Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow. The show where our podcast hosts Steve Powell and Dan Slattery pit high art against low culture. In our last episode, Steve defended the epic Barry Lyndon to Dan who thought it was an epic bore, and Dan defended The Expendables to Steve who argued it was ripe for the cinematic dustbin.
In this episode, we look at neo-noir and the action thriller. Steve defends the George V Higgins adaptation Killing Them Softly to Dan who regarded it as slow torture. Meanwhile, Dan risks becoming part of a persecuted minority by having some good things to say about Taken 3. Enjoy.
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