Another Kind Of Distance: A Time Travel, Twin Peaks, Film, Doom Patrol And Nostalgia Podcast

July's special subject is a sampler of noirs by 1950s noir auteur Phil Karlson: Kansas City Confidential (1952), 99 River Street (1953), 5 Against the House (1955), and The Phenix City Story (1955). We discuss one-time Fox musicals leading man John Payne's transformation into the ideal shlubby, haunted noir protagonist, Karlson's take on the hysterical male trope, his use of violence, his delineation of the ideal woman, the progressive and reactionary tendencies in his movies, and the lies and authenticity of his arguable masterpiece, The Phenix City Story. And much more, of course! Read Gareth Hedges’ thesis! Cinematic Memory and the Southern Imaginary: Crisis in the Deep South and The Phenix City Story Time Codes: 0h 00m 45s:    Brief introduction to Phil Karlson 0h 05m 45s:    KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952) [dir. Phil Karlson] 0h 27m 44s:    99 RIVER STREET (1953) [dir. Phil Karlson] 0h 56m 42s:    FIVE AGAINST THE HOUSE (1955) [dir. Phil Karlson] 1h 19m 14s:    THE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955) [dir. Phil