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122 – Gothic

Natasha Richardson and Kiran Shah in Gothic (1986)
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Jen welcomes Julie once again to talk about the historical background of a phantasmagoric Ken Russell favorite, Gothic!

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The movie Jen fails to identify is, of course, Catherine Breillat’s 2004 Anatomy of Hell, starring Amira Casar and Rocco Siffredi.

Thomas Dolby enlisted vocalist Timothy Spall (!) for a song inspired by the film Gothic, “The Devil is an Englishman”

Hear Steve Hackett’s cover of “The Devil is an Englishman” from his 2003 album, To Watch the Storms.

Stephen Volk, the screenwriter of Gothic, has a page devoted to the film on his website. Lots of cool photos, videos, and other reminisces to be had there.

Speaking of, we also discussed another work by Stephen Volk, the controversial BBC special Ghostwatch. Give it a listen!

119 – Siesta

Jen welcomes Julie (@ chimericalgirl1 on Twitter) to celebrate an almost entirely forgotten erotic thriller with art house ambitions, Siesta, from 1987. This one’s quite overlooked in spite of a stacked cast that includes Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Jodie Foster, Julian Sands, Grace Jones, and Alexei Sayle.

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We admit, this one’s hard to track down unless you’re willing to hunt for PAL and/or bootleg DVDs, but you can hear some of the sultry Miles Davis/Marcus Miller soundtrack!

If you love Julie as much as we do, listen to our episode on Yes concert film 9012Live!