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The most "year the movie came out" thing

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Folgers coffee and the difficulty of coordinating investigations across cities are the two explicit 1970s markers; the discussion then turns to the film as Gen X art looking back on that era.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:26:31Read transcript
  • Folgers coffee is the primary 1970s marker.
  • Coordinating investigations between cities is cited as another 1970s marker.
  • The film is discussed as Gen X art reckoning with a chaotic late-1960s and 1970s childhood landscape.
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Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot

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Fincher’s repeated takes and exacting treatment of Gyllenhaal, Downey, and Ruffalo supply several production-shoot anecdotes.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:29:09Read transcript
  • Fincher’s extreme number of takes is the central production anecdote.
  • Gyllenhaal reportedly found the process bruising and later described difficulty working that way.
  • A take in the mid-fifties was reportedly used after many repetitions.
  • A reshoot involving Gyllenhaal’s father is discussed.
  • Downey’s improvisational energy and Fincher’s control are contrasted.
  • Ruffalo’s experience with the exacting process is discussed.
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What’s Aged the Best?

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True-crime culture, period San Francisco, Downey, the protagonist shift, Graysmith’s internet-like obsession, Fincher’s catalog, and several craft details populate the aged-best field.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:35:45Read transcript
  • Chloë Sevigny’s humor and deliberately ordinary styling are praised.
  • The rise of true-crime culture gives the film more resonance.
  • Late-1960s and early-1970s San Francisco is nominated as an enduring setting.
  • Fincher’s San Francisco feels haunted and geographically unmistakable.
  • Downey’s mutterings and banter with Gyllenhaal are praised.
  • The tonal and procedural shift from Toschi to the isolated Graysmith is praised.
  • The unsolvability of mundane tragedy is treated as a lasting subject.
  • Graysmith’s external obsession anticipates internet behavior.
  • Robert Downey Jr.’s comeback context is nominated.
  • Zodiac’s place in Fincher’s catalog is nominated.
  • Paul Avery’s waterside home is praised.
  • The Chronicle newsroom recreation is praised for capturing an empty morning newspaper office.
  • The soundtrack’s gradual move into yacht rock is praised.
  • Downey’s on-screen smoking is praised.
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The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

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Lake Berryessa, the opening fireworks, a phone booth, the Golden Gate Bridge, and rebuilt San Francisco compete for the most cinematic shot.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:45:55Read transcript
  • The opening city-and-fireworks image is nominated.
  • Graysmith and Melanie in the rain-lit phone booth are nominated.
  • The Zodiac cresting the hill at Lake Berryessa is nominated.
  • The camera holding on Hartnell during the stabbing is nominated.
  • The cut to the woman’s torso during the stabbing is nominated.
  • An aerial Golden Gate Bridge shot is nominated.
  • The digital reconstruction of the Embarcadero is nominated.
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Sean Fennessey Award for Stealth Homage That Gives Every Movie Nerd a Criterion Orgasm

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Memories of Murder is the favorite stealth homage, with All the President’s Men, The Most Dangerous Game, and Rosemary’s Baby also discussed.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:49:40Read transcript
  • The full Sean Fennessey Award name and movie-nerd purpose are spoken.
  • All the President’s Men is identified as a structural blueprint.
  • The Most Dangerous Game is identified as a clear reference.
  • A witness describing the killer as normal is tied to Memories of Murder.
  • The phone-call pan toward a closed door is compared to Rosemary’s Baby.
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Is There a Porn Parody of This Movie?

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The Zodiac Killer starring John Holmes is identified as an adult-film parody and discussed as Craig Horlbeck’s flex choice.

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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Approx. transcript time · 01:51:35Read transcript
  • The category asks whether the movie has a porn parody.
  • The title The Zodiac Killer and John Holmes are identified.
  • The premise casts Holmes as a cop hunting a killer.
  • Its 63-minute runtime is compared with the Century Club benchmark.
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The Vincent Chase Award: Are We Sure This Character Is Actually Good at Their Job?

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The Zodiac is judged surprisingly bad at his job because victims survive and he leaves conspicuous clues.

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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Approx. transcript time · 01:52:32Read transcript
  • Two victims survive attacks.
  • He wears a Zodiac-branded watch.
  • He reveals a birthday clue over the phone.
  • He claims left-handedness while wearing a watch inconsistently.
  • Arthur Leigh Allen wears a conspicuous Lee name tag at the hardware store.
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The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

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Avery’s Riverside detour, the missing first murder, and reliance on Donald Cheney’s claims are the main weak-link concerns.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:53:16Read transcript
  • Avery’s trip to Riverside is considered confusing.
  • The film could explain the first Zodiac double murder more clearly.
  • The Donald Cheney material is entertaining but its credibility is questioned.
  • The case against Arthur Leigh Allen rests heavily on disputed circumstantial claims.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

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The abrupt four-year title card, too little Downey–Gyllenhaal time, their fictionalized friendship, Anthony Edwards’s wig, and the film’s persuasive Arthur Leigh Allen framing draw aged-worst objections.

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  • Replacing a planned two-minute musical time-passage montage with the abrupt “four years later” card is criticized.
  • The film is judged about five minutes short on Downey and Gyllenhaal together.
  • Their entertaining friendship is acknowledged as a movie invention rather than a real friendship.
  • Anthony Edwards wearing a wig is criticized.
  • The movie left one host certain Arthur Leigh Allen was the killer for years, a confidence later evidence unsettled.
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The Rose From Titanic “Sneaky Suck” Award

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Melanie Graysmith is nominated for “sneaky suck,” but the panel disputes it: one case says she knew from the first date that Robert was obsessive, while the defense calls her reasonable and extraordinarily patient.

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  • Melanie Graysmith is nominated for the sneaky-suck award.
  • The nomination is immediately disputed as she is called reasonable and cool.
  • The case against her is that Robert revealed his obsessive behavior on their first date, so she knew what she was entering.
  • The defense notes she is the film’s only substantial female character and is written with extraordinary patience in a male institutional world.
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The Rick Dalton Award for the Greatest Fucking Acting I’ve Ever Seen

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Robert Downey Jr.’s houseboat performance wins for making Paul Avery’s dissipation funny and sad.

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  • Downey’s delivery of “somebody should write a book” is singled out.
  • His physical acting on the houseboat is praised.
  • The scene’s exposed, disheveled presentation strengthens the performance.
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