On this non-idiotic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome A.S. Hamrah to the podcast to discuss Akira Kurosawa’s The Idiot (1951), starring Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, and Takashi Shimura. Topics discussed: America’s crumbling infrastructure; Draculaesque interiors; snow; human extremes. Also, Christ attacks the money lenders!Topics not discussed: Throwing the I Ching. A.S. Hamrah was n+1’s film critic from 2008 to 2019, and was the editor of the magazine’s film review supplement. He has worked as a movie theater projectionist, a semiotic brand analyst, a political pollster, a football cinematographer, a zine writer, and for the film director Raúl Ruiz. He lives in New York. His book, The Earth Dies Streaming, can be purchased here: https://shop.nplusonemag.com/collections/featured/products/the-earth-dies-streaming-by-a-s-hamrah His recent article for The Baffler, “New Centuries Are Rare,” can be found here: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/new-centuries-are-rare-hamrahHey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dollars a month, you’ll get a bonus episode and a essay from George about the films being discussed on the podcast. (George promises no problematic manifestos about the current state of the world.) Also, we will definitely give you a shout out on the podcast! Your financial support will also help us upgrade our equipment and improve the show in a variety of ways.Please, if you can, rate, review, and subscribe to Oeuvre Busters on Stitcher and iTunes and wherever else you might download your favorite podcasts. Your ratings and reviews help the show reach a wider audience. Please also feel free to send us regular and hate mail at: Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. Again, we appreciate all the support.  "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.