their Werner Herzog Five so they're going to sit down and talk about an entirely new subject. The guys take on an entire genre and pick five films they think are excellent horror films for different reasons. They look at the dynamics of monster stories, creepy stories, groundbreaking stories, horrifying stories and....wait, what is that in the shadows?   –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 a review of Aguirre, the Wrath of God. Artwork by Ray Martindale

Austin and Eric are joined by their friend Keith Lipke to discuss all things Spielberg. They look back at the Five they covered and examine all aspects of his career from his success with populism, his handling of difficult subjects and why Spielberg is still one of the greatest filmmakers working today. Also they discuss Schindler's List a lot. Stay tuned to discover who will be their next Five and why Friday's episode will be something different...   Steven Spielberg's Five 1) Jaws 2) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3) Schindler's List 4) Minority Report 5) Munich   –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 a special bonus episode. Artwork by Ray Martindale

Austin and Eric are here to discuss the final film on in their Steven Spielberg Five, Munich. This is the thrilling and upsetting tale of the Jewish assassins responsible for taking revenge on the people involved in the horrible killings at the Munich Olympics. Spielberg's take on this difficult material makes for one of his most intriguing movies and the guys discuss all the reasons why.   Steven Spielberg's Five 1) Jaws 2) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3) Schindler's List 4) Minority Report 5) Munich   –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 where we will wrap-up our Spielberg Five and announce our next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale

In the future, you will listen to this episode of Let's Take Five. You will listen to Austin and Eric discuss the dark science-fiction thriller Minority Report. You will either agree with Eric, Austin, both of them or neither of them. One thing is certain. You will hear them discuss Steven Spielberg's darker film and how he handles the tone, the technology and Tom Cruise.    Steven Spielberg's Five 1) Jaws 2) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3) Schindler's List 4) Minority Report 5) Munich   –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 where we will review Munich.  Artwork by Ray Martindale

This week Austin and Eric are discussing Schindler's List. This is the episode you're going to listen to. When Austin isn't rambling about the nature of man, the guys are able to recognize this as Spielberg's best film and also nothing like any of his previous films. The way he is able to break his own tendencies and structures to make this masterpiece needs more time than we have today. But we try our best!   Steven Spielberg's Five 1) Jaws 2) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3) Schindler's List 4) Minority Report 5) Munich   –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 where we will review Minority Report.  Artwork by Ray Martindale

Austin and Eric are preparing to review Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. All they have left to do is to complete three tests, solve a riddle and defeat the Nazis. Then they will be ready to discuss one of the most popular franchises in modern cinema and how Steven Spielberg's work rises this from a forgettable popcorn thriller to something with rich cinematic excellence.    Steven Spielberg's Five 1) Jaws 2) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3) Schindler's List 4) Minority Report 5) Munich   –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 where we will review Schindler's List.  Artwork by Ray Martindale

We're going to need a bigger and more original lead-in to our Jaws review. Austin and Eric are starting their Steven Spielberg Five with one of the biggest blockbusters of all time. How does the film that change Hollywood look so many decades later? The guys look into Spielberg's early directorial intentions and how he made a movie about a giant shark is really about three mortal men.    Steven Spielberg's Five 1) Jaws 2) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3) Schindler's List 4) Minority Report 5) Munich   –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 where we will review Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.  Artwork by Ray Martindale  

Once again, a Five comes to an end too soon. Austin and Eric look back at the films they covered of Cate Blanchett's canon and they talk about a number of great films of hers that they didn't cover. Also they slag on the Hobbit again. Because they can't help themselves. Stay tuned to see who is the subject of their next Five which will start this Friday...   Cate Blanchett's Five 1) Elizabeth 2) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3) The Aviator 4) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5) Carol   –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 where we will watch our first episode of our new subject.  Artwork by Ray Martindale

Austin and Eric are joined by playwright J.C. Pankratz to talk about the final film in their Cate Blanchett Five, Carol. This is a beautiful movie about two women in 1950 who live in a time where they can't express their deep affection for each other. The trio talks about how the film is able to convey that through its visual palate and what Blanchett is able to do when she is playing to the rules of the time.    Cate Blanchett's Five 1) Elizabeth 2) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3) The Aviator 4) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5) Carol   –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 as we look back on Cate Blanchett's Five and announce our next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale

Austin and Eric are doing this podcast for only one reason. Revenge. Oh and to discuss Cate Blanchett as the pregnant reporter in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. So two things. This is a performance unlike anything they've covered so far and it was a delight to see her get to be in a comedy. Especially a very particular comedy made by Wes Anderson.    Cate Blanchett's Five 1) Elizabeth 2) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3) The Aviator 4) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5) Carol   –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 as we discuss Carol. Artwork by Ray Martindale

Austin and Eric are looking to the skies at they watch Katharine Hepburn and Howard Hughes fly together in The Aviator. This is the first time Cate Blanchett won the Oscar and she did so by playing one of the most famous actresses in Hollywood history. They talk about how essential this performance is to this movie and what it looks like when Hepburn breaks her persona.    Cate Blanchett's Five 1) Elizabeth 2) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3) The Aviator 4) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5) Carol   –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 as we discuss The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Artwork by Ray Martindale  

Austin and Eric are back to discuss a film they've both seen a million times. So it was only right to bring in someone who has seen it even more than them: Sarah Staudt from The Immortals! Together they look at Cate Blanchett who plays Galadriel for only a few minutes but is one of the few who steal the show. They look at how she embraced Tolkien's writing and showed a level of regal authority that is much different than Elizabeth.   Cate Blanchett's Five 1) Elizabeth 2) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3) The Aviator 4) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5) Carol   –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 as we discuss The Aviator. Artwork by Ray Martindale  

Austin and Eric are traveling back to England just before its Golden Age as they view the rise of Elizabeth I. Their new Five is to delve into the work of Cate Blanchett and there's no better place to start than her break-out film as the Virgin Queen. They discuss the politically confusing plotline, the absurd amount of great actors that Blanchett upstages and the fact that Netflix really should have subtitles for those French scenes. Get excited!   Cate Blanchett's Five 1) Elizabeth 2) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3) The Aviator 4) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5) Carol   –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 as we discuss The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Artwork by Ray Martindale

Is this the fastest Five they've done so far? It felt like it. Austin and Eric spend this episode looking back at the five films we covered of Akira Kurosawa and the incredible films that we didn't. We realize how much has changed for us since we started and they announce their next Five...   Akira Kurosawa's Five 1) Rashomon 2) Ikiru 3) Seven Samurai 4) High and Low 5) Ran   –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 as we discuss the first film of our next Five. Artwork by Ray Martindale