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Today Will, Hesse, and special guest Rob Franco delve deep into two hidden gem Hesse picks: Electra Glide In Blue (1973) and Point Blank (1967)! 

Have you ever asked yourself, “what if the band Chicago made a motorcycle cop exploitation movie? What would that look like?”

And have you ever asked yourself, “what would it look like if Lee Marvin recruited a young John Boorman and gave him Carte Blanche to make the most insane American crime movie ever made?”

This is not my beautiful bike!

This is not my beautiful $93,000!

My God! What have I done!!!?!

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Thomas

Whoops… I read point blank as point break

James Majure

The last shot of Electra Glide in Blue... wow.

Here, Try This

I like to think Harve was the arresting officer in Miranda v Arizona

Here, Try This

Actually a more coherent double feature

Zach H.

If you want watch a couple of hard drinking individuals go through some war stuff, watch Hell in the Pacific with Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. Also directed by Boorman.

Dzmien Nzimad

Clouddead sampled Electra Glide In Blue, I think

Jim McKenna

Hesse needs to be my chrome tranny. It’s all I want.

Max

Really missed a trick not calling this "Cops and Roberts"

Sam Bondurant

Ahh yes Robert Franco the last uncancelled Franco brother

Suzie

Charlie potatoes, Charlie fucking potatoes.

Nolan

It’s very funny when Hesse makes fun of Europeans silly voices

Sam

Re: the “Indian motorcycle cop” line confusion. He’s not Native American, Indian is an iconic motorcycle brand from the early 20th century

Ctrane

“Adventures of a suburban boor”

Adam B

21:12 this mf said ChewAnon

CJ

Lost it at “Chrome Tranny” lmao

steven bassett

With the Easy Rider reference I’m reminded that yall should do a Dennis Hopper direction double feature with Easy Rider and Out of the Blue

Michael Polacheck

James William Guercio also produced a PSA spot called "Shoes for Industry" on the Firesign Theatre album "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers".

JD

Nice Hill Street Blues reference from Hesse. Love that show, have you binged it?

JD

Another great Angie Dickinson appearance is in Jacques Deray's 'The Outside Man' with Scheider, Tritignant, and Ann Margeret. An epic LA Crime film I think should be cannonized. Joe Morton sings the damn theme song.

Michael S. Judge

There is most definitely some racism in "zip," and also some nauseating horror – it was short for "zipperhead," which is what US troops called dead Vietnamese civilians who'd been run over by tanks and crushed into the zipper-like pattern of the tank treads

Cullen S

My college roommate was a cop like 15+ years ago and we would always play with his riot gear, breathalyzer each other, wear his uniform with no pants like a porky pig PD He’d also whack the absolute shit out of the side of our thighs with his baton, stun locking your leg lol. He wouldn’t use those taser dart things, but did use the base to shock us while we peed

SHEEBCORE

learned that term in Eastwood's El Camino

tysonw81

Holy s***, I never thought I would hear another human being comment on Electraglide in Blue. I actually burst out it in a silly, excited gasp.

Joe

wow elctraglide in blue arizona masterpiece

JD

also james b sikking was a major character in parts!

Zane Merritt

so much John Boorman talk and no mention of Zardoz smh

Tim O'

That's basically what my experience is college was

Courtney

Hesse’s laugh at around 1:28:30 around the Boorman book, priceless!!!

ERIC

Hesse apologizing for a long first feature review like we wouldn't enjoy 3-4 hour episodes.

T

There's an alternative origin story for "zipperhead" that's even worse. I don't know whether any part of this is true, but this is the supposed story: Asian skulls have a neater seam down the middle of the forehead where the two bones fused together in childhood. White people have more of a zigzag. When American soldiers shot Asian people in the head, sometimes the head would split open down the middle, which isn't something that happens when you shoot other races, so they called them zipperheads. If this is true, I think it would have been especially noticeable when they shot children because their skulls are less fused.

Tyler Hanel

Movie mindset bingo squares: “dreamlike quality”, “skeleton key that unlocks the film”, “Hesse says ‘Fa**ot’, what else…

T

His wikipedia article says that he played a Native American in at least 23 movies, though

Aaron

Thanks to Rob for mentioning the Richard Stark Parker book series. Just got through the first two already. Good stuff.

Aaron

First four are free on audible BTW

Luke

Do Seven Beauties

MCL

Electra Glide in Blue is on TUBI, possibly on Hebee and Tnorknork

Normica

Comparing the director’s commentary to a homeless person’s stream of consciousness was so spot on. Listening to that guy talk reminded me of an alcoholic I dated. There’d be a bunch of words strung together without meaning that left me wondering if his brain cells died or never existed.

danny

Hesse, THANK YOU! For Electra Glide in Blue it was awesome. I really read it as a satire and thought it was great

danny

also on YouTube

Mary Mallone

I love how this isn't the first time Hesse got so excited about a movie that she forgot to introduce the guest

etienne

that guy said how many words over that 300 minute episode? maybe 12?

Yarblockos

Hate to be that guy, but Point Blank is just okay, the book it's based on (The Hunter) is much better.

Miles_B

I saw Point Blank last night. The cinematography and color is incredible. The acting and story were not as strong. Definitely worth seeing though.

Nacho

Haven't listened to it yet, but I still want to thank you. For years I had search for the meaning of the line "Backseat on electric glide" in Texas Never Whispers. I hope this a break in the case.

Christopher Scragg

Is there an editing mistake at 1:01:20? Audio cuts out.

Tim O'

I rented Point Blank on YouTube today. Lee Marvin punches a dude in the dick at about 31:50. This movie rocks.

Jake

Anybody identify the scenes in the master that were lifted? I just watched it, but I'm having trouble figuring out what Hesse was talking about.

The Real Spiro Agnew

One of the best eps of Movie Mindset. Point Blank was ABSOLUTELY an influence on The Master, but it was also an influence in Inherent Vice. I read in a press release that Josh Brolin's character's look was lifted directly from Lee Marvin in Point Blank.

S

There is a "Big John" in both movies

Cameron Van Berkum

The trailer they play for Elektra Glide is so fire it sounds like a follow up to Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches