Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time: A Movie Podcast

A new spooky season brings the third installment of Lex and Duncan's Halloween franchise, pitting TENEBRE (1982) vs. RED ROOMS (2023). Before the battle of the splattered brains, the duo dig into Digger and doc reactions. And stay put for the end of the pod when Duncan shares his list of horror "reminders." Happy Halloween and don't forget to leave a review!Find Duncan on LetterboxdFind Lex on LetterboxdFind superfan Harry's episode lists on Letterboxd| 0:00 | Cold open and banter, including Musk and Digger || 6:02 | Show intro: "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time" || 8:16 | The picks: Tenebre (Lex) and Red Rooms (Duncan) || 9:03 | Tenebre intro: Dario Argento and the giallo genre || 11:36 | Duncan's blind spot for Argento and his childhood dubbing hang-ups || 14:18 | Lex on why giallo is comforting || 16:31 | Tenebre as Argento's return to form || 19:47 | Anthony Franciosa and the casting || 22:19 | The writer protagonist and the bike ride to the airport || 23:38 | Argento's claim that the film is set in the future || 28:13 | The crane-shot double murder || 30:02 | The two-killers reveal and the John Saxon kill || 32:23 | The Doberman chase || 37:15 | The reveal and finale (spoilers) || 39:57 | Transition to Red Rooms || 40:03 | Duncan sets up Red Rooms: the courtroom opening || 43:45 | Lex's expectations and the question of near-future vs. contemporary || 47:22 | Kelly-Anne's apartment and her AI || 49:04 | Kelly-Anne and Clementine's friendship || 52:20 | What Ludwig is charged with || 54:19 | The chilly, Haneke-style tone; keeping the violence offscreen || 55:24 | The performances and the casting of the accused killer || 1:00:20 | The central tension: What is Kelly-Anne's motive? || 1:01:45 | The midpoint: Clementine leaves || 1:05:16 | The courtroom climax || 1:08:48 | The eye-contact moment and the ending || 1:11:11 | Comparison to Taxi Driver || 1:12:20 | Common themes in both films: voyeurism and complicity || 1:13:13 | The Red Rooms score || 1:14:16 | Duncan's spooky-season recommendations || 1:21:21 | Verdicts: Duncan on Tenebre, Lex on Red Rooms || 1:25:11 | Letterboxd and listener reviews || 1:27:04 | Sign-off and what's next (Greenberg) |

Painter and novelist Thomas Voorhies takes the Blow Seat to hit your hosts with a chaser to their WILD AT HEART episode. Buckle up for the insane and profane PERDIDA DURANGO (1997), directed by Alex de la Iglesia. Starring Rosie Perez and Javier Bardem, this is the "lovers on a crime spree" flick to murder 'em all. There's no shortage of blood splatters, but will there be brains blown? Don't miss this lost episode from Duncan and Lex's audio archives.

If it were 1990 all over again, and someone forced you to predict the future stars of the decade, all you'd have to do is point to KING OF NEW YORK, directed by Abel Ferrara. It wouldn't be an episode of DIBYMTT without Lex and Duncan spiraling into an existential crisis about the meaning of the podcast, but this violent crime epic has them agreeing on monster performances ... and that Ferrara might be the most ferocious indie director of all time. In the end, though, all that matters is Duncan's final judgement on the film. Did it, or didn't it blow his mind?

Who says you can't pick a short? This go-round, Duncan chooses LIFE LESSONS, directed by Martin Scorsese, from NEW YORK STORIES (1989). The duo discusses how this mid-career Marty might just be major Marty. While Lex admits that '80s Scorsese is his favorite era of the director's work, will this forgotten entry (and first collab with Nolte) surpass its runtime and blow his mind?

The DIBYMTT boys get literary with Cormac McCarthy's THE COUNSELOR (2013), directed by Ridley Scott. This time, it's Lex's pick, and the pod gets steamy with career analysis of Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, and Michael Fassbender. But can Duncan handle all that sexiness, plus cheetahs and killer bolo ties?! Find out if he thinks this is an underappreciated gem or a bloated excuse for a fashion shoot.