Felicia is joined by Joey Gantner to discuss the effects of lust on a man in Fritz Lang’s Human Desire (1954).
We chat about how the women in his film are more than your typical film noir femme fatale, and why it helps to separate this work from the other Grahame and Ford pairing.
This is the last episode in the Lang series, it always feels like a task to tackle a huge director but a fun task nonetheless. My guests and I wanted to pick some of his slightly lesser known films to show the range and depth of his work, and we hope you feel inspired to dig a big deeper into his catalogue.
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IG: @sludgepeople
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Listen to our previous episodes here:
To Live and Die in L.A. (D.O.P. Robby Müller 1985)
Repo Man (Alex Cox 1984)
Miracle Mile (Steve De Jarnatt 1988)
Sources:
Eisner, L. H. (1984). Fritz Lang. Cahiers du cinéma/Editions de l’étoile : Cinémathèque française.
https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/interview-with-fritz-lang-beverley-hills-august-12-1972
https://fourstarfilmfan.com/2019/11/17/human-desire-1954/
https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/no-other-kind-close-up-on-fritz-lang-s-human-desire
https://midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/05/03/fritz-on-fridays-human-desire-1954/
https://davidnilsenwriter.com/2015/06/22/the-trains-of-human-desire-1954/
https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2013/cteq/la-bete-humaine-unquiet-desperation/
https://notesoncinematograph.blogspot.com/2010/05/rivettedomarchi-interview-fritz-lang.html
