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Hagakure
Yamamoto Tsunetomo (inferred)
“this was really impactful on me”
“i mean reading the hagakure going back to philosophy books this was really impactful on me as a younger adult”— guest
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Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
“there's this fantastic speech about war”
“cormac mccarthy and so in blood meridian there's this fantastic speech about war given by the judge”— guest
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Wrestling Tough
Mike Chapman (inferred)
“this is a really good book”
“there's a book called wrestling tough yeah this is a really good book”— guest
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No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
“even better book”
“this is which also is part of the reason why i like no country for old men so much which i felt was a great great great movie even better book”— guest
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Blade Runner (The Final Cut)
Ridley Scott (inferred)
“a favorite number one of all time”
“you mentioned blade runner as a favorite number one of all time the final cut that's my go-to”— guest
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Conan the Barbarian
John Milius
“one of my favorite films of all time”
“conan the barbarian by john millions is one of my favorite films of all time and you know that's such a pure film”— guest
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Maniac
William Lustig
“i thought the performances were fantastic in this film”
“maniac by uh william lustig it's a 1980 gnarly video nasty horror movie about a serial killer”— guest
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Point Blank
John Boorman
“one of the upper echelon movies on my list”
“his first one being point blank with lee marvin which is also on top one of the upper echelon movies on my list”— guest
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No Country for Old Men
Coen Brothers (inferred)
“i felt was a great great great movie”
“i like no country for old men so much which i felt was a great great great movie even better book”— guest
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Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler (inferred)
“for example i've been recently reading mineconf you know what that's the thing even there's something in there”— guest
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The Outfit
Donald Westlake
“derived from a book by called the outfit by ah what is his name uh i forget but darwin cook the comics illustrator”— guest
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu
“let me leave you with some words from sun tzu in the art of war the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”— Lex Fridman
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Valhalla Rising
Nicolas Winding Refn
“like blazing saddles is on there right to the lost ark valhalla rising by nicholas from winding refin”— guest
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Blazing Saddles
Mel Brooks (inferred)
“do you remember like oh yeah like blazing saddles is on there right to the lost ark”— guest
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Steven Spielberg (inferred)
“like blazing saddles is on there right to the lost ark um valhalla rising by nicholas from winding refin”— guest
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Excalibur
John Boorman
“is excalibur a film about love excalibur is about arthur becoming king of the britons and his love of his country”— guest
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Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese (inferred)
“was it a casino good fellas good phil is a good movie but no that's not in my top it's a good flick”— guest
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Toast of London
Channel 4 (inferred)
“they could all like uh i don't know uh toast of london on netflix and they love netflix”— guest
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Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis (inferred)
“we all thought doc brown in back to the future was was quite charming so yeah”— guest
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