A Double Feature episode for the records. Seriously, this is one of the best episodes. Go read Reunion at the Birthday Massacre on Medium. Tokyo Drifter’s punk rock style. The shifting landscape of the asian mafia film. The day petting the white cat doesn’t work like it should. Meanwhile, back in North America: the western. Competing ideas across an ocean. The look of the stage. Martin, the departed, and that big fluffy cat again. The infamous camera work. Who’s in the Departed, and what do they want? Ladies and the academy. Adam Rifkin shows Alice Director’s Cut. Update: Director’s Cut is out and discussed in full on this Double Feature episode!
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Tokyo Drifter
Released: April 10, 1966
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Director: Seijun Suzuki
Writer: Kôhan Kawauchi
Starring: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawaji
After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.
The Departed
Released: October 6, 2006
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Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: William Monahan, Alan Mak, Felix Chong
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
