Ice, ice, baby….
After wrapping up September with a look at the fowl queerness of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (listen) and debating the perils of reviewing 1/3 of a movie in The Strangers: Chapter 1 (listen), we’re kicking off October with a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Gus Van Sant‘s biting satire To Die For (1995).
In To Die For, psychopathic weather reporter Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) dreams of being a big-time news anchor, but hits a roadblock when her middle-class husband Larry (Matt Dillon) wants her to give up her dream and join his family’s business. Seeing no other options, she decides to seduces the teenage Jimmy (Joaquin Phoenix), and coerces him into murdering Larry.
The plan quickly unravels as Jimmy’s infatuation with Suzanne causes many townsfolk to start asking questions about the circumstances surrounding Larry’s death. Most curious are Larry’s family, who may or may not have connections to the Italian mafia.
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Episode 354: To Die For (1995)
Strap on your ice skates and check your makeup because we’re talking Gus Van Sant’s whip-smart satire To Die For for its 30th anniversary! After all, you’re not anybody in America unless you’re on TV, right?
Join us as we heap all the praise on Nicole Kidman’s Golden Globe-winning (but not Oscar-nominated) performance as narcissistic sociopath Suzanne Stone before going all in on the film’s troubled road to release (so many test screenings!).
Plus: Danny Elfman’s jarring score, baby Joaquin Phoenix (in one of his best roles), assassin David Cronenberg and why there’s no point in doing anything if nobody’s watching.
Cross out To Die For!
Coming Up Next: Since David Cronenberg makes a fun cameo in To Die For, we’re going to check out his feature debut next week: the sex slug movie Shivers (1975)!
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