Hard Eight (1996)
Episode description
Tim and Andrew discuss the 1996 drama, Hard Eight, currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Why? Because Philip Seymour Hoffman was the king scene stealer. He could come in for a day and take your film from 3.5 stars to 4 with one scene. How did PSH and PTA meet? What was the drama surrounding PTA and the distribution of the film? Why does Phil's hair look like that?! All that and more in this eighth episode of "That's That: A Philip Seymour Hoffman Retrospective".
This episode's guest is "That's That" regular, filmmaker, and One County Film cofounder, Andrew Paul Davis. You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter. Check out the music video for his new song "Politician".
Link to Blossoms and Blood: Postmodern Media Culture and the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson.
"That's That" is sponsored by One County Film Company, produced and hosted by Timothy Mark Davis, edited by Ryan Arnst, with show music composed by Jessica Rae Huber, and artwork by Drew Hanagen. Additional music from Yehezkel Raz and Duffmusiq.
Our next episode gets POLITICAL with The Ides of March, currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Our guest will be friend and politics enthusiast Tim M.