Episode 145: A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)

This week on the podcast, Curtis and John are joined once again by resident Cassavetes scholar JOHN BRUNI to discuss another entry in the namesake's filmography: A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE. We discussed the film's compelling and morally complex story and the great performance at the heart of it by the late Gena Rowlands. We also talked about how this film fits along other Cassavetes works, and what it has to say about feminism and the stressors on the traditional mid-century nuclear family. Some great chatter here, to say the least. Before that, we kick off our 'shoutouts' and go over new releases and what we watched this week.

Next episode, we kick off our inaugural Sofia Coppola Watch Series by discussing THE VIRGIN SUICIDES.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:05:18 Shout outs:

• John: Happy Birthday Godzilla, and revisiting Megalopolis.
• Curtis: The Substance chatter.
• Bruni: Kelly Reichardt's upcoming project

00:12:00 Happy Birthday Clint Eastwood!

00:12:40 RIP Quincy Jones and Tony Todd

00:15:00 Warner Bros. problematic release of Juror Number Two.

00:18:25 New Releases (Anora)

What We Watched This Week:

00:20:35 Silence of the Lambs (Curtis)

00:21:19 Quick Kris Kristofferson aside

00:23:00 Night Fall (Bruni)

00:24:00 The Man Who Fell to Earth (Bruni)

00:25:27 Avengement (John)

00:28:42 Terrifier 3 (John)

00:32:40 WNUF Halloween Special (John)

00:34:51 Tiger Stripes (John)

00:37:00 Hundreds of Beavers (John)

00:40:49 A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE discussion

01:51:41 Our Ratings for A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE

02:0114 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Swan Theme - From Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake

Outro: Almost (In Love With You) - Jack Sheldon (composed by Bo Harwood and John Cassavetes)

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