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187: Juror #2 (with Corey Atad)
🕑 Added 2024-11-08 14:26:09 +0000 UTCThe film writer Corey Atad and I went on opening day to see the new Clint Eastwood courtroom drama Juror #2, which is getting an extremely limited release in North America even though Warner Bros. gave it a full rollout in the UK, France and Spain. Why is David Zaslav doing Clint, still working at age 94, one of the icons of American cinema and of Warner Bros., so dirty?
Before seeing Clint’s latest, Corey embarked on a journey into the last decade of Eastwood’s work for his Substack, so we touch on these films and where Juror #2 fits in with the preoccupations of Clint in his Late Style period, a series of films that examine what takes to be a hero, the concepts of right and wrong, the challenges of modern American life, and the people trying to do their best within failing systems, in this case a struggling justice system not designed to handle people operating out of self-interest.
In our discussion we don’t give away any spoilers for Juror #2 that aren’t in the trailer. Go see this movie!
Follow Corey Atad on Twitter and visit coreyatad.com
Corey's interview with Juror #2 screenwriter Jonathan A. Abrams, for GQ, November 15, 2024
Corey’s reviews of all the Late Style Clint movies discussed in this episode are on his Substack - here’s his review of Juror #2.
“The Mystery Behind Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 Release Is Solved” by Pamela McClintock, for THR, Nov 4, 2024
“Halftime in America” - Clint’s 2012 Super Bowl ad for Chrysler, directed by David Gordon Green
Trailer for Sully (Clint Eastwood, 2016)
Trailer for Juror #2 (Clint Eastwood, 2024)
Comments
Kenny Hedges
And that Sutherland intro was like its own little Brendan Fraser moment. Didn't see him coming, such a delight.
Kenny Hedges
There were about 20 people in my theatre, mostly older, but some my age. It got shoved in the corner room for which you can barely spot a door - no poster, nothing. I figured, at best, streaming would be the new dumping ground for solid DTV rentals. The last one I saw like that was Renny Harlin's The Cleaner in 2007. This is beyond aggravating.
Jesper Ohlsson
Nicholas Holt is good casting if you want to do a "your honor, I'm in a heterosexual marriage and I for sure did not always wanted to kill my dear wife *eyebrow-waggle*"
Jesper Ohlsson
It feels like its basically you and your one friend that goes to watch these movies unironically in theatres, and his real target-demo waits till it runs on whatever daytime-movie channel that's available.
