SUSPIRIA is cooking — A BIG CAULDRON OF INNOCENT BALLET GIRLS, that is!
You’ve never seen anything like Dario Argento’s 1977 giallo classic… and yet, it’s so immediately evocative that Luca Guadagnino’s 2018 spiritual remake had no choice but to go a different direction with its visuals. You simply can’t outdo what SUSPIRIA is doing!
With Velma Rent, Trylon board member and longtime volunteer, we’re hopping into the razor wire pile that is this movie’s legacy (without looking)! We get into the feminism, the Roman Empire, the inimitable style, Jessica Harper’s ‘made-for-horror’ expressivity, and more. Turns out there’s a VERY GOOD REASON why they’re all talking like that!
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Main Theme” by Goblin from the SUSPIRIA soundtrack.
Timestamps
0:00 - Episode 403: SUSPIRIA (1977) with Velma Rent
2:45 - Whadja Watch This Week?
28:00 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary
29:15 - The dreamlike storybook quality
43:42 - Suzy and the rich tradition of making women fit certain archetypes
52:39 - The Roman Empire and cultures that stratify on top of one another
59:40 - Coming of age, casting children, and shaping women’s bodies
1:09:30 - The overwhelming visuals
1:16:46 - The maddening soundtrack
1:22:15 - Who if anyone “deserves” their fate
1:38:27 - The Junk Drawer
1:46:39 - Cody’s Noteys: Goblove (goblin trivia)
