(S2, E13) Johnny Utah and Bodhi Forever

Normally for a 13th episode, we’d look at something spooky - like a horror movie franchise or something. But someone wrote something mean about the 1991 cult classic Point Break, and so naturally we altered all our plans. This week we’re looking at the greatest love story every told, and asking “Will our hair ever be as good as Patrick Swayze’s?”

You can find some references here:

• Malcolm Knox (2021, Sydney Morning Herald) - The only thing worse than Point Break? Keanu Reeves’ acting in it

• Caetlin Benson-Allott (2010, Film Quarterly, 64) - Undoing violence: Politics, genre and duration in Kathryn Bigelow’s Cinema

• Point Break (1991)

• Point Break (2015)

You can download the full transcript here.