In this episode, Bart & Jenna have a lively debate about what it takes to adapt something as stylized as Shakespeare to a medium that leans so heavily towards realism.

Bart & Jenna take a dutch-angled romp through a series of nihilistic, anti-Bond spy films and find there’s plenty of drama to be found in a more realistic portrayal of spy work.

Bart & Jenna dive into the work of Haskell Wexler – one of the true auteur cinematographers who got his start in the 1960s. Featuring a heated debate on Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, as iconic in wit as it is in visual flare, and Medium Cool – a hybrid film that incorporates almost every trick he learned from the decade.

Bart & Jenna take a look at Tennessee Williams in decline and find far more gems than they expected—from Fugitive Kind to The Night of the Iguana. Also they watch Boom!, also a film indeed. 

How much does Jenna love Goethe’s Faust? Don’t ask me; ask her poodle named Mephistopheles. Bart & Jenna watch several films based on Faust–a theme that was on people’s minds in the ‘60s.

Bart and Jenna watch every film Clint Eastwood made in the 1960s, investigating the triumphs and stumbles he took trying to break away from his white-hat television roles in order to build his black-hat film career.