Dec. 15, 2025

Jalmari Helander - Rare Exports

Jalmari Helander - Rare Exports
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Season 6A Film By...

This week, David and Garret provide some insight into one of the more unusual Christmas movies you may, or may not have seen. Brace yourself for Jalmari Helander's twisted comedic take on Santa Claus and his dark origins in Rare Exports!

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Gary, it's that time of year to grab that hot

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cup of cocoa, some cookies and sit down in front

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of the big screen and enjoy those wonderful holiday classics

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like Diehard, Grimlins, and even First Blood. Well, today we

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can add yet another film to this growing list that

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we just can't miss during this season of joy, and

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one that I would believe not too many have heard of,

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and to be honest, they should. We However, here in

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a film buy are going to correct that. So let's

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unwrap this wonderful gift and talk about a film by

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Yallamari Heylander and his twenty ten underrated film Rare Exports. Hello,

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and welcome back.

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I'm David Burns and I'm Garrett Gibson, and.

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This is a film by podcast be ready to believe

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in Santa again in ways want never imagined. Garrett, thanks

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for joining me for this holiday treat.

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Absolutely would not miss it for the world.

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David, you know I've been wanting to discuss this very

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film for a long time and I'm glad that we

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are finally unwrapping it for our listeners and you're joining

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me along for this ride. I stumbled upon this street

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years ago, not knowing anything about it anything, So I

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went into it completely blind. And let me tell you

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just how surprised I was, Garrett, because I didn't know

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what to expect.

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Oh no, no, freaking same the first time I watched

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it again, seems kind of like fevered dreamish. Honestly, I'm

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not sure what's happening.

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In this film. Yeah, I mean this. I guess you

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could say this is kind of like a mixture between Grimlins,

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the Thing and something else from Christmas. I guess it's

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a little max sure of everything, right, it is it.

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You get a little bit of everything, you get some

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of the comedy, you get a lot of the horror,

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I mean, and plus just some of the most serious

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moments and like horror that you can get are in

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this film. But again, they keep that Grimlin's light heartedness

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to it.

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They do, absolutely, And that's what I like about y'all. Mary.

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He does have that dark sense of humor that he

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adds to his films, Yes, he does so, and this

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one just it's it's all over it. Well, let's talk

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a little bit about three facts, some TRIVIAA A quote

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from this director. He is a finish writer and film director.

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Yalla Mariray has a fascination with action movies, especially James

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Bond films. He wanted to become an action director at

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the age of eleven, of course. Who didn't want to

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become a director at age eleven?

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Of course?

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Yeah, But in Finland, you know, there's a lot of

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small population there and not a lot of resources, so

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his dream of wanting these large scale productions not really

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there for him, but he seems to be making that

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dream come true. Per an article I found, his films

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are characterized by a blend of action, dark comedy, and adventure,

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often featuring a distinctly finished sensibility, and the quote I

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found from him is kind of giving a way of

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a film that we're probably going to discuss at the

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end of this when we're talking about some films that

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we would recommend. He's got working on now is a

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prequel to Rambow, and the quote he says, of course,

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I'm motivated to make still own proud. It's a big

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deal for me to actually do a Rainbow film, and

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there's a lot of responsibility, Haylanders says, So I'm just

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trying to do the best I can with it, and

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I hope that's enough I gotta tell you, I think

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he's really good at action, so I think it's in

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good hands.

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Uh yeah. Two of his films that will be on

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my recommended list for sure speak to his capabilities and

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action films absolutely.

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Now I know which ones you're talking about, so we'll

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get to that at the end of this one for sure. Well,

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before we get any further, Garrett, why don't you let

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our listeners what this film is about?

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Alrighty? This film follows a young boy named Pie Terry

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I believe I'm pronouncing that correctly, and his friend Youso

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think a secret mountain drilling project near the home in

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northern Finland has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus. However,

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this is a monstrous evil Santa, much unlike the cheery

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Saint Nicko legend. When Pieter's father captures a fair old

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man and his wolf trap, the man may hold the

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key to why reindy are being slaughtered and children are disappearing.

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Very good, you know, it's a very unusual film, and

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we're probably going to keep saying that throughout this as.

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We discussed the film.

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Your fee for a stream is absolutely true. For those

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who have not seen this and you will understand what

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Garrett is talking about when you do watch this film,

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that's for sure. Well, before we really dig into the

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cast and crew, why if we go ahead and take

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our first little break here and then we come back,

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we'll talk about the cast and crew and we'll start

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talking more about the film. Sounds good, all right, We'll

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be right back. We are back here at a film

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buy where Garrett and I are talking about y'all and

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Mary hate Landers rare exports. So, Garrett, the cast that

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we have here, it's not a very big cast, I

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might say, And for us, Americans are not very well

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known when this movie came out. Now some of them

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I have gotten a little bit bigger names.

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Yes.

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And of course the first time we're going to talk

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about is Yrma Tomela, who obviously we know two films

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that you and I were going to write. Command is

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the main actor, main character in those Keen films and

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does a tremendous job. Did you know he is the

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brother in law to Yellow Mary.

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I did not know that. No, sir, he is.

