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#549 - Death of the Iron Age Cafe (Patreon)

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2024-08-09 04:01:03
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Tony Buba chronicled the decline of his hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania in a series of acclaimed documentaries that elevated him to national notoriety. But in the extraordinary documentary/fiction hybrid LIGHTNING OVER BRADDOCK: A RUST BOWL FANTASY (1988), he asks what it means when his success is tied to so many people's poverty.

Tony Buba's films are hard to find on streaming, so why not just get this Blu-Ray? You'll be glad you did - https://kinolorber.com/product/lightning-over-braddock-and-collected-shorts-the-films-of-tony-buba-blu-ray

Elon Musk's Elden Ring tweet - https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1528955104463814656

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Josh

I watched Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992) last night. This is a fascinating film. Perfectly cast. Great cast. So many pitch perfect performances, especially Paul Reubens. So many iconic lines. So many indescribably effective images, despite the comparatively poor direction. The action choreography and editing is so interesting to watch compared to the 1,000 cuts per minute stuff we have to suffer through today. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 1992. About 81 minutes long. I really like it.

Adam

You gotta post your build Luke, for fun!

David

Edge of Tomorrow is so good.

Adam

FWIW, Buba is an incredibly kind, friendly person. You'll see him around Pittsburgh at movies and art events and he's just great. Super charming, a FANTASTIC storyteller who loves to talk to anybody. A beloved local figure and truly one of the best dudes imaginable. Also, he's very much an activist involved in local lefty politics. Until very recently, he was a fixture at protests, usually filming them with his phone or a small camera. And he was a huge supporter of Summer Lee from the very beginning. He and his wife *appeared in* Summer Lee's first TV ad. He curated this excellent film series at the Carnegie Museum of Art last summer: https://www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertainment/film-returns-to-carnegie-museum-of-art-with-new-series-hosted-by-tony-buba-23843830

Josh

Great to hear. I want to see this movie.

Coco C

Please tell me you’ve seen the trailer for the new Jason Reitman flick Saturday Night. Oh yes, like *that* Saturday Night. Sorkin is absolutely seething right now. Also, the movie looks terrible.

Chris Sherman

Objectively, Walz does suck, he's not taking a meaningful position against the genocide and he's pretty middle-of-the-road with some bright points. Still, I don't see how we build a political movement without taking some Ws. We can't tell people that we do nothing but lose and expect them to get excited or take part. We've likely exercised some moderate influence over the course of the Harris campaign so far, and that's a good thing. Also a good thing that activists are hitting Harris on arming Israel at her rallies, hope to see a lot more of that.

Blank

LS snubbing Tom Cruise is his version of drunk college WS refusing to watch The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Blank

Also we need a LS/Dave Weigel/Felix Biederman twitch stream of Elden ring

JunklessTrunk

Hey, pedantic Minnesotan here. It's Tim Walz, not Waltz. Mispronouncing his name is anti-black racism.

Tyler Plunkett

WRT to Luke’s comment about reaching out to Tony to potentially get him on the pod, I don’t know him personally, but have met him a few times at local events and know from friends who programmed his films that he’s pretty responsive to that sort of thing. You can reach him here: https://braddockfilms.com/contact/ As Adam said below, one of the nicest guys you could possibly meet.

Tyler M.

Another great film where Braddock plays a huge part is Romero's film Martin.

Allen Butt
>>146133590

In all seriousness tho, Elon’s Elden Ring build is an incredible window into the man’s mind

Douglas A Fedinick

I just drove through Braddock. Braddock Avenue is closed. I was at Carnegie Mellon When the had a small premiere for the film. Buba was a friend of a couple of profs and they made a big deal about him. I don't think Herzog was there, but I was 20 and pretty dumb. Sal is excruciatingly deeply Pittsburgh. Our word is Jag off, for the guy with many words and plans that might have no connection to material reality. If he's still alive, I could probably hunt down Sal.

Jimmy McMillan

I don't think Elon Musk was always this stupid. Being super rich, completely comfortable, prideful, and surrounded by yes-men made him stupid. Saying people like Bill Gates is a genius (Musk never was) is like saying Charles Barkley is a world class athlete in 2024

Iain

Will Sloan really is a master of the segue.

JMHaag

Jeb-ified...a coinage for the ages. Well played Luke 🍸👍

Josh Raulerson
>>146084735

I once moderated a talk/Q&A thing with Tony, knowing very little about his work and nothing about his stature. We hung out and chatted a bit before and after, and he was so friendly and down-to-earth that it came as a surprise when I later learned he’s kind of a big deal. Can confirm he is super approachable and a great interview!

Oliver Elliott

- Did John Fetterman not come up once on this? Longtime mayor of Braddock. - I like that his idea of a “Hollywood musical” sounds avant-garde AF.

10KBC

Just watched “Sweet Sal” on Vimeo and loved it. Really fun. What a character

Rudy

https://www.witf.org/2021/04/26/braddock-made-john-fetterman-a-politician-its-also-home-to-some-of-his-biggest-critics/ “There’s a difference between coming in and asking the community what they need … instead of coming into a community and saying, ‘Hey, you guys need a fine dining restaurant, you guys need this, or you guys need that,’” she said. Tony Buba, a 77-year-old documentarian who was born and raised in Braddock, said he became frustrated with Fetterman under similar circumstances. Although he no longer lives there, Buba has made several films about the town. In 2010, he joined a group protesting health care giant University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s shutdown of Braddock’s local hospital. Fetterman opposed the shutdown too, but Buba said the mayor didn’t really work alongside the rest of the protesters. Instead, Fetterman’s biggest public gesture came near the end of the saga, when he staged a solo protest at U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh and was arrested for trespassing while holding a sign urging UPMC to open an urgent care center in Braddock. It didn’t work on UPMC, but eventually Braddock did get its urgent care, courtesy of Highmark Health’s Allegheny Health Network. Even so, Buba said the whole episode ended his relationship with Fetterman. That, he said, is another trait that seems to define the lieutenant governor: he doesn’t take criticism well. “If you ever hear him speak, there’s never a ‘we.’ It’s always a ‘me’ or ‘I,’” Buba said.

Matt Cesnik

The Ontario Place story reminded me that DC’s mayor signed a deal with Therme last year to explore the building of “a modern Roman Baths” that’s the “antithesis of the metaverse” on public land (one of the plots being an empty football stadium that many have pushed to be redeveloped into affordable housing…

Jordan Jeffries
>>146478506

Just came to see if anyone shared this -- Tony was ahead of the curve sniffing out the BS behind PA's hoodie-clad genocide ogre. (Or I should say, he was in step with other local organizers and a lot of the Black population of Braddock, and the mainstream media/Mr. Moore were just behind the curve...)