Soderbergh Ep. 31: Logan Lucky (2017) with Glenn Heath Jr.

The Winds of Winter is still a distant dream for incarcerated fantasy fans, but our episode on Soderbergh's 2017 NASCAR caper LOGAN LUCKY is coming to you on schedule. We brought back our friend, and rebel among San Diego film critics, Glenn Heath Jr. to discuss how Ocean's 7-Eleven combines Soderbergh's impatience with conventional film production, his visions of an incongruous South, and his preternatural flair for heist movies. It might be a live-action cartoon or it might be serious American Regionalism. We lay it all out for you in what Sebastian Stan has called "the dirtiest air of all."

Further Reading:

"Will Soderbergh's Strategy of Bypassing the Studio System...,"  by Ryan Faughnder

Prison Life Unlocked by Phillip Vance Smith Jr. 

"Former Coal Towns Get Money from Clean-Energy Factories," by Hiroko Tabuchi 

"How an Ex-Coal Mining Town is Turning to Ecotourism," by Emily Cataneo

"For Black NASCAR Fans, Change Would Mean Feeling at Ease," by Andrew Keh

Further Viewing:

RAISING ARIZONA (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1987)

BOTTLE ROCKET (Wes Anderson, 1996)

TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY (Adam McKay, 2006)

BERNIE (Richard Linklater, 2011)

Follow Glenn Heath Jr.:

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Digital Gym Cinema

San Diego Asian Film Festival

Pacific Arts Movement

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