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Ever since Kinds of Kindness hit the scene, my love and passion for Yorgos has been reignited. Please enjoy this special rebroadcast episode of the 2009 masterpiece, Dogtooth.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
Longlegs Timeline: https://www.reddit.com/r/longlegsmovie/comments/1f0gw0c/finally_made_a_timeline/
Cuckoo Birds: https://www.forestwildlife.org/where-do-cuckoos-lay-their-eggs/
Alpha_Lemur: https://www.reddit.com/r/longlegsmovie/comments/1e193ht/happy_birthday_theory/
Red Piano: https://theghostinmymachine.com/2024/05/20/encyclopaedia-of-the-impossible-the-red-piano/
Birthday Murders: https://thebirthdaymurders.net/
IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt23468450/
This episode is a slight deviation from my normal episode format. I was feeling incredibly passionate about this topic and felt compelled to share it with you all. I am sure you will enjoy it and learn, nonetheless.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
Clover, Carol J. “Her body, himself: Gender in the slasher film.” Representations, vol. 20, 1987, pp. 187–228, https://doi.org/10.2307/2928507
Cowan, Gloria and O’Brien, Margaret. “Gender and Survival vs. Death in Slasher Films: A Content Analysis.” Sex Roles, vol. 23, 1990, pp. 197-196.
Lukowski, Sarah. “ Female Victimization in the 1970s and 1980s Slasher Film.” Suffolk University, 2022.
Harrington, Erin. Women, Monstrosity and Horror Film: Gynaehorror. Routledge.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/
Women, Monstrosity, and Horror: Gynaehorror: https://www.routledge.com/Women-Monstrosity-and-Horror-Film-Gynaehorror/Harrington/p/book/9780367208066
Guy Horror: https://www.publicbooks.org/guy-horror-rosemarys-baby-coercive-control/
Coercive Control: https://www.healthline.com/health/coercive-control#making-threats
Reproductive Control: https://www.womenslaw.org/about-abuse/forms-abuse/reproductive-abuse-and-coercion
If you have already seen this film, my sincerest apologies in advance to make you relive it with me today. Listen in as I discuss the absolute horror of Jacob's Ladder and Tim Robbins' journey to death.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/tt0099871/
Walking Corpse Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard%27s_syndrome
Sam Woolfe: https://www.samwoolfe.com/2023/10/jacobs-ladder-adrian-lyne-1990-making-peace-with-death.html
Jezebel: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jezebel-queen-of-Israel
Jacob: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob
Jacob's Ladder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_Ladder
PTSD: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/ptsd_basics.asp
Bardo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo
The bitch is back! Sorry for the impromptu month off I took there. Between illness and travel, your girl was run down and had no voice to talk to you with, my dear. So celebrate with me while I talk to you about the harrowing 2022 film Good Boy.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19705884/
Learned Helplessness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness
Battered Person Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battered_woman_syndrome
Perhaps one of the cruelest films you can watch, The Coffee Table will leave you sweaty, breathless, and anxious.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21874760/
Experimental horror is not for everyone. I give many thanks to the universe it is my favorite cup of tea. Gaspar Noe's Climax is a descent into the minds of a drug-addled dance troupe inside of an abandoned school in France. What could possibly go wrong?
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8359848/
Climax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_(2018_film)
Psychonaut Wiki LSD: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/LSD#Subjective_effects
Extreme Behavior and LSD: https://skywoodrecovery.com/lsd-abuse/extreme-behavior-related-to-lsd/
Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/climax-review/
For reasons unknown to me, I had no one in my life interested enough in this film to go see it in theaters. Now that I have seen it, I finally understand all of the buzz. The journey through the psyche of Saint Maud will leave you speachless.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7557108/?ref_=ttpl_ov
Spugna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spugna
Mortification of Flesh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortification_of_the_flesh
Self-Immolation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation#:~:text=Self%2Dimmolation%20is%20the%20act,most%20extreme%20methods%20of%20protest.
Esther: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther
Stigmata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmata#:~:text=A%20st%C3%ADgma%20(%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1)%20is%20a,the%20side%2C%20from%20a%20lance.
Have a fear of the uncanny? Puppets? Surrealism? Possum (2018) contains a combination of all of these elements to create the most upsetting psychological horror film I have seen in years. And I promise, there's not as much Freudian discussion as you might think.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6081670/
Possum Film Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum_(film)
Theory of the Uncanny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny#Sigmund_Freud
Abjection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjection
Repetition Compulsion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_compulsion
Destiny Neurosis: https://www.simplypsychology.org/repetition-compulsion.html#:~:text=Some%20examples%20of%20repetition%20compulsion,of%20violence%20later%20in%20life.
