iTunes Exclusive Episode Touched With Fire

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My name is Rob.
I'm the executive producer of the clubhouse podcast.
I'm just really digging this song with background.
I'm not alone for this particular episode.
Joining me across the desk as he tends to do is my co-host.
The panel will play with fire if you let him.
He is chat, welcome sir.
All right.
We're just a few episodes away from like a commemorative plate or something.
Um, I, you know what?
We should see if someone will design one for us.
I'm down with that.
Funny.
Also joining us is the official fact checker of this show.
And a man who, some people, they just, they like to poke him.
They don't want to touch him.
They just want to poke him.
You may know him as fun, don't go.
But his momma named him Don Ford.
I'm going to call him Don Ford.
Welcome sir.
Our plate to be like in the shape of Montana.
And I just want to say something.
Before we get started in this particular episode.
You know how a Facebook ad gives you those memories thread.
Yeah.
It was five years ago today.
The day we record this.
That Don and I became face to friends.
Really.
Yeah.
That showed up today on memory thread.
So.
Wow.
And also.
We're going out in therapy ever since.
But also today is coincidentally as well.
The five year anniversary of another facet of this show.
As it pertains to special additions.
It was five years ago the day that we recorded this.
That we did our very first WWE pre show live.
Really.
Interesting.
So.
Well, because we're going to talk about more that on our normal show.
But had to throw that out there.
Why not?
Whatever we do one of these.
It is to review something.
This is no exception.
We are here to review Donuts here to review.
The brand new film from director Paul Dahlio.
This is his first feature length film.
He's done a couple of shorts.
He's done some work with the David Lynch Foundation as well.
But it is called Touch with Fire.
Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby, Christine Lottie, Griffin Dunn, Bruce Altman.
All in this film.
Basically it's the.
It's a love story of two people who are bipolar.
They meet in a, uh, an mental facility.
Decide to pursue their relationship.
Much to the chagrin of their respected families.
And the joys and horrors that all of that brings together.
Yeah.
We start this whole thing.
We got to think Carol from Galer Smith for inviting us to.
We do.
Yeah.
Very nice lady.
We can't thank her for enough for this.
I know I.
I was only one as able to make this due to commitment issues.
Yeah.
Exactly.
So, uh, but you know, I was there for the empire for this one.
So again, thank you so much, Carol.
Runs about an hour, 50.
Yes.
So, Don, let's talk about this story because in your written review, which is featured at
www.theclubhousepodcast.com, which is our website.
You reveal something in your written review that really kind of gives you an interesting
perspective on this.
Yeah.
I have four step brothers and one step sister.
One of my step brothers is bipolar.
And a second one of mine has mental retardation.
So you have, you have experience with mental illness.
Yeah.
Things of that's in your family.
So, yeah.
As you went into this screening.
What were your feelings going in?
Were you hopeful?
Was your bars that low?
Were you apprehensive?
You really have a bar.
Okay.
So, I went into this film.
I saw the trailers and that's all I really wanted to do.
And sometimes that's all I want to do is just have the trailer and have an open
mind and see what happens on this thing.
So, I went in.
You know, it's about two people who end up in a walk-in mental facility.
They're about each of them are both about five cans short of a six pack.
Okay.
In their own way.
Yeah.
And then they build that relationship.
They both get released.
And from the facility.
But they start the relationship.
And the facility.
Which they tried breaking up.
The staff did stuff like that.
Then they get out.
And then they start dating.
And then it's the concerns of being out in the world with two people who have taken medication
issues to dating while they both have the issues of their mental capacity.
And the family trying to help in step and give their advice and everything like that.
So, on that aspect, I really enjoyed it.
Because my step brother, Billy, who is bipolar.
I love the guy to death.
And he's what the family every day.
We have to.
He cannot be on his own.
You know, he had 90 stays on his own.
But we still have to.
You know, he comes up to my parents' house in Montana every day.
Or they help there on his property and stuff like that.
So you feel it was portrayed well.
I thought yes.
Okay.
Yes.
The acting ability.
Which I thought was spot on when it comes to showing two people with mental disabilities.
And even they even show different levels of disability.
If there aren't a medication or not.
What they're not in their medication even shows a more out there.
You know.
So Holmes and Kirby did a really good job.
Yeah.
Chemistry between the two.
I loved it.
I love the chemistry.
I love the acting between the cast on the thing.
The people who play their parents like Christine Lottie.
Oh, my huge fan.
Yeah.
Griffin Dune.
I've been done.
Done.
I'm sorry.
And even the doctor had doctor played by Daniel.
You're all.
The cast had very good.
I thought they showed the family well on dealing with these kind of issues and trying
to show concern.
Trying to give them some freedom, but still they have to have an eye kept on them.
So they thought portrayal-wise things went really well.
Yes.
Visually did it match what it needed to do.
Yes.
Which I put on my review at www.quabaspodcast.com.
That's our website.
I put on there that it didn't need special CGI.
There really was no CGI.
But it showed New York and its normal light.
It didn't have the big statue of Liberty or saying we're in New York.
But it just, you knew it was New York to show New York.
It was able to match the tone of the story.
Yes.
And it fit the mental institutions very well of showing inside the facilities.
