Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with former literary manager Audrey Knox in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore a Freaky Friday analysis, the Kill Bill: Vol 1 impact, and the The Devil Wears Prada influence on personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Audrey also discusses her FREE 34-page eBook, The Query Email Guidebook for Screenwriters, offering screenwriting query tips to aspiring writers. Through film cultural commentary and storytelling, discover how these films shaped Audrey’s life and perspective.  

Movies That Changed Your Life  

Uncover the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.  

The Query Email Guidebook for Screenwriters

[0:00] How screenwriters can improve their email query responses from managers

Freaky Friday Analysis 

[22:32] Audrey Knox shares how Freaky Friday (2003) influenced her as a screenwriter, watching films in suburban cinemas, the Freaky Friday soundtrack and remembers the power of behind the scenes footage/DVD extras on her young ambitious mind.  

Kill Bill: Vol 1 Impact 

[30:32] Explore the Kill Bill: Vol 1 impact (2003) on sounding dangerous and violent from the box artwork and details, going down to the local video store as a kid, remembering how to choose a film family movie night.  

The Devil Wears Prada Influence  

[35:27] Dive into the The Devil Wears Prada influence (2006) on working as an assistant in Hollywood, ambition and workplace dynamics. 

Key Takeaways:  

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.  

- Learn screenwriting query tips** from Audrey Knox’s eBook.  

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Kill Bill: Vol 1 and The Devil Wears Prada. 

 - Full show notes and transcript: 

About the Guest:  

Audrey Knox, a former literary manager, shares screenwriting query tips and insights on movies that changed your life. Download her FREE eBook, The Query Email Guidebook for Screenwriters at (https://howtogetamanager.com).

Subscribe to her Substack for more screenwriting advice at (https://audreyknox.substack.com).  

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Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)  

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Simon Lancaster on speechwriting techniques in A Few Good Men & Barbie; and Films That Impacted Your Life: Wolf of Wall Street, Wizard of Oz, Goodfellas

Discover how speechwriting technique can improve your screenwriting monologues and speeches with host Stuart Wright and speechwriter Simon Lancaster's analysis of two iconic movie speeches: 'You can't handle the truth' from A FEW GOOD MEN and  'Impossible to be a woman' from BARBIE.

After that find out films that impacted your life in this episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life with host Stuart Wright and speechwriter Simon Lancaster. From the ambition-fueled Wolf of Wall Street analysis to the timeless Wizard of Oz impact and the raw Goodfellas influence, Simon shares how these movies shaped his personal and professional perspective. Join us for an emotional journey through cinema’s transformative power and uncover how films that impacted your life leave a lasting legacy. 

Speechwriting techniques shared in relation to A FEW GOOD MEN [4:28], "You can't handle the truth" speech and BARBIE [15:09], 'Impossible to be a woman' speech.

Films That Impacted Your Life: Explore how cinema shapes our worldview with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast. 

Wolf of Wall Street Analysis[29:04] Simon Lancaster breaks down how Wolf of Wall Street (2011) uses rhetoric to explore themes of ambition and excess. Wizard of Oz Impact[34:45] Discover why The Wizard of Oz (1939) is the ultimate story and cinema’s transformative power. Goodfellas Influence[41:22] Dive into the Goodfellas influence on cultural commentary, how Joe Pesci's repetitive use of the word 'funny' almost renders it meaningless and the everyday lexicon he shares with his brother from lines in this movie. 

Key Takeaways: 

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"3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter Stuart Wright that explores the transformative power of cinema. From emotional masterpieces to thought-provoking classics, each episode delves into the films that have had a profound impact on our personal growth and perspective. Through engaging storytelling, critical analysis, and cultural commentary, Stuart aims to uncover the lasting influence that movies have had on his guests. Please join him on an emotional journey through the world of film and discover how just three movies can change the direction of a life, cement memories you will never forget or sometimes change how you see the world."

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Written, produced and hosted by Stuart Wright

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Assistant Professor, Dr Steve Jones a film scholar and a leading authority on extreme imagery and the intersections between horror and pornography, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Nightmare On Elm St’s analysis, Horse Feathers influence, and Irreversible’s impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Steve also discusses his book THE METAMODERN SLASHER FILM. Through personal biography and storytelling, discover how these three films shaped some Steve’s life, perspective and film fandom.  

