303 – Red Rocket

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

With Anora anointed with the Palme d’Or this year, one of the narratives ahead in the coming season will be whether Sean Baker’s microbudgeted cinema will be embraced by the Academy in a big way. After lots of buzz for Tangerine and an acting nom for Willem Dafoe in The Florida Project, Baker was buzzed again for Red Rocket and its showcase performance for Simon Rex. With Rex as a manipulative down-and-out porn star returning to the small town that cast him out, Red Rocket‘s moral minefield and rueful comedy was ultimately not embraced by Oscar.

This week, we talk about Rex’s dynamic performance and the film’s recreation of the 2016 election cycle. We also talk about the meta elements of Rex’s casting, Baker’s rise among the ranks of independent cinema, and the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Topics also include donuts, 2021 Best Actor, and READ posters.

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0:00.0	Oh, wrong house.
0:02.0	wrong house.
0:03.0	I didn't get one.
0:05.0	Oh, wrong house.
0:10.0	Oh, wrong house. No, the right house. I didn't get that! We want to talk to Mill and Hack.
0:16.0	Mill and Hack and print. I'm from Canada water.
0:25.0	I'm from Canada water. Dick Pooh.
0:35.0	Pooh. I moved back in with my wife last week.
0:43.6	No, it was calling the cops.
0:44.8	Fuck!
0:45.8	Really?
0:46.8	We decided to make a run of it.
0:48.8	I just need a place to crash for a couple of days.
0:50.6	What's the big deal?
0:51.6	Mikey, go fuck yourself. All right, yourself I look I'm gonna be straight with you I'm an adult film actor excuse me so why are you
1:00.0	back mr. Hollywood mikey mr. holly Mikey. Welcome back, dude.
1:03.0	I'm on top of my game right now on like every single possible level, physical stamina.
1:08.4	My mind is sharp.
1:09.6	I'm taking 5HTV for serotonin in my brain.
1:12.4	Hello and welcome to the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast, the only podcast that would absolutely
1:16.4	knock over a child to make the subway.
1:18.9	Every week on this had Oscar Buzz, we'll be talking about a different movie that once upon a time
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