Episode 02: The Case of the Fragmenting Rice Huffer

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Can a narrative movie show a flagrant disregard for the rules of effective storytelling and still be an artistic success? Opinions vary! In this episode, Marc and Jeff discover where their tastes diverge through discussion of Seijun Suzuki's gonzo 1967 yakuza tale, Branded to Kill - replete with rice fetishists and lepidopteran deus ex machinas.