Blood on the Tracks Episode 96: 1980s Italian Action Mixer Part 2.

Lee and Daniel are joined by returning guest Cameron Sullivan to continue their look into post-Tarantino (and frankly, at this point, post-Ritchie) crime films, with Joe Carnahan's "Smokin' Aces" (2006). The hosts also talk about recent watches. Come help us stain Buddy Israel's jacket with various bodily fluids. "Smokin' Aces" IMDB  Skip Intro's video "Yellowstone is so much worse than you think". Catch Cameron on his show The Jacked Up Review Show Podcast.  Lee on Bluesky, Instagram, and Letterboxd.    Listen to Daniel punch Nazis on the I Don't Speak German podcast. Catch Daniel on Bluesky and support his Patreon.    Featured Music: "Segura O Sambura" by Nilton Castro & "Save Yourself" by The Make-Up.

Lee and Daniel continue to pull on the post-Tarantino thread by checking out Paul McGuigan's "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006). This twist-heavy crime picture, featuring the talents of Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, and Ben Kingsley, just to name a few, has to be good right? RIGHT?? Lee also talks about some recent watches. "Lucky Number Slevin" IMDB  Lee on Bluesky, Instagram, and Letterboxd.   Listen to Daniel punch Nazis on the I Don't Speak German podcast. Catch Daniel on Bluesky and support his Patreon.    Featured Music: "Flute Opening" by J. Ralph & "After Laughter (Comes Tears)" by Wendy Rene.

Lee is back with another Italian action mixer, putting together a varied playlist featuing music selections from films both well known and obscure, from 1980s Italy. --Thunder & Thunder (Slow) from "Speed Cross" (1980) --Toto Torquati --Blue Space from "Everything Happens to Me" (1980) --Guido & Maurizio De Angelis --Titoli & L'aiutante zoppo from "Vultures Over the City" (1981) --Stelvio Cipriani --Runn from "Ator: The Fighting Eagle" (1982) --Carlo Maria Cordio, with vocals by Simona Pirone --Overture & Sangraal and Twan Ride from "The Sword of the Barbarians" (1982) --Franco Campanino --Main Theme from "Miami Supercops" (1985) --The Fantastic Oceans --Main Title & Training Fight from "Karate Warrior" (1987) --Simon Boswell --Main Title from "Robowar" (1988) --Al Festa --I Trust from "Robowar" (1988) --Raff Opening and closing music: Notre côté B from "Gina" by Michel Pagliaro, and Bubble Gum Girl from "Gas-s-s-s" by Johnny & The Tornados.

Lee and Daniel tug a bit more on the post-Tarantino thread with Doug Liman's "Go" (1999), which features a stellar cast of up-and-comers, and all the "Pulp Fiction" riffing you could hope for. But is it any good? The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. Helps us rip-off a low-level drug dealer and party at a late-90s rave, or you could just be lame and pick up another shift at the grocery store. Your choice. "Go" IMDB  Catch Lee's latest appearance on Movie Melt and the return of his Last Call at Torchy's podcast.   Lee on Bluesky, Instagram, and Letterboxd.    Listen to Daniel punch Nazis on the I Don't Speak German podcast. Catch Daniel on Bluesky and support his Patreon.    Featured Music: "Go Lil' Camaro Go" by The Ramones & "New" by No Doubt.

Lee is joined by special guests hosts Ricky Morgan and Gary Hill to blast off to planet Mongo and talk about "Flash Gordon" (1980), directed by Mike Hodges. Spoilers: they all love it, but still have fun talking about its place in history, especially being a sci-fi fantasy film post-"Star Wars". The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. Now, get your wings warmed up and help us attack War Rocket Ajax. Dive! "Flash Gordon" IMDB  Catch Ricky's podcasts over at Legion Podcasts.  Listen to Ricky's music here.  Check out Gary over at Legion Podcasts.  Lee on Bluesky, Instagram, and Letterboxd.    Featured Music: "Football Fight" & "The Hero" by Queen.

Lee and Daniel are joined by friend and fellow podcaster Gary Hill to pick up on a thread they want to pull after talking about "Seven Psychopaths" last week: post Tarantino films. This week they check out "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" (1995), directed by Gary Fleder. Is it as bad as its reputation would lead you to believe? The host also talk about what they've watched as of late. Come have some boat drinks with us, just don't get the dreaded buckwheat. "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" IMDB  Check out Gary over at Legion Podcasts.  Lee on Bluesky, Instagram, and Letterboxd.    Listen to Daniel punch Nazis on the I Don't Speak German podcast. Catch Daniel on Bluesky and support his Patreon.    Featured Music: "Jockey Full of Bourbon" by Tom Waits & "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" by Warren Zevon.

