do you like THEATER? do you hate GENDER? are you mesmerized by attractive older women for REASONS? do you have a double who's watching you at all TIMES? then the new TOTAL MASSACRE on SYNECDOCHE NY may be for you!
starring @maxrebosroadie.bsky.social @carlivelocci.com @thegoodolddais.bsky.social
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do you like THEATER? do you hate GENDER? are you mesmerized by attractive older women for REASONS? do you have a double who's watching you at all TIMES? then the new TOTAL MASSACRE on SYNECDOCHE NY may be for you!
starring @maxrebosroadie.bsky.social @carlivelocci.com @thegoodolddais.bsky.social
damn, the 80s were onto something
Moved ~400 pounds of dirt and dismantled a concrete fence while listening. They made it bare-able! And yes I agree the janitor is the hottest. I mean those cheekbones!
the photo with the breakfast club sitting on the railing but with the TOTAL MASSACRE logo on it
Our teen movie project continues with THE BREAKFAST CLUB, a first time for Rowan, who has to wonder: is she Gen X now?
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Great ep! I agree with the ending recasting Carrie as a monster over a sympathetic figure feels unnecessary. And Jon Travolta’s character is unthreatening with that puffy vest. What are you gonna do? Write a threatening but well formatted letter with CSS??
and as for the "Rowan, why are you starting this project on satire movies with CARRIE, a horror movie?", well, that's a question we get into on the show and I think will be VERY clear when we hit HEATHERS
As for next week specifically -- when recording we were considering doing Sixteen Candles, but have since decided that The Breakfast Club is a better fit. It's Rowan's first time!
For the latter, we'll be hitting on Heathers, Clueless, Mean Girls, Easy A, Bottoms, and several others! We've also got @christyadmiraal.bsky.social as a co-host for these and maybe more, who can say for sure, certainly not us or her
Throughout this year, we'll be alternating months between doing more science fiction films and The Teen Girl High School Social Satire Canon. with the former, we'll be doing Charlie Kaufman films next month, including Eternal Sunshine, Synecdoche NY, and probably Being John Malkovich
nancy allen in Carrie
folks, you want a TOTAL MASSACRE? we got a real one this week, with CARRIE (1976). Rowan, @christyadmiraal.bsky.social, and @zhandlen.bsky.social kick off our teen girl canon!
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timothee in lady bird
folks, TOTAL MASSACRE is going thru some life changes lately, and there's only way to handle that: by getting a crush on a local bassist
That's right: it's LADY BIRD!
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as long-time listeners may know, LADY BIRD is the prince who was promised. finally TOTAL MASSACRE has arrived
timothee in lady bird
folks, TOTAL MASSACRE is going thru some life changes lately, and there's only way to handle that: by getting a crush on a local bassist
That's right: it's LADY BIRD!
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👖🚨PANTS ALERT. PANTS ALERT👖🚨
Rowan, I have bad news
TOTAL MASSACRE
Southland Tales is one of the most interesting terrible movies ever made. I love it, but I can't really recommend it to anyone. The cast is insane, the writing is insane, and it required supplemental comics to understand the film. It is a laundry lists of what not to do for cinema and it rules.
And finally: should you watch the Cannes cut?
Answer: the Cannes cut doesn't improve upon the film. Only watch it if you feel like watching Southland Tales a second time.
Oral history of the film's screening at Cannes.
"I was nervous about the incomplete nature of the film, but I think I just wasn’t prepared for any of it."
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An interview with Richard Kelly by @josie.zone from back in the day when you could tweet at somebody and land something really cool.
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This article was a big help during recording. Great rundown of the plot but also a reminder that yes, this is a Book of Revelation adaptation in part.
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ICYMI: Listen to our episode about SOUTHLAND TALES, a movie you need to do homework to understand.
Speaking of... here's some homework 🧵
Sarah Michelle Gellar lounging on a luxury couch in front of the ocean. The Total Massacre logo is on top.
Fiasco month is FINALLY OVER, but not before we get to talk about SOUTHLAND TALES, the most fiasco movie of all time. There's a lot to talk about so you should listen wherever you get podcasts!
Two people on a very narrow metal walkway holding onto each other for dear life. They're high above a futuristic city. The Total Massacre logo is overlayed on top.
NEW EPISODE (from last week)
We're continuing Fiasco Month(s) with CLOUD ATLAS. @chrisdole86.bsky.social join us to discuss the film, which is about the power of the human spirit and also Halle Berry as an evil elderly Korean doctor.
Listen wherever you get podcasts!
Hugo Weaving in yellowface, who cannot hurt you.
Hugo Weaving in yellowface isn't real. He cannot hurt you
Good movie you hear about this one? Anyway somewhere in there I say the important things like how the Moloch scene developed
A movie about the greatest evil of all... robot woman (and capitalism I guess)
The robot from Metropolis going through a machine. The total massacre logo is on top.
WE ARE BACK.
After massive technical difficulties, we have a new episode for you. For Fiasco Month, @valondar.bsky.social walks us through METROPOLIS 🤖👩, a movie that shows you can bomb at release and still be one of the greatest to ever do it.
Listen wherever you get podcasts!