Movies That Changed Your Life  

Find out how Dr Steve Jones became a leading authority on extreme imagery and the intersections between horror and pornography, how he wrote the book The Metamodern Slasher Film  and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.  

The Metamodern Slasher Film

[2:30] How Dr Steve Jones became a leading authority on extreme imagery and the intersections between horror and pornography

[6:20] What is metamodern?

[10:30] How his perception of slasher films changed from writing the book.

[17:50] Alone In Dark authors Haydn Watkins and Phil Morrison share their love of slasher films.

[21:20] Subjectivity when researching and analysing slasher films

Nightmare On Elm St Analysis 

[31:20] Dr Steve Jones shares how Nightmare On Elm St (1984) is his favourite horror film of all time, how video shop artwork of Freddy caught his eye while his mum was choosing something nice for him and cemented his love of the slasher film sub-genre.

Horse Feathers impact 

[37:19] Dr Steve Jones shares how Horse Feathers’s (1932) represents those magical moments in his teenage years when he had his own TV in his bedroom and could stay up late to watch whatever is one and how this new found freedom changed his attitude towards film forever.

Irreversible’s Influence  

[45:38] Dive into Irreversible’s influence on Dr Steve Jones Phd thesis, reflecting on what horrifies him, how confronting himself with film made him cry and how this one viewing experience really shaped his academic career.

Key Takeaways:  

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn what metamodern means and how an academic analyses films 

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Nightmare On Elm St, Horse Feathers, Irreversible

 - Full show notes and transcript: 

About the Guest:  

Dr Steve Jones is a film scholar and a leading authority on extreme imagery and the intersections between horror and pornography.

He is the lead for Northumbria’s Horror Studies Research Group.

To get in touch see https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/j/steve-jones/

For his latest books:

THE METAMODERN SHASHER https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-metamodern-slasher-film.html

THE POSTMODERN SLASHER https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-postmodern-slasher-film.html

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Credits:  

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Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)  

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with TV Producer, Scott Stenholm, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Backdraft’s analysis, Terms Of Endearment influence, and Apollo 13’s impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Scott also discusses what he describes as cinematic television.  

Movies That Changed Your Life  

Find out what TV Producer, Scott Stenholm thinks of the growing trend of cinematic television  and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.  

Cinematic Television discussion

[1:00] What is cinematic television? 

[38:10] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

Backdraft Analysis 

[38:54 ]Scott Stenholm shares how Backdraft (1991) as a 9 year old this was the 3rd Hollywood production to come to Chicago in his young life. And how upon seeing the cast and crew ready for a shot he is told by his mother he declared this is what he wanted to do for a living.

Terms Of Endearment impact 

[44:10] Scott Stenholm shares how Terms Of Endearment was a film he watched while a 5th grader after school and balled his eyes out… His first time having an emotional response to someone else’s story.

Apollo 13’s Influence  

[49:25] Dive into Apollo 13’s influence on Scott Stenholm, reflecting on the beautiful score and how important it is to him and how now, film scoring is the one craft that impresses him the most and how impactful they can be

Key Takeaways:  

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn what makes good cinematic television 

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Backdraft (1991), Terms Of Endearment (1983), Apollo 13 (1995)

 - Full show notes and transcript: 

About the Guest:  

Scott Stenholm is a multiple Emmy-nominated producer and writer whose work includes acclaimed original streaming series with HBO, Hulu, YouTube Originals, Disney+, Participant Media, the BBC, NatGeo, LeBron James's Springhill Company, The Jim Henson Company, and as Lead Creative Producer for Amazon Studios/Prime Video.
Stenholm is a member of the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is a graduate of Loyola Marymount's School of Film and Television. Scott was born and raised in the Chicago area.

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Credits:  

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Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)  

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with freelance producer Mike Hewitt, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Aliens’ analysis, This Is Spinal Tap influence, and Shaun Of The Dead impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Mike also discusses producing the Steppenwolf Limited Edition Blu Ray at Arrow Films.  