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And not only that, but one who is Pie Terry

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is the son of Yrma. No, okay, he's the nephew

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of yellow Mary. I mean this is a family event.

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I love that. Yes, see that that explains why this

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is such a tight knit film and why it works

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so well together.

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Yep. Absolutely, And I believe his his real brother, the

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Heylener Brothers, they actually came up with this idea of

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of this film and we'll talk about that but we

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get to the production of it. But Yorma, who plays

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the father in this of a pie terry. You know,

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they don't really explain what happened to the mother, do they.

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It's just it's just kind of she's not there.

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Yeah, it's kind of like a almost unspoken thing between

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the father and the son. They bring it up, but

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they never elaborate.

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Yeah. So, I mean you really don't need it because

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of the story, but you can definitely tell it's bothering

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the father rolerly bad. I know, there's a very touching

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scene between him and the son when they're sitting down

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to have you know, like the cookies and stuff like that,

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and then he's just holding back tears. Yes, and it's heartbreaking,

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it really is. But I thought that was a really

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good and you going back to talking about that's a

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father and son in real life. You can see why

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their chemistry is really good.

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Yeah, to where I don't think you could replicate that

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without someone like father and son. I mean, it would

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have to be essentially a Wyatt Russell Kurt Russell comparatively, Yeah,

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as far as us actors, it would have to be

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something of that caliber. To get that actual connection between

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father and son. It has to be real. So I

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think that's why they were able to capture so much

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gold between those two characters.

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Yeah. Absolutely, And he plays a perfect father and you

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can tell that he's a guy who really is involved

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with making sure that, you know, he has a good

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reputation and that they go out hunting for the reindeer

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and stuff like that as you know, because they need

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to make money for their village, and you know, and

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everybody's around him. And then when they discovered that that happens,

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I mean it's like devastating. I mean, as a father,

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you would be too, So you know, even though you're

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trying to keep everything together for your son and trying

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to bring in the money, there's a lot of pressure

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on you and you can see that in him and

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this about this film.

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There really is because he's got the debt piling up.

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I mean, he's not going to be able to feed

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his son here soon. And again the scene where they're

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eating just the gingerbread cookies and it sounds like, is

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this all we're having? Yeah, it's all that they can have.

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There's nothing because they haven't had essentially any livestock or

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anything of that nature. So it's really taking its toll

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on his father. And you can see that throughout the film.

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Yeah, and his father is a butcher. I'm taking it correct. Yes,

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the scene with his son just going in backwards so

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he doesn't have to see anything with his I do too,

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because he knows what his father does, but he just

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doesn't want to see it. You know. I'm just going

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to talk to you with my back or to close

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my eyes. Priceless but One himself, who plays Pie Terry.

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What I really love about his character the most is

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that I think he has the biggest story character arc

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through the whole film, because it does if you think

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about it. He's he's this very innocent kid at the beginning,

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who you know, has this you know with his friend

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you so, who so obviously is beyond the believing in

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Santa Claus and the magic and all that. But you

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can still see but Terry still has that right, and

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you know he's trying to get his friend to believe that,

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and you know, heeopo up in the mountain, that's what

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they're digging for. But throughout the film, he goes from

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this innocent child to becoming one of the people who

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takes charge at that little age, and you see that

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at the end, you really do.

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When he's telling I'm not even gonna try and say

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his name, the helicopter pilot, because yeah, I'm not gonna

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butcher his name. But when he yeah, obviously he has

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a little dialogue back and forth with him and he's like,

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tell my father what I did here, And it's like,

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oh my gosh, that.

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Was so heartwarming, and you didn't know what was gonna

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happen when you first see the film. Oh no, he's

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like sacrificing him. He's becoming a hero here this age.

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And the fact that he just like got on the

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cargo net and just went with them and like just

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took control like a hero man.

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It's just so freaking amazing. I gotta tell you, yep, yep.

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And now don't worry, listeners, we're gonna gag into more

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of these things because you're probably wondering, what are they

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talking about? This is crazy talking. We're gonna get there,

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I promise you. There's a few other actors in this,

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but really those are the two biggest throughout this film.

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You know, you got some friends of the father and

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stuff who kind of jump in to assist and help

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like that. But let's talk about some of this film's

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background in production. As I mentioned earlier, this film is

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based on the two thousand and three short film Rare

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Exports Incorporated, which y'alla Mary and his brother Uso, which

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is kind of funny, the same name did in two

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thousand and five, so they basically wanted to it did

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so well that they decided to turn it into a

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feature film, and that's where that came from. Have you

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seen the short films?

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I have, and I absolutely loved it. So when originally

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researching this film, I kept seeing it pop up all

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over the place because it was years after it came out,

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and I finally looked it up and I'm like, oh man,

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it's a short. Oh well, I'll go ahead and give

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it a watch. And then I'll watched that and come

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to find out, it wasn't even the feature like film

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that I was looking for. But I ended up absolutely

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loving the short, and honestly that's what made me want

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to give his this film a shot, and it honestly

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did not disappoint.

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No, not at all. See, I did it backwards. I

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saw the film first, and then I went back and

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watched the short. What you know where it was birth from? Yes, okay,

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so I kind of got I'm kind of glad, I

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kind of I did it that way because I feel

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like I got more out of the feature film. If

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that makes any kind of sense.

