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Four Favorites with Kier-La Janisse: psychotic women, Matt Dillon, Bee Gees and cockfights

The Letterboxd Show · Nov 15, 2022 · 53m

The 4 movies

Over the Edge
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Cockfighter
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Melody
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The Last Wave
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Show notes

Author and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse joins Slim and Mitchell to discuss the tenth-anniversary expanded edition of her book House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography Of Female Neurosis In Horror And Exploitation Films, as well as taking a dive through her four favorite films: Over the Edge; Melody; Cockfighter and The Last Wave. Plus: Kier-La’s trick to seeming so productive; Matt Dillon’s iconic outfits; knife fights in the woods; twelve year olds on acid; parents just don’t understand; Jack Wild’s preternaturally youthful looks; the dulcet sounds of the Bee Gees; the masterpiece that is Littl...

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