Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about movie fandom.

Show notes:

• Recorded while driving to Tree House Brewery

• Watching scary movies as a kid

• The Shining still holds up

• Favorite directors: Kubrick, Scorsese, Tarantino

• Jay: After Hours is a fun movie; similar plot to Into the Night, which came out around the same time

• The current state of prestige TV is giving movies a run for their money

• Better Call Saul is the latest great show

• The early days of the pandemic led to watching lots of movies

• Great time to catch up on old favorites and things you missed

• The greatness of The Decline of Western Civilization, Part 2

• U2 was riding high until they released the movie Rattle and Hum

• Lots of movies filmed in our area

• Jay: After we had kids, didn't go to an adult movie in the theater for years

• Movie dates used to be a big deal when we were younger

• Don't do it that much anymore

• The movie viewing experience at home is much better than it used to be

• Phil hasn't been to a movie in a theater since the pandemic started

• Watching edited versions of movies on network TV

• We interact differently with movies today

• Movie recommendations: Jay recommends Prey, The Limey, Burn After Reading, No Country For Old Men, Something Wild, After Hours

• Phil recommends Bernie, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.