Including lincoln, spotlight, and Straight Outta Compton. Brian John Podhoretz, we would normally ask you here to Talk Straight politics. But, for years, you have been a movie critic. John 37 years i have been a movie critic. Brian when did you get interested in movies . John i started publishing in the American Spectator when i was 18 years old. I grew up in manhattan, and from the age of 11 or 12, i would Wander Around to movie theaters and revival houses and see stuff after school and on weekends. I got fundamentally literate in movies enough that i could write about them. That was over 37 years ago. So now, if you are 18 or 19 years old, you have another 37 years that you have something to be responsible for knowing something about, i dont know if it is as easy as it was then. Movies had only been around for 50 to 60 years then, and now they have been around for 90. And so there are a lot more movies to take account of. Brian when you read your reviews, you see politics in your rev
Interested in movies . John i started publishing in the American Spectator when i was 18 years old. I grew up in manhattan, and from the age of 11 or 12, i would Wander Around to movie theaters and see stuff after school and on weekends. I got fundamentally literate in movies enough that i could write about them. That was over 37 years ago. Now, if you are 18 or 19 years old, you have another 37 years that you have something to be responsible for knowing something about, i dont know if it is as easy as it was then. Movies had only been around for 50 to 60 years then, and now they have been around for 90. So there are more movies to take account of. Brian when you read your reviews, you see politics in your reviews sometime. How influential have movies been on what our political culture is . John it is always a great question about whether they reflect it or lead it or guide it. I think for the most part, movies reflect our political culture, and they are an effort to gain the largest p
Other problem is over in parma there was an accident involving a semi is the traffic very slow and that was an accident there. For 80 at granger nothing in it. Just it a lot of volume this morning as you wait make your way over to broadway and to 71 they do have an accident with a tractortrailer on routeh to heisley that ramp is closed they say the ramp is closing up very quickly and folks are using that as an alternate. Over to you. It took just ten days and center interviews, but now it is officialal that new head football coach this morning with more on hugh jackson and his plan for the team. Our head coach, hugh jackson, officially become on the 16th brown browns head coach. Coming from the Cincinnati Bengals, but says he is excited to come up more than ten around the team that did not havet a best season. I feel very comfortable and confident that i can get it turned i believe that i know that and i expect to get that done. He has been a coach for 29or years. Fifteen in the nfl. T
Goodfellas is like im going to kick the shit out of you for two hours and youre going to love it. There have been so many mob movies. Is it possible in 1990 Martin Scorsese will have a gangster movie that will have something to say that hasants been said a million times and you watch the movie and youre like yeah. What are you doing . We try to capture the exuberance of that world. Its dangerous and threatening but theyre having a wonderful time. This is mr. Tony over there. Goodfellas was the nuts and bolts of the mob. The mob as a job. What do you do . Im in construction. And the balance of the two families, your mob family and real family and the way they start to bleed into each other. Are you all right . Are you all right . Huh . Goodfellas was based on the book called wise guys. And i thought what if i play this guy jimmy dechant. Are you being a wise guy with me . What did i tell you . You dont buy anything, you hear me . Dont buy anything. It is a true story and the true nature
[ sound of gunfire ] as far back as i can remember, i always wanted to be a gangster. Goodfellas is like, fasten your seatbelts, im going to kick the shit out of you for two hours, and youre going to love it. There have been so many gangster movies, so many mob movies. Is it really possible that in 1990 Martin Scorsese will be able to make a gangster movie that has something to say that hasnt been said a million times . And you watch the movie and youre like, yeah. See you later, thanks. What are you doing . Youre leaving your car . He watches the car for me. We were trying to capture the exuberance of that world. Its dangerous and threatening, but theyre having a wonderful time. This goodfellas was the nuts and bolts of the mob. It was the mob as a job. What do you do . Im in construction. And the balance of these two families, of your mob family and your real family, and the way that the two start to bleed into each other. Are you all right . Yeah. Goodfellas was based on a book call