Movies That Changed Your Life  

Find out about how Mike Hewitt pulled together the Steppenwolf Limited Edition Blu Ray at Arrow Films and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.  

Steppenwolf Limited Edition Blu Ray at Arrow Films

[2:51] Brief synopsis of Steppenwolf and 

[4:25] What have you discovered about Kazakhstan cinema?

[6:40] When and how people can see Steppenwolf?

[8:30] What is the role of the freelance producer on Blu Ray releases? 

[13:00] How limited is a limited edition?

[14:00] The heart-shaped sunglasses chat

[16:17] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

Aliens Analysis 

[17:27] Mike Hewitt shares how Aliens was one of them films that show a stage in his life when he was getting into VHS and being drawn to the VHS racks in shops. And borrowing his first pirate VHS of a film and how Aliens completely transfixed him and he started transcribing out the dialogue by heart.

This Is Spinal Tap impact 

[22:50] Mike Hewitt shares a story about This Is Spinal Tap and getting to college in 1990, forming a small club where a group of film fans would watch film and one of the films they watched in that first year was This Is Spinal Tap. How two people watching thought it was real. It’s one of those films that connects fans.

Shaun Of The Dead Influence  

[30:12] Mike Hewitt shares how Shaun Of The Dead is a very personal film because it his first time on a film shoot. How he spent 20 days on the set of Shaun Of The Dead, doubling for Dylan Moran in a couple of scenes and is now one of his most cherished experiences. And how it became his whole break in to the film industry.

Key Takeaways:  

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn about how Steppenwolf Limited Edition Blu Ray at Arrow Films

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Aliens (1986), This Is Spinal Tap 1984), Shaun Of The Dead (2004)

 - Full show notes and transcript: 

About the Guest:  

Previous Director of Sales and Marketing and Content Creator with a particular focus on e-Commerce and the digital world. Experienced in producing creative content for high profile global releases and brands. Skilled at creating engaging, visually stunning imagery and content, working on campaigns across multiple media platforms to optimise brand reach and presence. Experienced in leading teams of artists to produce work that engages with their audience. Work includes; film releases, brand campaigns, TV, Marketing and websites.

Steppenwolf Limited Edition Blu Ray at Arrow Films is out now https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/blu-ray/steppenwolf-limited-edition-blu-ray/16237697/?affil=thggpsad&switchcurrency=GBP&shippingcountry=GB&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14829518626&gbraid=0AAAAABSEnAyuc3oEkGDyh-jK2bRcURkkq&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-4XFBhCBARIsAAdNOks4jMlGS-LKT3SngAyolRkKJFQc3zrjtgUaMoGHgz2OOe-VlmI-l9EaAoJDEALw_wcB

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Credits:  

Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠) 

Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)  

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with fellow screenwriter Simon Uttley, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Empire Strikes Back analysis, LA Confidential influence, and Shaun Of The Dead impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Simon also discusses how he wrote CLEANER starring Daisy Ridley and Clive Owen

Movies That Changed Your Life  

Find out about how Simon Uttley wrote the Daisy Ridley and Clive Owen starrer CLEANER and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.  

How Simon Uttley wrote CLEANER

[2:33] Brief synopsis of CLEANER 

[3:53] CLEANER is an ode to DIE HARD

[6:00] What stage was CLEANER in when you got involved as the screenwriter?

[12:00] The moral maze of CLEANER – where do you draw your lines? 

[15:30] Real life experiences and how do you authentically show autism in drama?

[21:50] Advice about writing action in your screenplays

[25:50] Process for unpacking ideas and building a story

[38:44] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

Empire Strikes Back Analysis 

[39:44] Simon Uttley shares how Empire Strikes Back is his favourite film, but is also the first film he remembers seeing in the cinema – Odeon, Pilgrim Street in Newcastle. And then when he was 13, finding the video tape of it and he was hooked all over again. It’s everything he loves movies for. 

LA Confidential impact 

[46:10] Simon Uttley shares a story about watching LA Confidential when he was 19/20 out in France. Knowing very little about the film, but thinking Mike (Guy Pearce) from Neighbours, what’s that going to be like? And then watching three really divergent oppositional character, on totally different sides of this mystery. As a result he found that the many plot twists and turns really land.

