Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast and Pat “The Über Critic” McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com and the Chicago Film Tour get downright conspiratorial with an in-depth look at Winter Kills!
William Richert's 1979 political satire presents a Kennedy-assassination allegory unlike any other. A paranoid mash-up of Citizen Kane and Network, the movie finds Jeff Bridges traveling the globe to find out who gave the order to kill his older brother, a former President of the United States.
The tone is all over the place, ranging from cracked-mirror parody to bona fide thriller, and Ian and Pat do their best to figure out why Winter Kills is not more widely regarded in the conspiracy-movie pantheon.
Politically, Episode 434 is back and to the left!
Show Guide:
Conspiratorial Chatter: 0:00 - 0:09
Intro Music: 0:09 - 0:24
Intro: 0:24 - 2:58
Winter Kills Trailer: 2:58 - 6:10
Winter Kills Discussion: 6:10 - 52:31
Outro Music: 52:31 - 52:45
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