Episode 51 - Deadlier Than The Male: Filmi Femme Fatales in Ishqiya and 7 Khoon Maaf
To celebrate #Noirvember, we discuss two contemporary neo-noirs that focus on the femme fatale archetype.
Show Notes:
- Will we or won’t be do an episode on Ittefaq?
- Erin’s mother watched Dangal, and she loved it!
- We miss Neale! Listen to last year’s #Noirvember’s episode
- Film noir and Neo-noir
- #Noirvember and @oldfilmsflicker
- Bollywood noir
- What songs are the using in Ishqiya, let Matt know
- Femme fatale
- Ishqiya
- LMFAO
- “Dil Toh Bachcha”
- Uttar Pradesh
- Dedh Ishqiya
- The Handmaiden
(INTERVAL (“Darling” from 7 Khoon Maaf)
- 7 Khoon Maaf
- Ruskin Bond and The Blue Umbrella
- Kind Hearts and Coronets, Truffaut’s Mississipi [sic] Mermaid and The Bride Wore Black, and Cornell Woolrich
- Anna Karenina versus Anna Karina
- Erin should called the ending
- Bluebeard
- Motivation for murder
- We bring up Fitoor again...and What’s Your Raashee
- Murder well
- How people change depending on who they are with
- The Love Witch
- “O’ Mama”, “Bekaraan”, and “Yeshu”
NEXT TIME: Maybe we’ll discuss Ittefaq, maybe something else?
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