Lee and Daniel get a little crazy this week as they talk about Martin McDonagh's "Seven Psychopaths" (2012). A meta commentary on the post-Tatantino crime film, and really just how films are made in general, it features an amazing cast, and the hosts have a lot to dig into this week. Also, in relation to the last episode on "The Spook Who Sat by the Door" (episode 363), the hosts respond to a blog post that makes a good case that the film had some deceptive myth-making behind it from the writer of the source material, Sam Greenlee. Also, Lee talks about what he's been watching as of late. Come out to the desert with us for a shoot-out... or maybe just some deep conversations about violence and redemption. "Seven Psychopaths" IMDB  Tim O'Neill's substack article "The Ban that Never Happened".  Lee on Bluesky, Instagram, and Letterboxd.    Listen to Daniel punch Nazis on the I Don't Speak German podcast. Catch Daniel on Bluesky and support his Patreon.   Featured Music: "The Unknown Immortal" by Joe Strummer & "The First Cut is the Deepest" by P.P. Arnold.

Lee is joined this week by friends and fellow podcasters Matt and Vaughn to cover a film unfairly slotted into the Blaxploitation genre, and a film that was pressured out of the theatres by the FBI, and thought lost for years: Ivan Dixon's "The Spook Who Sat by the Door" (1973), based on the controversial 1969 novel of the same name by Sam Greenlee. The three white as snow hosts have a pretty good conversation about a very black film, that's politically far deeper and more angry than most other black films of the era. The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. Join the Cobras with us, and lets take down the white establishment! "The Spook Who Sat by the Door" IMDB  Check out Matt on the Movie Melt podcast.  Check out Vaughn on the Motion Picture Massacre podcast.  Lee on Bluesky, Instagram, and Letterboxd.    Featured Music: "Man with a Mission" by Keith Mansfield & "The Spook Who Say by the Door" by Herbie Hancock.

It's a quick and dirty February release of Blood on the Tracks for Lee. Here's some good score and soundtrack selections from his recent watches. --Suite from "I Drink Your Blood" (1970) --Clay Pitts --Suite from "Black Magic" (1975) --Yung Yu Chen --Nude per L'Assassino; Strip Nude for Your Killer & Fotomodelle from "Strip Nude for Your Killer" (1975) --Berto Pisano & Elsio Mancuso --Media Zap (Tootsie Vocal) from "Tootsie" (1982) --Stephen Bishop --In the Night from "Savage Streets" (1984) --Michael Bradley --Nothing Gonna Stand in Our Way (Vocal Version) from "Savage Streets" (1984) --John Farnham --Theme from "Magic Crystal" (1986) --Joseph Yapp/Joseph Yip --Donna & Bobby Bite It from "Slugs" (1988) --Tim Souster --Main Titles from "Evil Toons" (1992) --Chuck Cirino --I Love Livin' in the City from "SLC Punk!" (1998) --Fear --Looking for the Magic from "You're Next" (2011) --The Dwight Twilley Band Opening and closing music: Notre côté B from "Gina" by Michel Pagliaro, and Bubble Gum Girl from "Gas-s-s-s" by Johnny & The Tornados.

Lee & Daniel are joined by fellow podcaster Daeron Wilson (of the The Psychosemantic Podcast) to cover the late 1990s coming of age punk rock hangout film "SLC Punk!" (1998), written and directed by James Merendino and starring Matthew Lillard & Michael Goorjian. Punk culture, posers, sell-outs, and crazy Til Schweiger threatening to steal the entire film away, are just a few of the things talked about. Are you selling out or buying in? Come listen and let us know! "SLC Punk!" IMDB  Check out Daeron's excellent podcast here. Lee on Bluesky, Instagram, and Letterboxd.    Listen to Daniel punch Nazis on the I Don't Speak German podcast. Catch Daniel on Bluesky and support his Patreon.    Featured Music: "I Love Livin' in the City" by Fear; "I'm Not a Punk" by Descendents; and "Look Back and Laugh" by Minor Threat.