Friday Film Showcased (FFS) returns with part one of a two part special on adaptations of Kenneth Fearing's novel The Big Clock. We are doing this as a tribute to the late Gene Hackman, who is not in the movie discussed in this episode, but was alive when it came out. But was he a child? Listen and find out!

Ciara Moloney and Conor Hogan discuss topics including: Ray Milland (man), ray-millanding (verb), The Powerhouse Charles Laughton, queer coding and the Hays Code, clocks of various sizes and mechanisms, comedic genius Elsa Lancaster of Bride of Frankenstein fame, Maureen O'Sullivan who surely is only in this as a favour to her husband John Farrow (father of Tia, Mia, and this film, if directing is fatherhood), how much can you actually fit behind a bar, President McKinley, and the existential quest to find one's self. Literally!

Heart and Souls. We fell in love with this film: Heart and Souls. We fell in love, except Dean thought... that it was just okay.

Things discussed:

• The 1990s' VHS rental market
• The van-based secondary market for VHS in the form of Video Van Men
• Film tricking you into feeling things or into perceiving motion
• Insanely bad marketing campaigns: When Counterprogramming Goes Wrong
• Robert Downey Jr: a vaudeville kid unstuck in time?
• Ron Underwood, or A Modern Icarus
• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love '90s Comedy Scores
• Beethoven (the dog)

Song title: Autumn Mvt 1 Allegro (Tony Vivaldi) / Artist: John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players / Source: Free Music Archive / License: CC BY-SA

🎶Hey hey, we're Friday Film Showcased, and people say we don't showcase around, but we're too busy editing to load any podcasts up... 🎶

From the archives, a bite-sized edition looking at Bob Rafelson's almost-forgotten existential Monkees movie, Head (1968), written by Jack Nicholson!

Whether you're a FFS connoisseur revisiting the hits, or a new listener who finds our full episodes too daunting, this one's for you. So take the last train to Clarksville, you randy Scouse git: this is the podcast that will make you believe in daydreams.

Fun fact: Mike Nesmith's mother invented Tipp-Ex.

See also: https://thesundae.net/2024/08/23/friday-film-showcased-episode-3-jack-nicholson-the-fortune-1975-five-easy-pieces-1970-about-schmidt-2002-more/

Song title: Autumn Mvt 1 Allegro (Tony Vivaldi) / Artist: John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players / Source: Free Music Archive / License: CC BY-SA

For the ninth day of Christmas, Friday Film Showcased gave to me: a podcast episode about The Last Boy Scout, written by Mr. Christmas himself, Shane Black!

Theme Music: Bach J.S. Christmas Oratorio. BMV 248. Part 4.

Following a hiatus, we at Spotify* are delighted to welcome Ciara and Conor back for season 2 of Friday Film Showcased. In this excellent episode, they set out their plans for the upcoming season.

Is this the first episode of the season they discuss? Is this the trailer/preview for said season? Though shorter than usual, we at Spotify* lean towards the former. Highly recommended. Five Stars.

Song title: Autumn Mvt 1 Allegro (Tony Vivaldi) / Artist: John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players / Source: Free Music Archive / License: CC BY-SA

*Full disclosure, the "we at Spotify" in this instance are Spotify for Creators contributors Ciara Moloney and Conor Hogan

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In the quintus episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor continue their discussion of the giallo genre with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci's 1972 masterpiece, Don't Torture a Duckling. Spoilers abound!

The Giallo Files: ⁠https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/

Ciara's Fangoria article about Don't Torture a Duckling: https://www.fangoria.com/lucio-fulci-so-much-more-than-the-godfather-of-gore-dont-torture-a-duckling-at-50/

NOTE: We received a message from Spotify for Creators stating that it had identified copyrighted third-party content in our podcast. This is incorrect.

The theme music for our podcast is Antonin Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV315 ‘Summer’. The particular recording used was downloaded from Musopen.com, a non-profit which produces and disseminates public domain music via recordings, sheet music and educational resources concerning Western classical music. The licence for using this specific download was identified on Musopen.com as Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal.

