LAST NIGHT IN SOHO director and co-writer Edgar Wright is never shy about sharing and celebrating his influences for each new project, which in this case includes the other film in this pairing, Ingmar Bergman’s famously inscrutable PERSONA. We get into the connections between those two, including their portrayals of relationships between two women and their allusive tendencies, after digging into what makes Wright’s newest film so intoxicating… for its first half, at least. Plus Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent viewing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your radar.

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Show Notes:

Works Cited:

• “Last Night in Soho’s Edgar Wright doesn’t want to give you homework… but he will” by Tasha Robinson (Polygon.com)

• “Inside Last Night in Soho’s breathtaking trick dance with Matt Smith and Edgar Wright” by Tasha Robinson (Polygn.com)

• Edgar Wright Breaks Down 25 Films from the 1960s That Inspired ‘Last Night in Soho’” by Zack Sharf (indiewire.com)

• Edgar Wright’s Adventures in Moviegoing (criterionchannel.org)

Your Next Picture Show:

Keith: Mario Bava’s BLOOD AND BLACK LACE

Genevieve: SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (2021) on HBO

Scott: Pablo Larrain’s SPENCER

Tasha: Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King’s THE SPINE OF NIGHT

Outro music: “(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me” by Sandie Shaw

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