Planes, Train and Automobiles Influence  

[52:30] Simon Uttley shares how does not remember ever seeing Planes, Train and Automobiles for the first time, but it is one of those films that you remember always having known. When you get comedy right, there’s no better genre and you’ve got two comedy geniuses at the height of their powers.

Key Takeaways:  

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn about how Simon Uttley wrote the screenplay for the Daisy Ridley and Clive Owen starrer CLEANER

- Why autism can be shown authentically in drama.

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Empire Strikes Back (1980), LA Confidential (1997), Planes, Train and Automobiles (1987)

 - Full show notes and transcript: 

About the Guest:  

Simon Uttley is a screenwriter known for Cleaner (2025), James Hyde - The Very Thought of You and The Professionals..

CLEANER is out via Sky Cinema ⁠https://www.sky.com/watch/cleaner

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Credits:  

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Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)  

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with CEO of the Bohemia Group, Susan Ferris, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore The Godfather / The Godfather Part 2 analysis, This Is Spinal Tap influence, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Susan also discusses the difference between a literary manager and an agent

Movies That Changed Your Life  

Find out about what Susan Ferris’s management company, Bohemia Group do for writers and other film and TV talent, and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.  

Literary Manager and the Bohemia Group

[2:35] What is a literary manager and how does it differ from a literary agent 

[4:44] When should a writer be looking to get a manager?

[8:11] How are you finding talent or is talent finding you?

[11:27] What should a client be doing to get the best out of their manager? 

[14:06] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

The Godfather / The Godfather Part 2 Analysis 

[14:06] Susan Ferris shares how The Godfather / The Godfather Part 2 are two movies that any time they come on TV she just stops and watches. And how they’re good rules to live by: you don’t take sides against your family and you keep your enemies closer. 

This Is Spinal Tap impact 

[19:06] Susan Ferris shares a story about still owning a This Is Spinal Tap t-shirt and how she used to work in 1980s music industry and how this film was more of an accurate portrayal of that world than people like to believe. How Susan worked with Slayer during the Clash Of Titans tour and the release of Seasons Of The Abyss

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Influence  

[25:19] Susan Ferris remembers watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show maybe 100 or 125 times at midnight showing. She’d go out. Party. Go watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Party some more.

Key Takeaways:  

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn about the differences between a literary manager and an agent

- How to get a literary manager

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through The Godfather (1972) / The Godfather Part 2 (1974), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

 - Full show notes and transcript: 

About the Guest:  

Susan Ferris is CEO of the Bohemia Group, an International Management Group, representing talent across the entertainment landscape, including a number of musicians and acting talent. A Boston native with a degree in theater and film from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Ferris found herself where many others have feared to tread, in the heart of the entertainment industry: Hollywood.

For more information see https://www.bohemiaent.com

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Credits:  

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Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)  

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Daniel Draper, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Distant Voices, Still Lives analysis, The Gleaners And I influence, and Marcela impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Daniel also discusses the making of Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City

Movies That Changed Your Life  

Find out about what Daniel Draper, and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.  

Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City

[2:47] Brief synopsis of Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City

[4:44] The importance of transitions on documentary storytelling

[6:00] How do you, as a person born and raised in Liverpool, see Liverpool with fresh eyes?

[8:49] Using voiceover in documentary and people talking to the camera

[14:09] Whispered voices drifting in and out of the soundtrack

[16:57] What did you learn about Liverpool that you didn’t know before you made the film?  

[24:23] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

Distant Voices, Still Lives Analysis 

[25:15] Daniel Draper shares how Distant Voices, Still Lives is one of the most special films in his life. How writer/director Terence Davies is not just a Liverpool filmmaker but a master of his art. It’s a film that’s nostalgic in a very present way.

The Gleaners And I impact 

[31:49] Daniel Draper loves the face that such an established filmmaker as Agnes Varda would hit the streets with a DV camera and make The Gleaners And I. How a film can be about something so simple as ordinary people; people who operate in the cracks and shadows of society.