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You're absolutely right on that. I will say, if you're

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a fan of his work, I would go check out

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the short now, because chances are if you've seen this film,

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you have not seen the short. So yeah, do yourself

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a favor.

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Yeah. Absolutely. Roger Ebert, who I know, passed away a

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little after this film came out, He did say he

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awarded the film three and a half out of four

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stars and called it a rather brilliant lump of coal

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for your stocking and considered it an R rated Santa

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Claus origin story crossed with the thing. How funny is

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that that?

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See? I mean, it just bonds together so well with

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the thing. So, I mean it is a good Christmas film.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I mean it teaches good things, right, it does.

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And I mean there's even scenes in the movie where

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you know, all of them are like being taken and

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all that, and he like, Daddy, I've been a bad boy.

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I need the fifteen lashings. And it's like, what.

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He's raising a good kid? He is, Yeah, and it's

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just it's heartbreaking to see some of the things he's

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doing because it's like you kind of realize the father

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doesn't recognize that his son is a good kid, just

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because he's so caught up in things, you know.

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Yeah, I mean that him missing his wife, the dead,

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no livestock, no livelihood essentially, I mean he's losing everything

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and the lonely thing he has is a son, but

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he's looking at everything else around him. So he's kind

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of like missing out on his son, and his son

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can feel that. And I mean it just translates so

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beautifully on the screen.

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It does. It absolutely does. Interesting enough, there is no

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women in this film.

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No, I did notice that.

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Yeah, that's weird.

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It's very weird.

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Yes, it doesn't happen, Garrett, No, especially.

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When like One of the biggest plot points of the

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film are reindeers being saldered and children children being taken. Wait,

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we have all these kids, but no mothers for these

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children at all.

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I'm curious to why they did that. I kind of

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dug to find out, but I couldn't figure it out.

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Like I wonder if they're like, Hey, you know, we're

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all friends, we're going to do this film. We'll have

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your son in it. We'll have our other buddy son

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in it. Wait, we don't know any women. That's good.

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I'll just do it exactly.

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That seems like that. You're right, too, funny. This is

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one of Kate Blanchett's favorite films, Is it really Okay?

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Which is kind of funny if you think about it.

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But hey, I'm glad to know there's a big wig

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out there like Kate Blanchett who recognizes the goodness of

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this film.

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Especially a smaller film like this. I think the budget

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was like one point eight million euro or something like

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that is what this film calls to make, So it's

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a next to nothing budget. So that's extraordinary for someone

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of her caliber to be like, that's one of my

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favorite films.

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Yeah, and you bring that up. You know, this is

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not a Hollywood film, so you know they probably filmed

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on location for everything.

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Oh absolutely, yeah, So think about that.

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I mean, that's cold. That's in the snow, they're fighting,

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the elements, the actors are, the equipment is and I

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mean and some of these shots are even at night.

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I mean, that's cold.

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Man. You would have to think it's blow thirty. And

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some of those shots, especially the wind blowing in that

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like mountain crevice that they're all running up to the

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reindeer cage and everything. So I mean a lot of

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the actors of Santa's Little Helpers, my gosh, those those

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guys had to have been freezing.

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Yeah. Talk about shrinkage, right, no doubt about that. Well,

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one of the things I do want to throw I

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always throw out the cinematographer in films because you know,

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they worked their ass off in these movies. You know,

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they're the ones who are responsible for the lighting. You know,

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they're the ones responsible to make sure the camera is

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focused correctly and it's set for the lightning correctly. So

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I always want to throw a shout out to them

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because I'm a photographer myself, so I know how difficult

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that job. Can be and to make sure it all

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matches and looks good. So I want to call out

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Mike or Sama, who is the cinematographer this He's actually done.

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Do you remember the movie Iron Sky in twenty twelve.

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Yeah, he was.

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A cinematographer on that. I'm gonna throw this out there

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because my buddy Wayne is a big Doctor Who fan.

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He's actually done two episodes or recently of Doctor Joy

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to the World and Wish World, So both of them

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were very recent episodes. Have you seen the movie called

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There's Something in the Barn.

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I don't think I've seen that one, No, Sir.

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A couple of years ago. Go check that one out.

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I don't want to ruin it for you because it

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is similar to Rare Exports. Okay, okay, so go check

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that one out. Listeners you too. When you get done

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with Rare Exports, go check that one out. Well, it's

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not done by Yellamra, but you still enjoy it because

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it's another European film that's kind of got that magic

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going for it, so I like it. Definitely, go check

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that one out.

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Well.

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Care, let's talk about this film. Any any favorite scenes

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that you want to start off.

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With Honestly, the one of the scenes that jumped out

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to me is when they get I believe his name

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is Amo played by Tommy Corpela, when they all three

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get together and they've got the what they believe to

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be Santa and holding in there, uh, and he's doing

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all the translating for him. Honestly, I think Amo does

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an absolutely amazing job in that scene where he's doing

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the translation and they're like how much should we ask

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and he's like, it just turns into something that I

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absolutely loved. I was like, Okay, this is starting to

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seem like it's starting to pick up. It's like, well

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they might be ransoming Santa Claus here, Like what's happening?

