Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Alex Towers and Sean Driver from When Irish Eyes Are Watching, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, Guy Ritchie’s Snatch.
Two low-level grifters looking to buy a caravan from some Irish travellers. One international thief lying low in London after an Antwerp job. A former Soviet secret agent. A reliable Jewish fence and his American counterpart. A tough old gangland geezer who isn’t used to not having things go his way. A diamond. A dog. And the chaos that ensues when all of these elements collide in the most unexpected of ways.
At time of recording, it was ranked 100th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show notes:
- Recorded 29th March 2020.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
- Snatch at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB Top 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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- Nicholas Quah and Caroline Crampton at Vulture on how the coronavirus pandemic is changing podcasting, March 2020.
- Becca James at Vulture on the particular set of challenges facing comedy podcasts in the coronavirus pandemic, April 2020.
- Jana J. Monji at The Los Angeles Times on the weird cultural moment that pigs had around the release of Snatch and Hannibal, February 2001.
- Jane Dalton at The Independent on the cannibalistic impulses of pigs left uncared for, January 2020.
- Kenneth Turin at The Los Angeles Times reviews Snatch as a “gem with a flaw of familiarity”, December 2000.
- Nathan Rabin criticises Snatch as a case of diminishing returns at The A.V. Club, December 2000.
- Hugh Hart profiles Guy Ritchie for The Los Angeles Times, January 2001.
- Hugh Leonard considers Guy Ritchie for The Irish Independent, August 2000.
- The Guardian offers a brief introduction to Guy Ritchie, August 2000.
- Andrew Pulver reviews Snatch for The Guardian, September 2000.
- Guy Ritchie contrasts working on films like Snatch with working on King Arthur, in conversation with IndieWire, May 2017.
- Guy Ritchie talks to Esquire about his aesthetic and his marmalade, November 2009.
- Kayleigh Donaldson at Pajiba mounts a defense of Guy Ritchie, May 2019.
- Alex Suskind at Vice offers a reassessment of Revolver, May 2017.
- Gregory Lawrence at Collider argues for Revolver as “an Underrated, Gonzo, Art-Noir Masterpiece”, January 2020.
- Gina Piccalo profiles Guy Ritchie during the production of Revolver for The Los Angeles Times, December 2007.
- Chris Nashawaty at Entertainment Weekly argues that Jason Statham is “the last action star”, August 2007.
- Adam Gabbatt at The Guardian argues for Jason Statham as the modern epitome of the action hero, May 2015.
- Alissa Quart coins the term “hyperlink cinema” in her review of Happy Endings for Film Comment, August 2005.
- Roger Ebert popularises the term “hyperlink movie” in his review of Syriana, December 2005.
- The Artifice on the popularity and success of hyperlink cinema in the twenty-first century, January 2017.
- Jonathan MS Pearce at Patheos on the debate around the “virgin birth” in Christianity, December 2016.
- Richard Carrier at RichardCarrier.info on the ling history of virgin births in pagan belief systems, September 2016.
- Darren Mooney makes an argument for miscommunication and mistranslation as a central theme of Snatch at the m0vie blog, April 2020.
- Quote Investigator explores the cliché of America and Britain as two nations “divided by a common language”, April 2016.
- Cassie Marie McDonagh discusses racism against travellers as one of the last socially acceptable forms of discrimination at The Guardian, October 2017.
- Christina Newland at The Guardian on the casual cinematic racism towards travellers, September 2017.
- Tom Geoghegan at The BBC on the use of the word “pikey”, June 2008.
- An example of the “pikey subtitle track” on the DVD of Snatch, December 2015.
- Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt discuss Snatch with JOE.ie, August 2019.
- Danny Dyer discusses his relationship with Guy Ritchie with The Guardian, June 2009.
- The Irish Independent on the strange love affair that the mafia has for The Godfather, April 2001.
- Megan Gambino at The Smithsonian Magazine on the legacy of the Godfather films on the Italian American community, January 2012.
- Tim Nudd at Adweek on the popularity of Paulie Walnut’s hairstyle from The Sopranos, April 2007.
- Ilene Rosenzweig at The New York Times on how The Sopranos re-popularised the pinkie ring, January 2000.
- Heather Saul at The Independent on the emergence of blue meth in New Mexico, January 2014.
- Dennis Farina talks to Nitrate Online about how the criminals in Snatch compare to the ones in real life, January 2001.
- Benicio del Toro talks to The New York Times about working on Snatch and Traffic, January 2001.
- Brad Pitt talks to Collider about why he chose to work on Snatch and how he developed his accent, January 2020.
- Brad Pitt talks to Rolling Stone about how he settled upon Mickey’s voice for Snatch, December 2008.
- Dialect coach Brendan Gunn talks to The Telegraph about working with Brad Pitt on Snatch, January 2008.
- Tari Ngangura at Vice on the career of Gerard Butler, November 2017.
- Gerard Butler is “the man of today”, May 2015.
- Sirin Kale at The Guardian on orgies in the age of coronavirus, March 2020.
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