David Lynch is dead, and the world is a darker place. Ciara and Dean pay tribute to one of their favourite directors by watching and discussing The Straight Story. They talk about mortality, its lack of resolution, and what it means to be “Lynchian”.
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A minosode! Again!
The Sundae Presents returns to our primordial ooze to talk about great performances that are only one scene long. This time: David Bowie as Pontius Pilate in one scene in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
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For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.
In the quintus episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor continue their discussion of the giallo genre with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece, Don’t Torture a Duckling. Spoilers abound! You can find our previous instalment, where we discussed giallo more broadly, here. (Including an edition in which all screams have been replaced by bunny noises. How relaxing!)
And make sure to tune in to the end of the episode for Conor’s original song inspired by the film!
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Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/
Mentioned in the podcast
Ciara’s Fangoria article about Don’t Torture a Duckling: https://www.fangoria.com/lucio-fulci-so-much-more-than-the-godfather-of-gore-dont-torture-a-duckling-at-50/
The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/
Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. In our Christmas special, Dean made Ciara watch a recent film he hopes will become a new seasonal classic: Adult Swim Yule Log. They talk about traumatic guilt, Americana and the death of television.
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For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.
In the Quatro episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor discuss the genre of giallo, including the films in the title of this episode and Stagefright Aquarius, Blood and Black Lace, Pieces, Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and Bird With the Crystal Plumage.
In the interests of listeners who don’t enjoy listening to screaming, we have released a version where screams, chainsaws and eyeball popping replaced with the soothing sound of bunny rabbits! The uncensored version is also available, but you can listen to the Screamless Bunny Edition here:
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Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/
We continue our discussion on giallo with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece Don’t Torture a Duckling:
Mentioned in the podcast
Giallo in Casa Muppet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_AikJ8F5oY
Ciara’s article on Pieces: https://crookedmarquee.com/pieces-isnt-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/
The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/
YELLOW in ITALIANO Coldplay cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PtHYQoC20
De Palma (2015) documentary, dir. Noah Baumbach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zlxmwz55Tk
J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us (discussion of transphobia in cinema including Psycho and Silence of the Lambs from 50:00)
For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.
In the Quatro episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor discuss the genre of giallo, including the films in the title of this episode and Stagefright Aquarius, Blood and Black Lace, Pieces, Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and Bird With the Crystal Plumage.
Will we ever find out happened to Solange?
Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/
You can listen to it here:
A version in which the screaming is replaced by bunny noises is now available. How relaxing!
Listen and subscribe on: Spotify || Apple Podcasts || Amazon Music || Castbox || Overcast || Pocketcasts || Goodpods
We continue our discussion on giallo with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece Don’t Torture a Duckling:
Mentioned in the podcast
Giallo in Casa Muppet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_AikJ8F5oY
Ciara’s article on Pieces: https://crookedmarquee.com/pieces-isnt-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/
The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/
YELLOW in ITALIANO Coldplay cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PtHYQoC20
De Palma (2015) documentary, dir. Noah Baumbach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zlxmwz55Tk
J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us (discussion of transphobia in cinema including Psycho and Silence of the Lambs from 50:00)
Dean appeared on the 400th episode of Darren Mooney and Andrew Quinn’s podcast The 250 to talk about Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, the lowest-rated film in Rotten Tomatoes history, while playing (one of) the game(s) of the movie. Check it out below, or wherever fine podcasts are found.
A minosode. With the body of a man from Crete and the head of an episode.
The Sundae Presents returns to our primordial ooze to talk about great performances that are only one scene long. First up: Dinah Manoff as Karen in one scene in Ordinary People (1980).
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Ciara appeared on Darren Mooney and Andrew Quinn’s podcast The 250 to put her PhD research to good use and talk about Sundae Award Best Picture winner The Banshees of Inisherin, and also bring up Under Siege for no reason. Give it a listen below, or on your preferred podcast platform!
Ciara and Dean co-host The Sundae Presents, a podcast in which they each make the other watch films they haven’t seen. For the season three finale, it’s assassin versus assassin as Ciara brings John Woo’s The Killer and Dean brings David Fincher’s The Killer. They talk about the homoeroticism of The Killer, the bleak emptiness of The Killer and, of course, the music of The Killer.
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The Sundae 