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So that's a great scene. Of course, the scene that

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we were discussing about closer to the end of the

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film where the sun essentially says go on without me

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that that's a great scene. And honestly, it would be

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between one of those two for me if I had

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to say.

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You know, to go back to the scene you're talking

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about where he's doing the translating and they're trying to

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figure out who this old guy is. That is where

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it really started getting creepy. It is getting getting frightening

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because you didn't know who this guy was, and I

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love how they led you to believe that was Santa Claus.

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Yes, I mean the red Yeah, had the red suit

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and everything. So you're you're sitting here like, okay, well,

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I mean he keeps sniffing of the gingerbread anytime it's

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near yep. He needs anytime that one's around him, he

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starts like perking up yep. So it's like, okay, he

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likes cookies, he likes children, and maybe Santa has gone

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rabbit or something. He's losing his mind. Who knows at

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this point in time of the film.

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Yep. So I'm kind of glad that they kept that

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twist from you until a little bit later in the film,

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towards the end. They kept that twist for you, and

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I didn't expect it. I really didn't until it happened that.

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That's another great scene where he walks up to the

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cage and he's like back away slowly. It's one of

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those almost like Jurassic Park or something like, oh shoot,

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it's coming, like what.

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Absolutely and yeah, because I mean there towards the end

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when I don't remember the guy's name, the guy who

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spoke English, who was obviously was in charge of the

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digging and stuff on top of the mountain.

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Yeah, that's Amo.

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So I love that scene where like he realized, oh,

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this is not who I came for, and that's like

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you guys better behave back away, put the guns down,

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you know those kind of things. And you're like, what

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the heck is going on? And of course Pietari is

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in front of that big hangar that had the twenty

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four on it, yes, which was kind of a cool connection,

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and then you start realizing, oh no.

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This is not sit Oh you just see him all

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storming out of the forest around I'm like, oh shit,

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yeah yeah.

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And listeners, if you've not seen this film, there's a

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lot of naked men, older men in this film, So

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just go to prepare yourself. And they don't hide it

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at all.

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They don't hide it at all. So if you have

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a Santa Claus kink, maybe just don't even bother I

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just fire right into this one.

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Never looked at the way, but okay, sure, right, And

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that's why we go with the shrinkage because it is

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cold and you know, hey, you know what happens to

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guys when they get cold. So there we go. We'll

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leave it at that. But no, I mean there's a

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lot of really cool scenes in this. One of the

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things is the opening scene. Well it's not really the

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opening scene, but it's the scene where Pieti is trying

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to realize what's going on, and he's going through the

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books and you're you're you're getting the story that he's

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actually looking at and reading. You're getting like those drawings,

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which are very creepy drawings. Yes, you know that he's viewing,

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and you know you're getting like the credits, who's in

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the film and stuff like that. I love how they

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did that, how they incorporated the opening title sequence with

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all the people who are in it. But you're also

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getting to realize what the main character is, realizing that

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this is a very creepy Santa Claus story that we're

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about ready to unwrap.

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And I absolutely love how they scored that opening scene too.

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I mean, it just gives you chills watching through it.

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It kind of like hooks you from the start at

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that scene.

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It does you really you realize that this is gonna

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be one of those magical Santa Claus stories, even though

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it's like demonic magically. But you know what I mean,

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you know, you're that type of tale about Santa Claus

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and you know, the finished stories out there over there

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and stuff like that. They've got some really cool stories

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and you know, when you really dive into it, you know,

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you get that that dark magic stuff like this film

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is about.

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You do. Yeah, I forget, I forget the name of

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the Western Matt's Michelson did it a couple of years ago,

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but uh, it's another movie from Finland, but him and

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his brother are settling in the Old West times. Jeffrey

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Dean Morgan's and it Ava Green's in it. Absolutely amazing film.

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But yeah, it kind of has that feel to it.

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I mean, the there's a feel to finish film that

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I don't believe too many other films can copy. Honestly.

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Yeah, there's there's something about film that just has that

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that that magical imprint on them that you just cannot

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copy anywhere. Yeah, it's crazy, and this has it all

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over it and you can clearly see you know, you're

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always told that you write what you know. Clearly he

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wrote what he knows and it shines and it shows

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in this film. You know, this is a tale he

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probably grew up with or something similar anyway, and he

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turned it into this film, which.

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Is simply amazing once you think about it, because it

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probably does stem from some sort of like childhood fairy

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tale growing up in Finland that he had heard, and

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I mean, it translates so well. And again, I think

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a lot of that is doing part because of how

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close the director and his brother in law and his son.

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I feel like that's how they're able to just play

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this off so well. Because it's definitely an underrated film.

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It's a film you're going into where you're probably not

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expecting much and then you end up absolutely loving this

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kind of batshit crazy film.

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Because it's exactly what it is, bat shit crazy, but

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a really good one. You will walk away from this

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halfway through the film when some of the things are

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really starting to unravel, you're gonna realize what am I watching?

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And then when you get three quarters voice that, you're like,

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this is the craziest Christmas movie I think I've ever seen.

