Video Archives Cinema Club Selects: Week of January 20th (with Roger Avary)

Love to hear the judge came through for David! Fuck that attorney.

Also watched and loved Comanche Station and Ride Lonesome.

Loved The Night Visitor. Hope it does make a VAP episode someday.

I just watched The Crooked Web (1955), and there are a couple of nice, long scenes towards the beginning featuring The Vista in the background.

Welcome back to the USA, Roger! Or maybe it’s the SA after tomorrow— only time will tell…

Enjoyed the episode. It’s always a treat when Quentin or Roger pop in. I agree with Roger on the Straight Story and that info about Lynch was something I never knew. That adds such a new level of depth to the film. I saw it when it opened in theaters and was blown away. I cried 😭 at the end when Harry Dean says, with tears in his eyes, something like, “you drove that all the way to come see me.” Forgiveness is so powerful and a necessity for a healthy life. Also, never lose your fight in life. You stop pressing forward and life starts pressing you backwards. 👏👏👊🏽

For any big Budd Boetticher fans out there, I highly recommend his autobiographical book When in Disgrace. Budd's life was as epic as any of his movies. It details his expirience making the documentary Arruza and how it almost ruined him. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/When-Disgrace-Budd-Boetticher/dp/1882747690 And a link to Budd's film Arruza: https://rarefilmm.com/2023/04/arruza-1972/

Thank you for keeping the knowledge coming.

I’m still hurting over Lynch’s passing. He’d have been 79 on Monday.