Listen "Reviews of MONKEY MAN and PERFECT DAYS"
Episode Synopsis
This week Flick Ford is joined by festival programmer Thomas Caldwell and local filmmaker / video editor Jack Ralph. Together they review Dev Patel's directorial debut MONKEY MAN, in which Patel also wrote and starred. Patel plays Kid - an underground fighter who unleashes a bloody campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who systemically victimize the poor and powerless.
MONKEY MAN trailer - written, directed and starring Dev Patel
We also review Wim Wenders' meditative drama PERFECT DAYS. Based on a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki, the film stars Kōji Yakusho as a toilet cleaner who likes to capture moments of beauty in everyday life.
PERFECT DAYS, written by by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki.
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