Spartacus: Directors Out of Type

It’s hard for Kubrick to not make a movie feel like him but he was working Out of Type with the swords-and-sandals epic Spartacus. Tim guides us through two replacement titles by other beloved directors with hyper-unique styles. John Carpenter plays it straight and even sweet on Starman and David Lynch’s vision of a twisted America take a back seat in the warm, heartfelt action of The Straight Story.

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