Marcela Influence  

[37:49] Daniel Draper remembers watching Marcela and after the film ends he was thinking about the subject of the film – Marcela – for weeks after.

Key Takeaways:  

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn how to make feature length documentaries

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Gleaners And I (2000), Marcela (2007)

 - Full show notes and transcript: 

About the Guest:  

Daniel Draper is half of Shut Out The Light Films, an independent film and distribution company, founded in Liverpool in 2014. His previous feature-length documentaries to date, Nature of the Beast, The Big Meeting, Almost Liverpool 8 and Manifesto

For more information https://www.shutoutthelight.co.uk/liverpoolstory

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Credits:  

Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠) 

Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)  

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John Currie on Movies That Changed Your Life: Cabaret, Manhattan, Arrival

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Beeston Film Festival director John Currie, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Cabaret analysis, Manhattan influence, and Arrival impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. John also discusses how he founded the Beeston Film Festival.

Movies That Changed Your Life  

Find out about why John Currie founded the Beeston Film, the growing pains of running it for eleven year, and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.

Beeston Film Festival

[2:00] How would you describe the Beeston Film Festival 

[6:46] Why start the Beeston Film Festival?

[9:22] What are some of the growing pains of running a film festival for eleven years?

[16:24] What are some of the fond memories of the festival from the last eleven years? 

[20:10] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

Cabaret Analysis 

[22:20] John Currie shares how Cabaret is a wonderful film that touches on so many things from his life. In particular, growing up in Liverpool with a German mother.

Manhattan impact 

[27:50] John Currie shares memories of watching Manhattan in the Southport Arts Centre

Arrival Influence  

[33:18] John Currie talks about how Arrival is the first film he had come across that gets anywhere near touching the emotions involved in parenthood. 

Key Takeaways:  

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn about how John Currie founded and evolved the Beeston Film Festival

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Cabaret (1972), Manhattan (Manhattan), Arrival (2016)

 - Full show notes and transcript: 

About the Guest:  

John Currie is the director of the Beeston Film Festival

Official website https://www.beestonfilm.com  

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Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)  

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker Craig Williams, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Eyes Wide Shut analysis, Suspiria influence, and She Killed In Ecstasy impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Craig also discusses making of Welsh language folk horror short film - The Wyrm Of Bwlch Pen Barras

Movies That Changed Your Life  

Find out about how Craig Williams made the Welsh language folk horror short film The Wyrm Of Bwlch Pen Barras and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.  

[1:13] Making of Welsh language folk horror short film - The Wyrm Of Bwlch Pen Barras

[24:20] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

Eyes Wide Shut Analysis 

[24:55] Craig Williams shares how Eyes Wide Shut is the first new Kubrick film since he had been into films. He used to cut out bits on the film from the Radio Times. He thinks it has some kind of occult energy. Like it hides some kind of truth.

Suspiria impact

[29:55] Craig Williams shares memories of watching Suspiria for the first time when he was 19 and how it fostered his love of cinema when it’s a pure mode of sensation. When it’s the base image art form and it should be. It’s a moving image and a solitary spectator. 

She Killed In Ecstasy Influence  

[35:41] Craig Williams talks about She Killed In Ecstasy, a 1970s film directed by Jess Franco. A director he has got into over the last decade but has become the defining filmmaker of his film watching and filmmaking life.  

Key Takeaways:  

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn about how Craig Williams made the Welsh language folk horror short film The Wyrm Of Bwlch Pen Barras

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Suspiria (1977), She Killed In Ecstasy (1971)

 - Full show notes and transcript: 

About the Guest:  

Craig Williams is Welsh filmmaker and programmer

You can watch THE WYRM OF BWLCH PEN BARRAS on the Arrow Player and/or as part of the boxset ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS: A COMPENDIUM OF FOLK HORROR VOL. 2 [13-DISC BLU-RAY BOX SET + HARDCOVER BOOK] ⁠https://severinfilms.com/en-gb/collections/box-sets/products/all-the-haunts-be-ours-a-compendium-of-folk-horror-vol-2-13-disc-blu-ray-box-set-hardback-book

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Credits:  

Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠) 

Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)  

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