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Audio only link (Soundcloud download)
Christiane Cegavske links:
Blood Tea and Red String official site (links to screenings & VOD offerings)
Blood Tea and Red String Instagram
Blood Tea and Red String at Alamo Drafthouse NYC, 11/8
Blood Tea and Red String at Alamo Drafthouse L.A., 11/7 & 9
Blood Tea and Red String Canonically Weird entry
Isolated Christiane Cegavske Interview, Part I
Part II (clips and curated images)
Quick links/Discussed in this episode:
The Brainiac (1962): Discussion begins. Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Recently released as part of a Mexican horror box set, this creature feature with an unforgettably bizarre monster can now be purchased on Blu-ray separately, with audio commentary and other extras, from Indicator. Buy The Brainiac.
Fugue (2018): Discussion begins. Agnieszka Smoczynska‘s followup to mermaid horror The Lure was a psychological thriller about an amnesiac woman that was largely overlooked on release; it’s now on Blu-ray. Buy Fugue.
Ghost Nursing (1982): Discussion begins. A crazy-looking obscure Hong Hong B-movie involving an adopted ghost, triad gangs, black magic, and a fireball that turns into a fetus. Currently a Vinegar Syndrome exclusive, it should show up at other retailers down the line.
Mr. Kneff (1991): Discussion begins. The title may be unfamiliar, but you might know the movie: Mr. Kneff is Steven Soderbergh‘s recut of his 1991 art-house flop Kafka, which was about Franz Kafka discovering a Kafkaesque conspiracy in pre-war Prague. The new version is twenty minutes shorter and silent. Word is it may appear on a box set down the lien together with a new edit of Schizopolis and other early films. Having previously played only at the Toronto Film Festival in 2021, it officially premieres in the US November 9 at Nitehawk Theater in NYC, with Sorderberg in attendance.
Open (2023): Discussion begins. A couple experiments with an open relationship; the female dates an ex-teen idol and hallucinates that she is a member of an 80s New Wave band. Publicists compare it to The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World; in theaters somewhere this week, streaming from Nov. 7.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Next week’s Pod 366 guest will be Cory McAbee (The American Astronaut). In written reviews, we go musical, as Shane Wilson reviews the avant garde kind-of music video La cicatrice intérieure (1972); Giles Edwards opens his mind to the new New Wave musical Open (2023); and Gregory J. Smalley previews Dicks: The Musical (2023) (will he act like one of the title characters in reviewing it?) Onward and weirdward!