The Last One To See

You’d think we had actually planned this in advance but we’re dropping this episode on the birthday (25th January) of the director of our guest’s pick!

And speaking of said guest, Aoife Barry of TheJournal.ie fame and co-host of the Get Around To It podcast, peeled the covers away from her eyes long enough to stand up to Leatherface in the original outing of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

In this episode, David updates us on what movies and TV he’s been watching lately, Kate provides a dispatch from her journey across the Irish Sea, the extent of the Texas Chainsaw cinematic franchise is revealed, Kate admits she is a Leatherface apologist (NOT an Ed Gein apologist!), we pick apart all the horror tropes over the past 50 years, the return of our guest’s underseen gem pick, a very journalist-appropriate “What’s In The Box?” and plenty more!

Films mentioned throughout the episode:

https://letterboxd.com/thelastonetosee/list/the-last-one-to-see-ep4-texas-chainsaw-massacre/

The trailer for Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR9VsafJtdU

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New year, new pod ep! Saddle up for our first episode of 2022 where we head out west for Clint Eastwood’s 1992 anti-western, Unforgiven, with our guest, entertainment editor of JOE.ie, Lovin Dublin & Lovin.ie, Rory Cashin.

To kick us off, Kate and David catch up on some of their top TV recommendations and recent movie viewings before we wrangle in Rory to talk apathy for the western genre, we uncover Kate’s obsession with Mr Eastwood and marvel at the prolific output of the man himself.

Films mentioned throughout the episode:

https://letterboxd.com/thelastonetosee/list/the-last-one-to-see-ep3-unforgiven-with-rory/

The Guardian interview with Stellan Skarsgård that Kate mentioned can be found here: https://theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/25/stellan-skarsgard-my-tips-for-fatherhood-dont-lie-even-about-santa-claus

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In that weird liminal space between Christmas and New Year’s where none of us have any clue what day or time it is, it only seems right that we journey 20 years into the past for sleeper cult hit Donnie Darko, then it’s second right at 1988 and straight on til morning. Or is it? 

Our guest for this episode is Christine Bohan who joins us in our quest to unravel this time-traveling modern classic as she visits Middlesex High School for the first time. Topics covered include angsty adolescences both onscreen and off, family dynamics, lockdown hobbies, rogue teaching methods, breakthrough performances in a stacked cast for the ages and a late-save apology to all the Swifties out there.

It’s not too late, burst through that cellar door, hop the wormhole, choose fear or love. Just don’t ever doubt our commitment to Sparkle Motion.

Films mentioned throughout the episode:

https://letterboxd.com/thelastonetosee/list/the-last-one-to-see-ep2-donnie-darko-with/

For Christina's Sad bangers Spotify playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0B6KJb39H0RZDeDouaxKEg?si=e907I6HSQDmjtnRg6p3ZEw

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Our theme music is “80's And Chill” by Empyreal Glow

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‘Tis the season so Kate and David are caught up in the Christmas spirit and will be discussing their own favourite festive hits and, in the spirit of the podcast, what yuletide films they’ve missed. And what even is a Christmas film anyway? We’ll also be discussing festive family cinema trips, childhood Christmas plays - some nativity, some most definitely not, queer joy - it’s not just for Christmas, Lindy West’s timeless takedown of a deeply questionable seasonal offering, the unavoidable but not very merry mention of the internet’s beloved Succession and of course submissions from our very own helper elves, our lovely listeners, what Christmas films are they The Last One To See?

Films mentioned throughout the episode:

https://letterboxd.com/thelastonetosee/list/the-last-one-to-see-holiday-special-2021/

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Our theme music is “80's And Chill” by Empyreal Glow

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For our maiden voyage, we are honoured to be captained by Ciaran Murphy, ironically of the good ship Second Captains. He is tackling the 2009 billion dollar blockbuster Avatar.

We are granted entry into the extended Murphy Cinematic Universe where we discuss how Ciaran’s family shaped his early cinematic tastes, his journey through one extremely specific edition of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, the creation of everyone’s favourite Second Captain’s pandemic spin off series, the Murph’N’Mal’s Movie Club and the joys of a brisk 90-minute film (note: this definitely does not apply to Avatar). 

Over on Pandora, we chat about the mystery of Avatar’s box office success and subsequent cultural disappearance, Cameron’s casting choices, the non-appeal of 3D and beyond, how the sequels will cope with problematic racist overtones in a post- Get Out world, the film’s contradictory positions when it comes to environmentalism, potential plagiarism in the Star Wars universe, why you really shouldn’t smoke in science lab and of course our perennial fave -  it was capitalism all along!

Ciaran’s choice of movie that not enough people have seen is a little Easter egg for any World Service subscribers, what’s the one film he and Ken Early have ever agreed on? Answers on a postcard to The Last One To See

Films mentioned throughout the episode:

https://letterboxd.com/thelastonetosee/list/the-last-one-to-see-ep1-avatar-with-ciaran/

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Our theme music is “80's And Chill” by Empyreal Glow

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Ticket images courtesy of KStudio at freepik.com

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The Last One To See is a movie podcast about the movies that everyone has seen... except our guests.

Each episode our brave guest admits their cinematic blindspot and we dive into that cultural vacuum together. We do a short pre-screening chat to find out any hilarious misconceptions they may harbour about their film of choice to use against them at a later date and then reconvene post-viewing to deep dive into the good stuff.

We’re thrilled to have a great roster of guests for season one, digging out a variety of genre gems from the cinematic vaults. Hit subscribe to come along for the ride and follow the podcast on Instagram, Twitter and Letterboxd (@thelastonetosee on all the things) 

Support us on Patreon! The First One To See is the home of all our cultural chats including what we’re watching right now and anything else that tickles our fancy. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/TheLastOneToSee