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Criterion Reflections – Episode 113 – John Huston’s Fat City

Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges and Susan Tyrell star in this remarkable adaptation of Leonard Gardner's classic novel set in the riff-raff boxing milieu of Stockton, California.
Broadcast on:
09 Feb 2022

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in The Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Alexander Cormier and Richard Doyle to discuss Fat City, directed by John Huston. Fat City has been featured on The Criterion Channel streaming service in the past, but was not available on that platform at the time this episode was recorded and published.

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Fat City (film)

Fat City (novel)

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Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges and Susan Tyrell star in this remarkable adaptation of Leonard Gardner's classic novel set in the riff-raff boxing milieu of Stockton, California.