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High Fidelity

Picking Nits

Barry’s hidden music, his flyer, Ian, record handling, apartment economics, Laura’s moves, funeral mud, and autobiographical shelving

In the discussion (10)
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  • Barry never performing before the finale is questioned. — Chris Ryan
  • Barry’s listed influences are said not to match the soul performance he gives. — Chris Ryan
  • Laura choosing Ian is treated as a familiar and implausible period trope.
  • Calling Ian a Supertramp fan is called gratuitously insulting. — Rob Mahoney
  • Using Royal Trucks as the teenagers’ music is challenged because that band belongs inside the store’s Chicago scene. — Chris Ryan
  • Lewis is criticized for bending an expensive Captain Beefheart sleeve by its corner. — Chris Ryan
  • Rob’s apartment and the store’s ability to pay two workers are questioned.
  • Laura’s immediate moves into partners’ homes are questioned as a repeated habit.
  • Rob jumping into mud after the funeral and immediately having sex in a car is called disgusting and visually inconsistent.
  • Autobiographical record shelving is debated as satisfying but practically impossible.
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Probably Unanswerable Questions

Ethan Hawke casting, Rob’s partners, Marie, Penny, DJ prospects, and name variants

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  • Whether Ethan Hawke would improve the film as Rob is debated, with Cusack’s likability defended.
  • Ethan Hawke in the Ian role is considered as a more grounded rivalry between two icons of the era.
  • Who Rob should end up with is asked; nobody and the Chicago Reader critic are proposed.
  • Why Rob never calls Marie DeSalle again is questioned and defended as mutual recognition that the encounter was temporary.
  • A better response to Penny’s story is proposed as a path to a relationship with her. — Joanna Robinson
  • Rob’s plausible ceiling as a DJ is questioned.
  • The shift between Rob, Robert, Bob, and Bobby becomes a question about identity and nicknames.
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What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

The record store, Marie poster, Dickies shirt, coats, and Kinky Wizards flyer

In the discussion (5)
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  • The entire Championship Vinyl store is the first choice. — Chris Ryan
  • The black-and-white Marie DeSalle poster is selected.
  • The Dickies shirt shared with the TV adaptation is selected. — Joanna Robinson
  • Cusack’s leather coat is selected. — Joanna Robinson
  • The Kinky Wizards record-release flyer is selected because the fictional party date matches the speaker’s birthday.
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The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson

Character, taste, physical-media obsession, and behavior on bad days yield separate lessons

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  • “It’s not what you like; it’s what you’re like” is selected.
  • The opposing joke answers that it is what you like.
  • Physical-media fetish properties are compared with pornography. — Rob Mahoney
  • Character is defined as not taking a bad day out on other people.
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Best Double Feature

Clerks, Empire Records, Juliet Naked, Grosse Pointe Blank, About a Boy, and Say Anything

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  • Clerks is proposed. — Rob Mahoney
  • Empire Records is proposed. — Rob Mahoney
  • Juliet, Naked is proposed as a version from the partner’s perspective. — Rob Mahoney
  • Grosse Pointe Blank and About a Boy are proposed separately. — Bill Simmons
  • Say Anything is proposed as a Cusack bookend. — Bill Simmons
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Most Rewatchable Scene

The bistro stare-down; Lester and George’s late conversation; the opening sex scene

In the discussion (15)
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  • George arriving at Jill’s after sleeping with Felicia is nominated for Jill’s dawning realization that something happened. — Bill Simmons
  • George’s brief tantrum and immediate reconsideration after throwing away his jacket are nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The chaotic salon entrances and exits are nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • George and Jackie’s parking-lot confrontation is nominated for her blunt rejection of the idea that she has sex for money. — Bill Simmons
  • George styling Jackie’s hair in the bathroom is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Carrie Fisher’s bedroom scene is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The prolonged stare-down between Felicia and Jackie at the party is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Lester moving awkwardly through the party is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • George’s attempted declaration of love during “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • George admitting that he slept with all of the women is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • George making peace with Lester is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Jackie ending the relationship with George on the overlook is nominated.
  • The dark opening sex scene set to “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” is nominated.
  • The bistro stare-down is selected for its interlocking relationships, Nixon backdrop, and Jackie’s drunken behavior. — Cameron Crowe
  • Lester and George’s late-night conversation is selected for the men’s camaraderie, cruelty, and Jack Warden’s comic concern with housekeeping.
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Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot

Lee Grant’s two-day walkout

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  • Lee Grant reportedly left the production for two days after a disagreement about how to play Felicia’s response to her daughter’s possible encounter with George. — Bill Simmons
  • The Seagal story used to name the award is explicitly treated as an uncertain urban legend. — Bill Simmons
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What’s Aged the Best?

Hollywood self-reference, the hairdresser dynamic, cinematography, performances, real estate, and soundtrack licensing

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  • Hollywood self-reference is praised, including Carrie Fisher’s casting as a younger generation of sexual frankness. — Sean Fennessey
  • The intimacy between hairdressers and clients is praised as a way the film links physical presentation, secrets, and access to power. — Sean Fennessey
  • The cinematography is praised for texture and for holding on the desire immediately before kisses. — Cameron Crowe
  • Warren Beatty and Jack Warden’s scenes together are praised. — Bill Simmons
  • Lester’s house is praised separately as real estate. — Bill Simmons
  • Carrie Fisher’s bold first-film performance is praised. — Bill Simmons
  • The ability to license two Beatles songs and the rest of the soundtrack is praised.
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