In RATCATCHER, everything is someone’s fault, but not everyone suffers for it.

“Ratcatcher: Death, Garbage, and Glimpses of Beauty in 1970s Glasgow” by Dan Howard for Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://www.perisphere.org/2023/03/26/ratcatcher-death-garbage-and-glimpses-of-beauty-in-1970s-glasgow/

“The Eyes of Morton Are Upon You: Morvern Callar and the Art of Expression” by Natalie Marlin for Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://www.perisphere.org/2023/03/24/the-eyes-of-morton-are-upon-you-morvern-callar-and-the-art-of-expression/

Check out our episode partially about Lynne Ramsay’s MORVERN CALLAR with Fun City Editions founder Jonathan Hertzberg: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-155-building-a-boutique-film-label-with/id1449848155?i=1000547883839

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: Gassenhauer by Carl Orff.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 221: RATCATCHER (1999)

4:37 - The episode actually starts

7:20 - Ramsay’s style

17:29 - Humanizing, sympathizing, and wallowing in our own filth

31:38 - Snowball going to the moon

45:31 - Power hierarchies and targeted neglect

49:27 - The ending

54:59 - The Junk Drawer

1:00:14 - Good Grief, Give Me a GIF!

1:05:57 - Cody’s Noteys: Ratlove (rat-themed movie trivia)