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Hold On for Part 27!

July 12th, 2008by Jett Loe · Comments

Hey there Dear Listener. Am typing this frantically from a run-down motel in Jackson, Mississippi; leaching off wi-fi from a more upscale motel across the street and groovin’ on the sounds of a ‘party bus’ parked by my room. There’s quite a crowd gathered round, and as the Hotel Manager just exclaimed as she walked by, “They got it GOING ON.’

Anyhew, the thing is I am in the middle of editing ‘The Film Talk – Part 27 – Hancock is Wanted!’, (being oh-so-fine reviews of ‘Hancock’ and ‘Wanted’), and the sound chip on my Powerbook has failed yet again! I’ve been hectoring Professor Doctor Higgins for weeks that we should have ‘back-up’ shows already uploaded for just this contingency – so it’s my own fault for not following my own advice.

If the chip comes back online soon we’ll all get to hear Part 27 – if not, it’ll have to be on Sunday when I’m back in Nashville, Sweet Nashville, aka ‘the Big Sleepy’, aka ‘The Big Moon-Pie in the Sky’.

UPDATE 12:12AM The Sound Chip ‘unfried’ itself and the show’s been edited! Now I have to drive around to find wi-fi I can leech off of; wish me luck Dear Listener!

UPDATE 1:01AM Success!

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kiley

Godspeed and good luck! (i've ALWAYS wanted to say that :D)

Jett Loe

Hey Kiley - the sound chip's back up! The show has just been edited this very second - now I've got to drive somewhere to see if I can leech a reliable wi-fi signal!

kiley

...who said patience was a virtue? ;)

Jett Loe

I for one love the fact that I have no idea where Professor Doctor Gareth Higgins is - he travels internationally while I at the moment seem to be inching my way across the American South.

In other news it's feeling like the backlog of films we have to review is growing - we can't do more than 1 show a week, and cutting the 'reviews' short to fit several in a show defeats the purpose of an in-depth critique o' cinema show... so I don't know - a quandary.

Gareth Higgins

i'm in solidarity with my co-host, having been stuck in an airport for almost 8 hours today...but our mutual commitment to you, dear listener is unparalleled, as you know...so we send good thoughts to mr loe, and perhaps the anticipation of a possibly delayed episode will increase our enjoyment when we finally get to hear it...and just for the sake of telling you this, i've had a busy movie week, with the following on the agenda over the past few days:

the savages/reign over me/the walker/the hustler on dvd

wanted, hancock, mamma mia, the edge of love, the visitor and lawrence of arabia (in a gorgeous 70 mm print)

i thought that two of the dvds were magnificent...one of the films was the most emotionally engaging i've seen this year...and another one of the films manages to continue to be worthy of its vast reputation...