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HEADS UP: CONTAINS REFERNCES TO SA, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND RELIGION.

On this week’s episode of Idle Film Club, we cover Abel Ferrara's controversial cop thriller, Bad Lieutenant. A film that made censorship boards and video rental stores sweat nearly as much as Harvey Keitel does as our titular police officer.

We discuss how much we love the film, and delve into the world of late 20th century moral panic and the subsequent absurdity of the BBFC.

Geo also gets interrogated on her knowledge of crooked cop films.

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(00:00 ) Intro
(00:27 ) Idle Film Club and Bad Lieutenant intro
(04:32 ) Statistics and background
(10:23 ) Plot summary
(25:31 ) Opinions
(30:12 ) Substance (ab)use
(32:25 ) Censorship, BBFC and video nasties
(51:40 ) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
(58:30 ) Crooked cops quiz
(1:02:41 ) Conclusion
(1:04:30 ) Outro