This week’s episode looks at the 2011 film Moneyball, before moving into a focus on Brad Pitt’s career. First we try to figure out what’s stopping Moneyball from being a great film, how much Pitt looks like Robert Redford sometimes, and talk about Steven Soderbergh’s proposed version of Moneyball that was cancelled at the last minute. Then, we talk about Brad Pitt’s place in Hollywood: why we don’t really understand his level of fame despite liking his work, and how he is living the life of a solid character actor without anybody having figured it out… He’s really just Paul Giamatti with a better jaw line.
Episode 131: Moneyball and Brad Pitt’s Legacy
An mp3 version can be found here.