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And then when you get finished with it, you're like, Okay,

471
00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:22.359
this may be the craziest Christmas movie I've ever seen,

472
00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.240
but this is really.

473
00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:26.200
Cool, Like this might be a on my Christmas watch

474
00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:30.240
list now I hold up. Yeah. Another little scene that

475
00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:33.400
made me chuckle is when they're standing there on the

476
00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:37.640
runway and all that stuff, and Amo like bends down

477
00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:39.359
and he picks up the hair dryer and he sniffs

478
00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:42.319
and he's like, this is my wife's hair dryer. He

479
00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:44.079
just like puts it in the front of his pants.

480
00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:46.680
So I gets a gun, like, I don't get it.

481
00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:50.599
Man, No, you know, you've kind of forget about that too,

482
00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:53.519
You kind of forget to remember the police officer said that,

483
00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:56.480
like radiators have been missing the hair when he misses

484
00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:58.519
the hair dryer. So when you get to that point,

485
00:24:58.519 --> 00:25:01.200
you almost kind of forget about that stuff because you're like,

486
00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:04.920
they captured the guy, you know, where are we going

487
00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.920
with this? And then all of a sudden, that's when

488
00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:09.400
it leads you into the big reveal that guy's not

489
00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.160
Santa Claus.

490
00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:14.759
That's one of Santa's little helpers. Yeah, which is probably

491
00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:21.720
fifty I would say, fifty sixty year old men naked

492
00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:24.440
running through the woods with you know, pickaxes, things like that.

493
00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:30.640
Whatever, whatever, right, it happens, at least in this film,

494
00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:34.440
it does. It does, yes, So what do you can

495
00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:37.440
think you as the most pivotal scene in this movie.

496
00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:41.720
I don't know. I'm going back and forth where you know,

497
00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:47.200
Pie Terry walks in and all three older gentlemen have

498
00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:50.039
what they believe Santa Claus, and then he has a

499
00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.759
little back and forth with him and he's like, it's

500
00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:57.400
Santa Claus. I think either that or when he finally

501
00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:00.160
opens Hangar twenty four and sees what's in there. I

502
00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:03.200
would say between one of those two, because both of

503
00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:07.079
those are twists to where you're like, holy shit, So

504
00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:09.720
it would come down to between one of those, But

505
00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.960
I'd say Hangar twenty four probably.

506
00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:14.880
Yeah. I went with the when they find the radio

507
00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:18.160
from the jacket in the jacket from the from the guy, Yeah,

508
00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:22.359
because that's when they find out who they're dealing with. Santa. Well,

509
00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:24.640
they that's what's going on, and then they realize at

510
00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:27.279
that point, hey, we have a standard for sale.

511
00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:31.759
You know the fact that they come up with the

512
00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:33.680
number eighty five thousand dollars.

513
00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:36.400
Yeah, well that was the reindeer, right, They think.

514
00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:41.559
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is the reindeer. And then I

515
00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:45.279
like how they're like, what about fifty Santas at eighty

516
00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:48.440
five thousand dollars.

517
00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:51.039
Yep, you are in the money now, that's for sure.

518
00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:55.960
Any any other scenes you want to talk about? Uh?

519
00:26:56.319 --> 00:27:00.480
Again, A scene that I brought up is uh where

520
00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:03.359
Pie Terry's like calling around trying to talk to all

521
00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:05.599
the other children he was with when they went and

522
00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:10.079
investigated the drill site, and he's calling all the mothers

523
00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:13.079
and he's realizing one by one these children have been

524
00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:17.720
taken yep. And then you know he's absolutely heartbroken. He

525
00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:21.039
thinks that Santa Clos is coming after them because they

526
00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:24.680
were bad children. So he goes into his father and

527
00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:27.960
he tells them He's like, father, I've been bad. I

528
00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:31.720
deserve my fifteen lashings. That's one of those scenes that

529
00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:34.240
just kind of sticks out to me because, like you said,

530
00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:37.680
it's proof that he is raising a great son to

531
00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:40.920
where he feels like, oh, I've done this terrible thing.

532
00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:44.079
This is why all these other children are missing. They're

533
00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:47.000
not taken me because I've been a bad child and

534
00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:49.880
all this stuff. So I feel like that's one of

535
00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:51.599
the heavier scenes for sure in this.

536
00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:54.640
I completely agree with you that and take that at

537
00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:58.000
one step further. The scene towards the end, after everything

538
00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:00.559
has settled down and you Piotry has on his thing

539
00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:02.400
and we found out he's alive and stuff like that.

540
00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:04.440
When the father walks up to him and says, you

541
00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.759
are quite a man, and Pierre tre goes, so.

542
00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:10.359
Are you that That is a great scene. I'm not

543
00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.119
gonna lie.

544
00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:13.559
Yeah, that was. That was very heartwarming because then you

545
00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:16.079
realize the father realized what kind of kid he has.

546
00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:20.279
You know exactly, Yeah, he knows he's raised a great son.

547
00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:23.799
Yeah, and then and then you gotta have that heartwarming moment.

548
00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.480
Come on, it is a Christmas film, so you gotta

549
00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.720
have some of that, is it right?

