PlasticPodcast

18 Feb 2011 True Grit

Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit (Coen & Coen, 2010)

On this edition of the podcast, J. Robert Parks and Robert Davis talk about the new film from the Coen Brothers, a remake of a classic American Western, and rationalize away — utterly dismiss — any difficulties that might arise from the possibility that they have not seen the original.

0:00
Intro: Context for a Film
8:39
True Grit (Coen & Coen, 2010)
14:00
A trio of voices, a triptych of clips:
  • Quint, Jaws (Robert Shaw)
  • Dr. Benway, "Twilight's Last Gleaming" (William S. Burroughs)
  • Rooster Cogburn w/ Mattie Ross, True Grit (Jeff Bridges w/ Hailee Steinfeld)
17:55
True Grit, continued
35:01
Outro
Duration: 36:39