198 - Existo (1999) (Straight Up 004)

Disenfranchised

“Spin the bishop!”

It's time once again for our quarterly foray into Tucker's cinematic influences with an all-new installment of Straight Up! This week, we're visiting the theater of the underground, doing art for its own sake, and taking a deep dive into the minds that created Ernest P. Worrell! Oh, yeah… and Brett's back! Join us as we cover this truly bizarre film experience!

Check out the standard version of the film on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NVHYjHapvsY?si=clqIuapbrbXrK8lA

As the second podcast to ever cover this film, we would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the first, The Projection Booth, whose 2016 episode on Existo was a vital source of research: https://youtu.be/end_CuTDAas?si=D30OuyvGE3EfecaN

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