550
00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:29.400
Yeah? You can't just leave it bleak and it's like,

551
00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.279
all right, there's d D.

552
00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:33.440
Yeah. No, And I think they ended up with what

553
00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:37.039
one hundred and ninety eight Santa Clauses. I think they said.

554
00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:41.960
Yes, and it ended up being sixteen point whatever million

555
00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.640
dollars is what they were looking at.

556
00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:45.960
Yeah, so they're gonna be fine. There's notree about that.

557
00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.799
But one of the things that I love too, that

558
00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:50.480
they edit at the end was them training them to

559
00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:53.240
be Santa Claus. Yes, because when the ones holding the

560
00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.799
fake kid and he drops you to go for the

561
00:28:54.839 --> 00:29:00.519
package and Emo walks up grabs it by that's not

562
00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:06.920
for you, so funny. And then like they showed the father,

563
00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:09.839
the father is holding Pietari and they're like being dollied

564
00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.640
down and he's just.

565
00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:13.519
He was handing him the gift and everything.

566
00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:18.799
Yeah, oh my god. You know, I don't know if

567
00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:21.200
you ever could see a sequel to this film, but

568
00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:23.160
I mean I would love to see something. I don't

569
00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.400
know if I want to see a sequel, but could

570
00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:26.440
we do something with the Easter Bunny from these same guys?

571
00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:32.440
My gosh, I would freaking love that. Yeah, Like, Okay,

572
00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:35.319
there's a demonic hair that's about seven feet tall out

573
00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:37.279
and he's would hold on a second.

574
00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:42.480
You could go crazy with that. I really could. Yeah.

575
00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:44.279
And then not not a true sequel to this, but

576
00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:47.440
I mean it still falls into the realm of you know,

577
00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.720
Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, you know, those kind of things.

578
00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:52.759
So why not sky is the limit anymore?

579
00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:57.279
It is? And honestly, again, with the budget they had

580
00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:59.960
and how well this film did for them and they,

581
00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:03.599
and also with everything else he's done since then, I

582
00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:06.880
think people would absolutely eat up whatever he gave them,

583
00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:10.039
whether it was some sort of rendition of a Sam

584
00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.960
Hayne Halloween kind of film or is it, yeah, an

585
00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:15.920
Easter bunny film or whatever it may be. I think

586
00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.599
you'd knock it out of the part ten out ten.

587
00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:20.079
Yeah, absolutely, Or if you want, you want to do

588
00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:23.000
a true sequel to rareic sports, do missus Claws?

589
00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:27.880
Ooh see, well then they'd have to add a woman.

590
00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:32.720
And at this point, right, you're not out wrong?

591
00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:37.359
Come on, what's going on? Man? Or you get all

592
00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:39.319
this hatred for women or something exactly?

593
00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:41.720
What's that? One? H No?

594
00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.119
But but you know, I think that would be kind

595
00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:45.279
of creepy to a sequel about missus Claws. So she's

596
00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:49.160
seeking revenge of what happened to her husband, right, yeah.

597
00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:53.559
Just like almost a fairal Missus Claw whose empire has

598
00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:56.759
fallen because her husband was, of course exploded.

599
00:30:57.240 --> 00:31:01.160
Yes, yeah, listen to us. Please, we'll help you write this.

600
00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:03.319
You can direct it. We'll hope you write it.

601
00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:05.799
We got you all day, that's right, all day long.

602
00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:10.720
All right, Well, let's go ahead and take another break

603
00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:12.440
and we come back. We will do the wrap up

604
00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:15.119
and we'll talk about some films that we recommend from

605
00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.559
this director.

606
00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:17.880
Sounds good, all right, we'll be right back.

607
00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:23.440
Welcome, back everybody where Garrett and I here at a

608
00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:27.519
film buy are talking about Rare Exports. Say what probably

609
00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:29.920
one of the strangest and weirdest Christmas movies that you

610
00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:33.839
will probably view if you've not seen it. I'm sure

611
00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.480
both of us will recommend that. But we'll get to

612
00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:39.279
that point. So let's talk about the wrap up here.

613
00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:42.400
Let's talk about this director. He's not done a ton,

614
00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:45.960
So why don't you tell me what are your top

615
00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:48.039
three films that you would recommend to somebody who's never

616
00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:49.000
heard of him.

617
00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:53.759
Honestly, if you have never heard of him, you're going

618
00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:58.480
into this blind. Of course, if you're already watching Rare Exports,

619
00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:01.640
I would say watch the show because it just adds

620
00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:06.440
to the film. But I would also recommend a couple

621
00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:08.799
films that we were talking about that has Yourma to

622
00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:13.039
Me in it, which he does an absolutely amazing job,

623
00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:18.440
and Seizu I believe is it's pronounced yes, one and

624
00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:22.279
two and two with Stephen Lang in it is absolutely brilliant.

625
00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:24.599
I love everything that's got Stephen Lang in it. He

626
00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:28.799
just brings so much character to those roles. But honestly,

627
00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:32.920
one and two or two of the best unhinged action

628
00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:36.039
films I've ever seen. I will say I would agree

629
00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.400
with you.

630
00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.920
It is like it's it's based in World War two

631
00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:41.240
and it's I would say, it's John Wick on crack.

