Yes, the entire movie is like this
RC-2013-102: Killer Joe (2012)



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In this episode, I reach into the requests pile for a criminally underrated 2012 picture about criminally overconfident numbskulls. Before listening to this commentary, pick yourself up some K-fry-C—that way you can nosh through your bucket as I talk through one of 2012's most delightful surprises, Billy Friedkin's Killer Joe. Aside from the revelation that is Juno Temple, the track covers the whys and hows of Friedkin's old-school talent and the underrated genius of Old Man McConaughey. The film's opening sequence reminds me of the old Universal monster movies, and I say why. Then, I launch into an argument for Caleb Deschanel's stark, suggestive lighting schemes, without commenting on his cooky-sexy genes. Also, I find time to laugh at Thomas Hayden Church and Gina Gershon. I mean, I laugh with them. Listen for me calling out the sync point, which comes just after LionsGate logo on the Region-1 DVD.


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