Episode 5: “Carnal Knowledge” with Hunter Harris
A podcast about the great movies.
We’re back with our latest episode of Guide for the Film Fanatic! In each episode, Jason Bailey and Mike Hull invite a guest from the world of film (including filmmakers, authors, critics, actors, and more) to select one of the 1600+ “must-see movies” collected in Danny Peary’s seminal 1986 book, Guide for the Film Fanatic. Bailey, Hull, and their guests deep dive on each film, discussing its history, themes, style, performances, initial reception, and legacy, taking a fresh look at some of the most beloved titles in cinema history.
“Hung Up” writer and “Lemme Say This” co-host Hunter Harris joins us to discuss Mike Nichols’s scathing 1971 chronicle of the battle of the sexes. We dig in on the picture’s emotional brutality, theatrical structure, and complicated characters (the women, at least), as well as Hunter’s reason for connection to Art Garfunkel.
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Carnal Knowledge is currently on Tubi, the people’s streamer.. It’s also available for digital rental or purchase, and it is about to come out on 4K from Indicator. You can also watch the trailer here. You can read Vincent Canby’s New York Times review here and Andrew Sarris’s Village Voice review. And you can check out the full New York Times from the movie’s opening day here.
You can read “Hung Up” here and listen to “Lemme Say This” here. If you’d like to check out the YouTube page for Mike’s other podcast, Black Diplomats, it’s here. And if you’d like to pre-order Jason’s new book Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend, you can pre-order it from MZS Press, Bookshop and Barnes & Noble.
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