632
00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:45.119
You're not wrong. Yeah, Like some of the scenes where

633
00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:48.759
just how inventive he is killing some of these people

634
00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:53.039
is even like extraordinary, like this came from someone's mind,

635
00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:57.440
and that I mean, like whoa. You know.

636
00:32:57.519 --> 00:33:00.240
That's another thing that when I saw Cecio advertise, I'm like,

637
00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.559
what the hell is this? And I had not put

638
00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:03.720
the two and two together. That's from the same director

639
00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:06.359
of Eric Sports at that time. So I got to

640
00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:07.960
the end of the film and I'm like, man, this

641
00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:10.680
is just one crazy ass World War two film, but

642
00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:13.200
it is amazing. I'm gonna go look up and see

643
00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:15.359
what else this guy's directed. And then the first thing

644
00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.920
that pumped like this makes sense now.

645
00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:23.200
I love when Cezu was coming out and like, one

646
00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:26.079
of the biggest things they put in the trailer is

647
00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:31.240
the dog doesn't die. Okay, all right, you guys have

648
00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:33.200
me here. As long as you promise not to kill

649
00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.559
the dog will be okay.

650
00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:37.319
Absolutely, And I did like that they brought Stephen Lingen

651
00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.960
as the villain in the second one, because that dude

652
00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.880
plays a great villain.

653
00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:43.920
He really does, does I mean, yeah, just say, the

654
00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:48.160
start of it was Avatar and then oh my gosh,

655
00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:51.799
don't breathe things like that. Yeah, he was just brilliant

656
00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:55.200
in those films. He plays a great antagonist for sure.

657
00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:58.599
Absolutely, So I definitely recommend the season one and two

658
00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:01.559
for sure. Have you have you seen Big Game?

659
00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:04.400
I've not seen Big Game, no, sir, okay, So.

660
00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:09.159
I highly recommend it because it stars Ray Stevenson, Jim Broadbent,

661
00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:13.400
Samuel Jackson, and Samuel Jackson plays the President of the

662
00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:18.000
United States of America who has to escape Air Force

663
00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:21.400
One whiles in mid air and he lands in Finland

664
00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:25.280
of all places, right okay, and has to survive, and

665
00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:29.639
he befriends a young boy played by Onnye.

666
00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:35.679
No way, okay, sir. Yeah, I freaking love that. I mean,

667
00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:40.199
and I'm assuming it's harsh, like finish Winter is what's

668
00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:42.599
happening out there when Samuel L. Jackson gets in.

669
00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:44.119
A kind of a little bit of it, but you know,

670
00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:46.000
you still have other elements too and stuff that they

671
00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:48.159
have to deal with. Yeah, and yeah, it's really cool

672
00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:51.079
because you get a bonding between Onny and Samuel Jackson,

673
00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:54.320
and you know Samuel Jackson, come on, Samuel Jackson and

674
00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:56.400
everything that he does for crying out loud, he is.

675
00:34:56.679 --> 00:35:01.920
And honestly, you said, Ray Stevenson is. Yes, I absolutely

676
00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:06.159
loved Ray Stevenson. I mean one of those actors that

677
00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:08.719
I think had so much range it didn't matter if

678
00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:12.159
his comedy, horror, action, whatever it was. I think he

679
00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:14.239
just knocked those roles out of the park every time.

680
00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:16.599
Absolutely. And then and there the twist of it is

681
00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:19.760
there's somebody on Air Force one who's trying to assassinate

682
00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:24.119
the President, so they land to go after him. They're actually,

683
00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:25.920
you know, not only trying to survive the Elements, but

684
00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:28.880
they're getting hunted down too, and Samuel Jackson has to

685
00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:32.000
rely on Onie to protect him and help him get

686
00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:34.159
through it. Since he was always like Oni has grown

687
00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:36.840
up a little bit, so no, he's become become this

688
00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.320
new hero.

689
00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:39.840
When did this film come out, Big Game?

690
00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:43.719
I want to say twenty eighteen.

691
00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:47.519
I think, okay, so Onie's probably you know, young adult

692
00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.360
yers this one time.

693
00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:50.480
Yeah he's like, no, he's four years older, so it

694
00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:54.719
would have been so it would have been twenty fifteen fifteen,

695
00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:56.760
because he's about four years older than he was when

696
00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:59.400
he played in Rare Exports. Because he's about fifteen years old.

697
00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:03.320
Okay, cool, Yeah, so check this out.

698
00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:06.239
Definitely go watch that, and you will love it, Garrett,

699
00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:08.559
because first of all, I know you love this director

700
00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:11.480
and you love what he does. So he brings those

701
00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:13.719
elements that you see in CCU, that you see in

702
00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:15.440
Rare Experts, he brings it in Big Game.

703
00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:20.199
Too, Okay, and then again with Samuel L. Jackson, You've

704
00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:23.280
already got me. Threw Ray Stevenson in it, you got me?

705
00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:26.760
I mean, so yeah, this this film sounds like a

706
00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:29.519
must watch, So it's definitely on the list.