That this is the only recording we have used, yet has been flagged as six separate recordings within the nine published versions of the podcast, with both Universal Music and Euphoria Ltd set as rights holders. This should demonstrate the difficulty with regard to copyright enforcement for performances of classical music, and differentiating between public domain recordings and copyrighted recordings.

This podcast has no ads, or any paid subscription or other mechanism for making any money whatsoever, a fact we hope will allow the descendants of Antonin Vivaldi to rest soundly in their beds.

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The same show you know and love, but now with screams, chainsaws and eyeball popping replaced with the soothing sound of bunny rabbits!

In the Quatro episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor discuss the genre of giallo, including the films in the title of this episode and Stagefright Aquarius, Blood and Black Lace, Pieces, Lizard in a Woman's Skin and Bird With the Crystal Plumage.

Will we ever find out happened to Solange?

Giallo list on Letterboxd: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/⁠

Giallo in Casa Muppet: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_AikJ8F5oY⁠

Ciara’s article on Pieces: ⁠https://crookedmarquee.com/pieces-isnt-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/⁠

The Giallo Files: ⁠https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/⁠

YELLOW in ITALIANO Coldplay cover ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PtHYQoC20⁠

De Palma (2015) documentary, dir. Noah Baumbach: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zlxmwz55Tk⁠

J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us⁠ (discussion of transphobia in cinema including Psycho and Silence of the Lambs from 50:00)

02:11-intro

03:11-what is giallo?

11:06-giallo tropes

13:13-Is it Giallo?: A Game Show!

24:33-Deep Red

32:07-Stagefright Aquarius

36:09-Bay of Blood

40:41-Blood and Black Lace

44:04-The Bird With the Crystal Plumage

46:58-Dressed to Kill

50:54-to avoid spoilers, when Conor says "insert minute" skip to next chapter

53:16-Pieces

01:00:18-Lizard in a Woman's Skin

01:08:35-What Have You Done to Solange?

NOTE: We received a message from Spotify for Creators stating that it had identified copyrighted third-party content in our podcast. This is incorrect.

The theme music for our podcast is Antonin Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV315 ‘Summer’. The particular recording used was downloaded from Musopen.com, a non-profit which produces and disseminates public domain music via recordings, sheet music and educational resources concerning Western classical music. The licence for using this specific download was identified on Musopen.com as Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal.

That this is the only recording we have used, yet has been flagged as six separate recordings within the nine published versions of the podcast, with both Universal Music and Euphoria Ltd set as rights holders. This should demonstrate the difficulty with regard to copyright enforcement for performances of classical music, and differentiating between public domain recordings and copyrighted recordings.

This podcast has no ads, or any paid subscription or other mechanism for making any money whatsoever, a fact we hope will allow the descendants of Antonin Vivaldi to rest soundly in their beds.

⁠⁠https://musopen.org/music/?query=Violin+Concerto+in+G+minor%2C+RV+315+%27Summer%27&length__gte=10⁠

Summary and Links:

In the Quatro episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor discuss the genre of giallo, including the films in the title of this episode and Stagefright Aquarius, Blood and Black Lace, Pieces, Lizard in a Woman's Skin and Bird With the Crystal Plumage.

Will we ever find out happened to Solange?

Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/

Giallo in Casa Muppet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_AikJ8F5oY

Ciara’s article on Pieces: https://crookedmarquee.com/pieces-isnt-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/

The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/

YELLOW in ITALIANO Coldplay cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PtHYQoC20

De Palma (2015) documentary, dir. Noah Baumbach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zlxmwz55Tk

J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us (discussion of transphobia in cinema including Psycho and Silence of the Lambs from 50:00)

01:13-intro

02:13-what is giallo?

10:08-giallo tropes

12:15-Is it Giallo?: A Game Show!

23:10-Warning: clips of screaming contained in this episode

23:35-Deep Red

31:10-Stagefright Aquarius

35:11-Bay of Blood

39:43-Blood and Black Lace

43:06-The Bird With the Crystal Plumage

46:00-Dressed to Kill

49:56-to avoid spoilers, when Conor says insert minute skip to next chapter

52:18-Pieces

59:20-Lizard in a Woman's Skin

01:07:37-What Have You Done to Solange?