Poor Things (2023) is nothing short of a nightmare. Although it is typically described as a romance, a drama, and science fiction, all of those elements somehow come together to create the most beautiful nightmare you will ever witness.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230458/
Entertainment Article: https://ew.com/poor-things-yorgos-lanthimos-making-of-world-8404852
Camera Lens Discussion: https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/poor-things-cameras-lenses-cinematography-1234927983/
Emma Stone & Bradley Cooper Actors on Actors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14-SeLGl2c
Miss me last week? Well, we are back to regularly scheduled programming! Sit down with your favorite drink and listen in as I discuss the complexities of pregnancy, Pica Disorder, and control.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8372298/
Black Box Diaries: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/6569ff92fac9f427abc03c60
Realm of Satan: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a08effac9f4692bc048d2
Little Death: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a08dafac9f40bb2c048a3
Pica Disorder Information: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22944-pica
Attending the Sundance Film Festival has always been a dream of mine. In 2024, I cannot believe it came true! Please enjoy this episode where I talk about the amazing films I saw and the wonderful people that I met, without divulging too much information about the films specifically.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
How to Have Sex: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a0186842a921956cd365c
Stress Positions: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a0147fac9f4878ec040b0
Veni Vidi Vici: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a0365fac9f41ab9c043ec
Love Machina: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a07cefac9f466a8c0463d
Brief History of a Family: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a019efac9f4f21ec041a5
It's What's Inside: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a08a0fac9f4a59ec047da
Girls State: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/6569fd68fac9f457e2c03987
A New Kind of Wilderness: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/6569ffe2fac9f4e1f9c03d7d
Ever have one of those films that you don't really know if you can recommend to friends and family? Well, here I am, recommending one to you. Join me as I kick off 2024 with a discussion about Saltburn, the story of how Oliver Quick becomes the last man standing in a battle no one else knows they are fighting.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17351924/
The Symbolic Ending in Saltburn, Explained by Via Laurene: https://www.cbr.com/saltburn-symbolic-ending-meaning/
The holiday season often makes me feel sentimental. Because of that, I present to you all, dear listeners, a very special episode. Not special in the way that it is my best work, or in the way that is a particularly "good" analysis. This episode is special to me because it is the first podcast episode that I have ever recorded. It is a small piece of history and an example of how far this show has come. I recorded this only to share with two to three people as an example of the show that I might start to regularly publish. And now, I would like to share it with you all for the first time.
Please be kind and know that we all start from somewhere. Being that this episode was a practice exercise for myself, it is nowhere near the product of what I would hope to release. The audio quality is not great. I was nervous. I had no idea what I was doing. But we all start somewhere, right?
Additionally, I would like to say that this will be the last episode of The Final Girl on 6th Ave for the year 2023. I will taking the month of December off to spend time with family and relax. I look forward to bringing you all of the spooky arthouse content you all enjoy with a fresh mind in January 2024!
Demián Rugna's 2023 film When Evil Lurks is an investigation into the world of demonic possession that I guarantee you have never experienced before. This incredible story of a community completely at the mercy of an unreliable and untrustworthy man leads ultimately to the demise of a family unit. If you liked Terrifier (2017), then you will fall in love with this film.
SOURCES
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16300962/
Polygon Article/Interview - "When Evil Lurks' director says his staggering horror movie is really about pesticide" by Tasha Robinson: https://www.polygon.com/23935228/when-evil-lurks-director-interview-demian-rugna-meaning
I don't know if there has ever been a more difficult film for me to sit through than this one. Gaspar Noé's Irreversible (2002) gave me both a nightmare and an existential crisis. Viewed in reverse-chronological order, this film will leave you upset with yourself for having watched it and proud that you made it to the very end.
SOURCES/MORE INFORMATION
IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/
Mephistopheles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles
An Experiment with Time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Experiment_with_Time
IndieWire Interview: https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/why-gaspar-noe-directed-on-cocaine-masturbated-in-his-own-film-and-shot-a-live-birth-55975/
Article from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/aug/02/artsfeatures.festivals
Laws of Thermodynamics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics
Have you ever heard of a director remaking one of their own movies shot-for-shot? Well, now you can say that you have. Michael Haneke has written and directed Funny Games twice - once in 1997 and again in 2007. Let's take a swim in the pool of Michael Haneke's genius by dissecting Funny Games (2007), which gives metacinema a whole new meaning.
SOURCES/INFORMATION
IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0808279/
Metacinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacinema
Information on Michael Haneke's films: "Michael Haneke (Contemporary Film Directors)" by Peter Brunette
Film essay on Michael Haneke: https://youtu.be/DcGFBa8fFdI?si=Cyl1ejBE3WyJOW5Q
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Email: finalgirlon6@gmail.com
Instagram: @finalgirlon6
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj-abilrj0CQpeMCFhv9wLQ
Redbubble Shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/carolyn15/shop?asc=u
Inside (2007) is a revolutionary take on the stereotypicaly home invasion film. With body horror aplenty and a woman as the perpetrator, this film takes on fetal abduction, revenge, and grief in such a manner that will have the viewer questioning themselves for days after watching. Oh, and need I mention that there is a spectacular performance from a CGI fetus?
SOURCES
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856288/
Fetal Abduction Cases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_abduction
Center for Missing and Exploited Children Report: https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/ncmec-analysis/Infant%20Abduction%20Trends_10_10_22.pdf
IMPORTANT LINKS
Email: finalgirlon6@gmail.com
Instagram: @finalgirlon6
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj-abilrj0CQpeMCFhv9wLQ
Redbubble Shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/carolyn15/shop?asc=u
In terms of films that have impacted my life, this one might take the cake. Martyrs (2008) is a journey into the impact of the trauma suffered by Lucie and her lifelong best friend, Anna, after Lucie tasks Anna with cleaning up a home invasion that ends up in a family annihilation. Join me as I discuss what it means to be a martyr and how the afterlife may not be what you imagine it is.
SOURCES
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029234/
New French Horror/Extremity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Extremity#Themes_and_characteristics
IMPORTANT LINKS
Email: finalgirlon6@gmail.com
Instagram: @finalgirlon6
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj-abilrj0CQpeMCFhv9wLQ
Redbubble Shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/carolyn15/shop?asc=u
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