Episode 27: The Road Movie Episode

Cerise and Vicky hop on their motorcycles and hit the highway in search of a crying bald eagle or some such thing, adding five road movies to their list along the way. Featuring special guest star Adam Curtis! 8:35 – Nomadland (2020, Chloe Zhao) – Cerise and Vicky sort through some powerful and mixed feelings about an honest, empathetic film that tries to address the issue of poverty without upsetting shareholders. 30:34 – Easy Rider (1969, Dennis Hopper) – Cerise and Vicky explore the process by which a countercultural statement becomes a life insurance commercial and find that the key is making a flawed statement in the first place. 46:49 – Race With The Devil (1975, Jack Starrett) – Cerise and Vicky chart the fiery, paranoid death of the hippie dream with the help of an amazingly surly Warren Oates. Many drinks are had. 1:03:24 – Lost In America (1985, Albert Brooks) – Albert Brooks buries yuppie strivers under the weight of their own delusions while Vicky cringes and Cerise laughs. 1:14:35 – My Own Private Idaho (1991, Gus Van Sant) – Cerise and Vicky find out that when you smush three movies together, they all turn out extremely gay.