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Episode 382: A HEN IN THE WIND (1948)

Help the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K When a single mother’s son falls ill while awaiting her husband’s return from the front, she turns to prostitution to cover the bill. After his return, Tokiko (Kinuyo Tanaka) comes clean to Shuichi (Shūji Sano), whose reaction jeopardizes their otherwise stable relationship. In 2022, we covered several movies directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. A new series at the Trylon gives us an opportunity to explore the filmmaker’s better-known career as an actress with Yasujirō Ozu's A HEN IN THE WIND! Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Life After Wartime: Ozu’s Darker Side” by Dan Howard for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Trylove Episode 190: FOREVER A WOMAN (1955) (aka THE ETERNAL BREASTS) Trylove Episode 192: LOVE LETTER (1953) Trylove Episode 193: GIRLS OF THE NIGHT (1961) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #TheBalladOfKinuyoTanaka #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro from the A HEN IN THE WIND soundtrack.

Episode 381: FAMILY PLOT (1976)

Help the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K Years ago, we covered Alfred Hitchcock’s first surviving feature film, THE PLEASURE GARDEN (1925). The final movie he made before his death, 1976’s FAMILY PLOT, is on the other side of one of the most storied careers in all of film. It’s also… fine. Eager to cash in on the bounty, a pair of small-time hustlers (Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris) go hunting for the new heir of an old fortune — unaware that their quarry is one half of a lucrative crime duo (Karen Black, William Devane) who’ll eliminate anything between them and their next score. Less thrilling than madcap, the ensuing hijinks are evidence of either a master who lost his touch for suspense or the GOAT kicking back and having some fun with someone else’s story. Both perspectives are represented on this episode! Then, we’re into some introspective Trylove trivia with a thrilling conclusion that would make the Master of Suspense proud. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Hijinks in Hitchcockland: Family Plot” by Penny Folger for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “Who’s Buried in the Plot?” by Patrick Clifford for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #The2026HitchcockFilmFestival #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Family Plot Theme” by John Williams from the FAMILY PLOT soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 381: FAMILY PLOT (1976) 3:49 - Whadja Watch this Week? 15:42 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 19:36 - The plates this movie’s spinning 25:55 - All the Hitchcockiness it’s got going on 28:59 - Grandparent cinema 32:40 - A defense! 38:32 - Leaning into both simultaneously 47:03 - What about this era of Hitchcock? 53:45 - What the loss of cinematographer Robert Burks (d. 1968) did to Hitchcock’s late career 1:00:16 - The Junk Drawer 1:04:42 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1976 1:09:24 - Trylove Plot (we guess Trylove movies based on plot synopses)

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Episode 380: MIAMI VICE (2006)

Help the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K A funny thing happens the first time you see Michael Mann’s MIAMI VICE. The funny thing is that you don’t really like it very much, and it’s kind of confusing and… just kind of off. You know how I know that? Because people who absolutely LOVE it will tell you this. MIAMI VICE is more than a filmmaker looking back at his old work. It’s an aging archetype cast against an updated version of the environment in which it was born. Michael Mann’s neon skylines, broad ocean vistas, and dead-inside detectives hide an intense emotionality — one the movie deftly and frustratingly hides from the viewer. In another Aaron-less episode, the rest of the boys blow MIAMI VICE’s cover, going beyond the wafer-thin personas to identify the real, dimensional people underneath. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Miami Vice and Michael Mann’s City Vibes Films” by Ryan Sanderson for Perisphere, the Trylon blog Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #MichaelMannsDarkAmericana #DCP Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. You know what the outro is. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 380: MIAMI VICE (2006) 3:29 - Whadja Watch This Week? 15:00 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd.) 31:28 - The earnestness is the juice 36:09 - Mann to Mann: The director approaches his old work 49:23 - What do we do with characters this thin in a world this rich? 1:12:08 - The whole movie is undercover? 1:18:01 - The ending 1:25:08 - The Junk Drawer 1:30:54 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 2006 1:33:14 - Cody’s Noteys: Jottin’ Tomato (darts rules but with RottenTomatoes scores)

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Episode 379: COLLATERAL (2004)

COLLATERAL is a different flavor for Michael Mann, yet it’s still familiar territory for the tortured auteur. There are enough distinct ingredients, for sure: Some mixture of Stuart Beattie’s script, a blend of film and digital aesthetics, and Tom Cruise’s real-life sociopathy resulted in a critical and commercial darling (something of a rarity in Mann’s body of film work). In this episode, Jason, Cody, and Harry recap what we’ve watched lately and then hop in the back seat on a long night’s journey through COLLATERAL’s bristling version of Los Angeles. It’s a discussion replete with takes: On the relationship between the meek Max and the vicious Vincent; on the vices and virtues that define Michael Mann movies; and a pretty okay analysis of the coyote scene. You didn’t think we wouldn’t have an answer for that, didja? Then, as we so often do, we finish with some trivia about craft brewery offerings that have some tangent connection in name to the films of Tom Cruise. I guess that means this episode is 21+! Haha. Just joshin’. Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid ISAIAH, an interfaith group fighting for racial and economic justice in MN: https://secure.everyaction.com/G8TCnxFlE0qd9zlUEYjjeg2 Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-to-north-minneapolis-families-in-crisis References: “Collateral’s Unintentional Influence on No-Budget Digital Cinema” by Tim Schwagel for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “The Cabbie and the Hitman: How Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise Created Memorable Characters in Michael Mann’s Collateral” by Dan McCabe for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “Hell on Wheels: Paul Cameron and Dion Beebe, ACS push hi-def video to its limits for Collateral, which chronicles a hit man’s nocturnal killing spree” by Jay Holben for American Cinematographer (August 2004) Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog #MichaelMannsDarkAmericana #35mm Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast, Bluesky at @trylovepodca.st, and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Briefcase” by Tom Rothrock from the COLLATERAL soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 379: COLLATERAL (2004) 4:28 - Whadja Watch This Week? 27:43 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd.) 30:49 - Different stakes than your usual Mann movie 42:04 - Our Mann-kings rankings and what Tom Cruise’s casting does for this movie 51:49 - How COLLATERAL changes the calculus of Michael Mann’s mechanical men 58:38 - Vincent: Everything is performance and there is no self 1:05:27 - The one-sidedness of change in COLLATERAL 1:10:23 - Max, the malleable man 1:21:40 - Fate, coincidence, and coyotes 1:34:11 - The ending 1:47:18 - The Junk Drawer 1:56:36 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 2004 2:02:11 - Cody’s Noteys: Tom Brews (Tom Cruise-adjacent craft brewery trivia)