Criterion Reflections – Episode 113 – John Huston’s Fat City

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in The Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Alexander Cormier and Richard Doyle to discuss Fat City, directed by John Huston. Fat City has been featured on The Criterion Channel streaming service in the past, but was not available on that platform at the time this episode was recorded and published.

John Huston

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• JustWatch
• Geeks
• The Rake
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Fat City (film)

• Prime Video
• Wikipedia
• Letterboxd
• JustWatch
• New York Times (1972)
• Roger Ebert (1972)
• Village Voice (1972 – Mekas)
• Village Voice (1972 – Rosenbaum)
• Village Voice (2009 – Hoberman)
• Village Voice (2015 – Scherstuhl)
• Admit One Film Addict
• The Atlantic
• Austin Chronicle
• Bad Left Hook
• Booze Movies
• Cinema Head Cheese
• Every 70s Movie
• Noir of the Week
• The Latest Picture Show
• TCM

Fat City (novel)

• NYRB
• The Guardian
• LitHub
• New York Times
• Paris Review
• Slate

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