34 - Mississippi Masala (1991)

Ben and Tim head down to the Gulf Coast for the first of Tim pick in our summer block, Mira Nair's 1991 "Mississippi Masala". We get into the real life odyssey Nair went through in her career to arrive at this excellent movie, location shooting in Africa, hiring Ken Park's director to be your DP, Denzel's crazy charisma and crazier mouth injury, teen Zoran talking his mom out of doing Harry Potter and the wild swings this movie takes in order to say something about the idea of home that few other movies even try to attempt. This movie surprised the hell out of Ben and you should really check it out. Also discussed: Chainsmoker Cat (again, sorry), La Flor pts 1 &2, Dark Side of the Ring, Manhunter and The End of Evangelion. We will be back next week with friend of the show Nick to talk about Kenneth Lonergan's brutal yet beautiful 2016 masterpiece "Manchester by the Sea". Thanks to Disco and Eric as always. Letterboxed: DeadFormatPod Bluesky: DeadFormatPod