One of my favorite films. It makes sense that the guy who made High Noon could handle something like this. Even though you know de Gaulle will live, be thankful Tarantino didn't make this, it is still incredibly tense, yet being 20 minutes longer than the Gary Cooper movie.

That's a great point, tying it in to Tobias's editorial on the spate of eat-your-peas documentaries out there. I think of something like Spellbound, which, for me, was more tense than any recent thriller or the recent Herzog documentaries which take you on a journey.

Was "doing a solid" used in 1981? I seem to find one piece of dialogue which drives me batty each episode.

I finally saw this film last year and it is quite clever. It is something you'd enjoy watching because you know you are being played with but the fun is figuring out how.

I should have read the comments before I added mine. I was saying I prefer the Mike Flowers version to the original.

Not that I don't love this song, but I really prefer the cover by Mike Flowers Pop Orchestra.

I read One Minute to Midnight ages ago. It is quite good.

I am not pro-Vertigo. I find it masturbatory and ham-handed. It is my belief it is considered good because we are in love that that bullshit French deconstructionism taught in universities.

Ya know what, fuck it. After all the good stuff you said… I just called into work. I haven't slept for jack (it is 4:52am in DC and I have been up since three), I need a mental health day anyhow, and I am poppin' in my DVD of Notorious.

Mine is the Hitchcock film Notorious.

That part of the book was hilarious and a case where I think he does show the wisdom of the whole "if I can't understand it, it isn't good" shtick. He was making movies, not art (the two are not mutually exclusive, but you know where I am going).

Like a good Luddite, I have only grasped whole podcast thing within the last year. This also means that I have marathoned (are there two ens in that?) Nerdist and I agree with you that he can be incredibly ingratiating. He also plays the Recovery Card a lot. On the other hand, I find his niceness a break from my…

I was first in line when this book came out and it is the best read when you are high. And then I immediately got the audio book (on cassette). We used to sit around baked and howl because his balls were such shiny brass.

I am referring specifically to Reagan's idea for it. His announcement in 1983 was precipitated by a conversation with Edward Teller a week or two previous. The subject of his televised speech was unknown to his staff and was not vetted by State, Defense, NSA, et al. It was a bombshell to his administration.

It was the code term used in The Price of Tides for the sexual assault of the little boy and girl.

Would a white dude who is looking to do something inappropriate with kids know the term chill back in 1981? I was only ten, but I don't really recall the phrase hitting until about 1985. Since this show takes place during my childhood, I tend to seek anachronisms. (And I am a Reagan hoo-hoo, hence my disagreement with…

I do not believe in Don Henley.

Ringo gets very little props, sadly. He was an excellent studio drummer.

I have to disagree with your assessment, Marty. I aver my use of quotations marks around the word is sound.

I have to pass on that one. I know little of The Band beyond "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". I know he passed recently. I know Helm acted, but I cannot recall in what.