#588: Top 5 Movie Rivalries with Steven Hyden / Sunset Song




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Summary: In music writer Steven Hyden's provocatively titled new book "Your Favorite Band is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life," he writes about The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones as a prototype of a certain kind of rivalry - the ubiquitous cultural behemoth vs the reactionary alternative. It's true that few movie rivalries can compete with a rivalry as epic as Beatles/Stones, but Adam and Josh have come up with five memorable cinematic battles - and they've invited Hyden to go into the trenches with them. That Top 5, plus a review of Terence Davies's SUNSET SONG, and Alison Willmore's Cannes Film Festival recap.<br><br>0:00-3:14 - Billboard<br>3:14-59:18 - Top 5: Movie Rivalries<br>59:18-1:11:28 - Notes / Polls<br>1:11:28-1:22:35 - Cannes Recap<br>1:22:35-1:40:24 - Review: "Sunset Song"<br>1:40:24-1:43:12 - Close / Outtake<br><br>Music used in this episode:<br>Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama" <br>Neil Young, "Alabama"<br><br>-<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6I2H9nZk5I">No Country vs. Blood Trailer</a><br>-<a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/scanners/three-kinds-of-violence-zodiac-no-country-for-old-men-there-will-be-blood">Emerson on Coens, PTA and violence</a><br>-<a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/scanners/andrew-sarris-auteurism-and-his-take-on-his-own-legacy">Emerson on Kael v Sarris</a><br>-<a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/feud-chaplin-vs-keaton">Time Out New York on Chaplin v Keaton</a><br>-<a href="http://www.themovingarts.com/greatest-films/cahiers-du-cinema-100-films">Cahiers du Cinema's 100 Greatest Films</a>