What's life is like inside the facilities and stuff like that.
So on that aspect, I was really impressed.
But there was nothing special really needed.
But there was some good shots.
But it was fine for what was the point was trying to get across on the story.
It didn't knock you up against the wall.
But it was serviceable.
It was serviceable and it felt fine.
And there are a couple of nature shots and stuff which were really good too.
Which when they were going out in the woods and stuff like that.
So those kind of shots were very good too.
But the look was fine.
Nothing to complain about.
It was perfect for what was needed.
Okay.
So let's go into the story itself.
I mean, this is always a very interesting subject to approach.
Because tone is big in something like this.
Characterizations very big on this.
Was the story told properly?
Was it able to keep your attention?
Was it told properly on showing real life?
Yes.
Okay.
But which I could put my written review that.
This thing this movie should have been a long short movie.
It's like an extended short film.
Yes.
So maybe 20, 30 minutes at the moment.
Maybe 45 at the most.
Okay.
It should have basically cut this over half my 60.
Yeah.
As much as I love the subject matter.
And as watching these relationships grow and everything like that.
It was just too long.
And Dalio also, or Delio, however you say.
He actually wrote this as well.
Yes.
I just based on his life.
Yeah.
This comes from personal experience for him.
But it just had too much inner filler material that was not needed.
So many scenes that were not needed.
That were so extended.
This thing.
I'm talking to a lot of other people who are watching that the screen with me felt the same way that
This was way too long.
This thing dragged and dragged and dragged.
The first 15 minutes where I thought we're good.
But then from that point on.
Were you able to gauge this film on the way?
If you're all the watch meter.
For those of you that don't know.
A lot of times we'll gauge the enjoyment of a film.
Don't ask how far.
How far in where we were the first time you look at your watch.
You would have been at the 10 minute mark.
Yeah.
And you would have been looking about every 5-10 minutes.
Good mercy.
Feel the whole thing.
All right.
As much as I hate to say it.
Again, you know, we're offered the opportunity to interview the director.
But fortunately our conflicts with our schedules were unable to do that.
But I'll tell you something.
Who did is our friends at the movie brothers.
Oh, they were able to go.
Kevin was able to give an interview with Paul Delio.
So make sure you check out the movie brothers at youtube.com slash the movie brothers.
B-R-U-T-H-B-R-U-T-H-A-S.
I'm sorry.
I've been a little under the weather and my brain's a little scrambled.
But yes, they've had that up on their site right now.
But yeah.
I saw what they're trying to get apart.
I'm trying to get across on this film in the plot.
And I like the subject manner and true life and everything.
But I just cannot see enough on how long it was and how much it dried.
Right.
Fair enough.
That's the thing that just put the big buzz kill on me.
If this would have been like a 45 minute film, I thought it'd be perfect.
Chad, anything else you want to ask about?
The one thing that I immediately comes to mind when you describe just the plot structure.
It sounds eerily similar to not a carbon copy of it, but it sounds similar to silver lining's playbook.
That you've got two people in a relationship that are having mental health problems.
Was there anything where you could say, I feel like I've been down this road before or that it might have been done differently or done better one way or the other.
You could have had that influence on it.
Like you're saying of the silver linings.
I mean, did anything about that remind you of silver linings when you were watching this?
Oh, it was just the mental issue part, but in the dating, but that was about it.
There are two, it's like trying to compare an apple and an apple.
Yeah, exactly.
But I mean, silver linings, it kept you in fraud and kept you going because they had the plot right.
This thing was just, the thing is there's a lot of stuff I'd love to go into on why they extended the movie and why they had so many different scenes in there.
But I don't want to give any spoilers away because we're very spoiler free.
But there are some very adult situations on this and it deals with some very personal issues that will really make you, which could get political to put that way very much so.
So I mean, that's, which I'm not going to give anything away because, you know, the spoilers and stuff like that.
But yeah, I saw what they did, I thought they did and I moved back and said this could have been 45 minutes.
Is that simple?
Understood.
Yeah.
Anything else you want to add for we get to the final analysis?
I just have to give a shout out on how well I think it did show the mental issues.
Mental issues, yeah.
So.
The way we do the final analysis on this show is we don't give you thumbs up thumbs down.
We don't give you letter grades.
We don't number it.
We don't give you stars.
Our audience whom we affectionately refer to as the empire.
They want us to dig a little bit deeper.
So we're going to.
I'm going to ask down to questions.
Question number one, is would he see this film again?
The answer is no.
Then we're done here.
The answer is yes, though.
I'm going to ask him.
How far you want to go?
You would you pay full price?
Would you go at a twilight?
Matt Nay?
Early morning on a weekend?
Second one of the dollar theater?
Reddle from Redbox, stream it through Netflix.
Wait for it on TV.
Do I want to see this again?
As much as I like the acting and the issues that it touched.
No.
Oh.
Wow.
No.
So.
We're leaving it at the no.
Okay.
Well, there's that.
Anything else you want to add?
Probably get to the plot.
Again, we have to think.
Carellair by a Gailor Smith for an Venice to this thing.
Thank you so much, Carol, for the invite to see this thing.
In the possibility to see the interview the directors and stuff.
Thank you so much.
All right.
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