707
00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:32.800
Now, awesome, awesome. Well, you know, as we discussed earlier too,

708
00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:35.880
you know when I talked about the quote from from him,

709
00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:41.639
he is working on John Rambo, a prequel to First Blood.

710
00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:44.320
So I'm very interested in what he's gonna do with

711
00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:46.559
it because you know, this is gonna obviously be a

712
00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:49.920
more of an American film because I'm sure Studio American

713
00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:52.440
Studio is backing this, which I'm sure means he's going

714
00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:54.599
to have a big budget or bigger budget than he's

715
00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:58.039
used to. And you see that too in Ciso though

716
00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:59.679
as well. He's got a bigger budget and c soon

717
00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:01.320
he's got one in Big Game too, So.

718
00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:07.920
I could imagine so, especially with being attached to something

719
00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:11.840
as big as Rambo. I mean, yeah, that can't go

720
00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:16.320
on a smaller budget by any means necessary, No one

721
00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:19.760
would let it so, And I'm assuming since it's a prequel,

722
00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.840
we're probably going to get a lot of like Vietnam

723
00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:25.360
and stuff like that in the film. So I can

724
00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:28.519
imagine there's going to be a large amount of the

725
00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:33.440
CISU kind of way. Yeah, like Gore Murder and its Yeah,

726
00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.920
I'm kind of excited for that.

727
00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:37.679
Well, I mean the Gore that we saw later on

728
00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:41.559
in some of these Rambo stuff. Yeah, you mix him

729
00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:43.639
in with this, I'm like, oh man, this is like

730
00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:46.639
a recipe that he's been waiting for a long time

731
00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.039
to make.

732
00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:51.519
I'm wondering who they're going to get to put play

733
00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:55.000
Young Rambo, Like, I'm curious about that.

734
00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:58.039
Yeah, I don't know, but I'm sure it's in good hands.

735
00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:59.840
We'll be absolutely yes.

736
00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:03.320
Yeah, So I hope it doesn't fall through. You know

737
00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:04.920
how some of these things get you know, get going,

738
00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.880
and they lose steam.

739
00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:09.760
They really do. I mean anytime they're like, hey, you know,

740
00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:12.159
we've a weapon five just got green lit, and it's

741
00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:15.760
like no, like it's not going to happen, It's fine whatever.

742
00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:18.760
Yeah, absolutely unfortunate, but hopefully we'll see that here in

743
00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:23.079
the near future because the director just rocks and rolls. So, Garrett,

744
00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:26.239
would you recommend seeing Rare Exports?

745
00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:29.840
I would recommend seeing Rare Exports. And I would also

746
00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:33.679
recommend adding it to your Christmas watch list every year

747
00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:37.039
if you get the chance, because I feel like if

748
00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:40.239
you're watching grim Ones, this ties in so well with it.

749
00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:45.119
It's a great addition to kind of like, other than

750
00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:48.639
all the male nudity that's in this film, it's a

751
00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:53.760
very like heartwarming, like Christmas film with some comedy, some

752
00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:57.519
scary stuff. I think it just hits every nail on

753
00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.079
the head.

754
00:38:57.920 --> 00:39:01.360
Here, absolutely, and I agree with you on that. Actually,

755
00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:03.840
every year I do watch a double feature of Gremlins

756
00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:07.760
and Rare Exports. Oh yes, So I've not done Grimlins

757
00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:10.880
yet this year because of I'm holding that for Jeff.

758
00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:12.800
Him and I are going to watch it soon together.

759
00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:16.480
So you know I held off this year. This is

760
00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:18.760
for you. Our producer, Jeff I held off drones because

761
00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:20.599
you ruined my double feature this year. But that's okay.

762
00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:22.920
But yeah, I usually do these two back to back

763
00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:25.239
just because it just the vibe that's in them just

764
00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:26.159
feels the same.

765
00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:30.280
It does. Yeah, as soon as you said that mixed

766
00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:33.280
along with the thing, I was like, oh shit, okay, yeah, no,

767
00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.519
I'm picking up on that.

768
00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:36.480
Yeah, you can almost do a triple feature if you

769
00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:40.920
really wanted to do, right, Yeah, all right, listeners, So

770
00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:43.599
what do you think of rare exports? Have you seen it?

771
00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:46.320
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00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:50.559
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00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:56.920
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00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:02.079
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00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:05.199
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782
00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:21.280
We would greatly appreciate that as well. Garrett, thank you

783
00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:23.719
so much for joining me man. This has been a blessed.

784
00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:25.599
I knew it would well. Jeff said that you and

785
00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:27.480
I were going to get together to do rare exports.

786
00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:31.159
I'm like, oh, yeah, this be fun. Yeah, And and

787
00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:33.719
thank you for having me, David. I mean, this was

788
00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:38.079
absolutely an awesome time and honestly couldn't have done the

789
00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:43.559
show about rare exports with a better co host, So

790
00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:46.480
you know, I absolutely loved it. Awesome. Well, thank you

791
00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:48.800
so much, man, It's been good times. I'm anxious to

792
00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:52.320
go watch it again, to be honest with you. All right, absolutely,

793
00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:55.480
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following us on social media and subscribing it to a Patreon.

795
00:40:58.760 --> 00:41:03.760
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