It Don't Worry Us, Ep. 5 — Minutes 5:10–6: Opal from the BBC
In the latest episode of their minute by minute discussion of Robert Altman's epochal film Nashville, Haven stops everything to have Opal thrown out of his studio, and Nashville gives us its first burst of overlapping dialogue.
Jason Sacks and Dan Story explain the Lion's Gate 8-track sound system behind it, ask how far "I'm Opal from the BBC" could get you in 1975, and look at Bud snapping to attention when his father calls him "Buddy." Plus Haven's double standard about studio guests, Henry Gibson's career, and the what-if of Robert Duvall playing Haven Hamilton.
00:50 Altman's overlapping dialogue
01:55 "I'm Opal from the BBC"
07:08 The 8-track sound system
10:12 Bud and "Buddy"
16:01 Henry Gibson's performance
21:44 What if Robert Duvall played Haven?
13 Oct 2026
John Carpenter Goes West: Vampires, Village of the Damned and the End of a Hot Streak
Jason Sacks, Paul McCoy and Shawn Hill continue their journey through the films of John Carpenter with his late-’90s pair: Village of the Damned (1995) and Vampires (1998). Neither is anyone’s new favorite Carpenter. The verdict is “very, very okay.” But there’s plenty to dig into.
Village of the Damned was a work-for-hire job. Universal offered it in exchange for a Creature from the Black Lagoon remake that never happened, and Carpenter stuck close to the 1960 original he loved as a kid. The guys weigh a strong cast (Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Hamill, Meredith Salenger) against blank, robotic children and a flat look.
Vampires started as a $60 million Dolph Lundgren project and became a $20 million James Woods movie. It’s gorgeously shot by Gary B. Kibbe and full of Carpenter finally getting to make his Western, with Sheryl Lee bringing Fire Walk with Me energy. Plus: casting stars who later became problematic, Maximilian Schell’s cameo, and a look ahead to Ghosts of Mars and The Ward.
Next time: Ghosts of Mars and The Ward.
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9 Oct 2026
It Don't Worry Us, Ep. 4 — Minutes 4–5:10: "200 Years" in Haven's Studio
In the latest discussion of Robert Altman's brilliant Nashville, Haven Hamilton finally takes the mic, recording his bicentennial anthem "200 Years," and Jason Sacks and Dan Story ask whether it's the most pandering song in Robert Altman's Nashville.
They read Joan Tewkesbury's screenplay description of Haven, size up Henry Gibson's controlling star and meet Bud and Lady Pearl, the family in his orbit. Plus Altman's assistant directors Tommy Thompson and Alan Rudolph, the background extras with stories of their own, Geraldine Chaplin's Opal wandering in, and some unforgettable 1970s outfits.
00:24 "200 Years"
07:22 Tewkesbury on Haven
14:15 Bud and Lady Pearl
20:03 Altman's assistant directors
25:04 Opal arrives
31:23 Those 1970s outfits
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