Welcome to episode 67 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.
This week we are exploring themes of revenge, with one film that is grounded firmly in reality and another which takes its tale of retribution deep into psychedelia
First up we have Dead Man’s Shoes from 2004 and director Shane Meadows. This stars Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell, Gary Stretch and Stuart Wolfenden.
Then we follow this with Mandy, from 2018 and director Panos Cosmatos. This stars Nicolas Cage, Linus Roache, Andrea Riseborough and Bill Duke.
Along the way, we will be discussing the career of director Shane Meadows, the birth of Warp Films, the real life violence that inspired Dead Mans Shoes, the creation of production company Spectre Vision and much much more
Recommendations
A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
This is England (2006)
This is England 86/88/90 (TV series)
Close Your Eyes aka Dr Sleep (2002)
The Boy (2015)
Cassie Workman is Witchy AF : https://youtu.be/Cy4O98LvVXI?si=vOkdUP2o20huyHpF
References
Dead Man’s Shoes (Second Sight blu ray) Interviews, commentaries and extras
Shane Meadows: Critical Essays, edited by Martin Fradley, Sarah Godfrey and Melanie Williams
https://www.shanemeadows.com/deadmans.html
https://youtu.be/j1MoiQ19k94?si=W8qRxkHbrF-wriF9
https://youtu.be/CdVaKF0KwD0?si=ZTWY3fFB7xBG00KH
https://www.esquireme.com/culture/27178-what-ive-learned-paddy-considine
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/12/paddy-considine-interview-music-is-what-i-love
https://www.port-magazine.com/film/warp-films-10-interview-with-mark-herbert/
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/05/shane-meadows-interview-the-virtues-stephen-graham-trauma
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/aug/15/features.review1
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/articles/shane-meadows
https://seensome.com/feature/interview-with-shane-meadows-writer-director-of-dead-mans-shoes/
https://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/shanemeadowsinterview.html
https://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/tobykebbellinterview.html
https://boxingnewsonline.net/news/lights-camera-action-in-going-from-fighting-to-films-gary-stretch-lived-the-post-boxing-dream/
https://www.flicks.com.au/features/interview-how-mandy-director-panos-cosmatos-turned-a-dream-about-nic-cage-into-one-of-the-years-weirdest-films-e2-80-a8/
https://mubi.com/de/notebook/posts/brutal-finality-panos-cosmatos-discusses-mandy
https://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/interviews/panos-cosmatos-on-mandy?amp
https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/panos-cosmatos-on-crating-his-heavy-metal-valentine-mandy
https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/panos-cosmatos-on-crating-his-heavy-metal-valentine-mandy
https://www.thewrap.com/office-with-a-view-spectrevision-partners-elijah-wood-daniel-noah-lawrence-inglee/
https://303magazine.com/?post_type=post&p=149607
https://theasc.com/article/mandy-edge-of-darkness/
https://www.moviemaker.com/eye-piece-mandy-dp-benjamin-loeb/
https://deadline.com/2018/01/andrea-riseborough-sundance-mandy-nancy-death-of-stalin-1202245439/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2018/09/15/nicolas-cage-talks-mandy-and-wanting-to-work-with-blumhouse-and-tarantino/
https://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/blog/2018/12/03/mandy-an-interview-with-linus-roache/
https://vehlinggo.com/2020/12/22/linus-roache-jeremiah-sand-interview/amp/
https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2004/09/shane-meadows-the-dead-mans-shoes-interview/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Shoes_(2004_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_(2018_film)
https://assets.scriptslug.com/live/pdf/scripts/mandy-2018.pdf
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