The Sundae Presents

In a second back-to-back guest episode, the lads are joined by their friend Josh O'Reilly (@snowboiiii on Twitch!) to chat about Richard Linklater's romance classic Before Sunset. They talk about his collaborative creative process with stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, the transient nature of memory, and how much Jesse hates his wife.

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In the first of two more guest episodes, Ciara and Dean are joined by Dr. David Clare to discuss the Farrelly brothers' lost child, Outside Providence. They talk about its odd place in their filmography, its portrayal of Irish-American identity, and how much Gabriel Mann looks like James Spader in Pretty in Pink.

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It's another emergency episode from our top secret vault! Dean finally got around to watching Top Gun: Maverick, so Ciara finally got to grill him about it. They talk about the original film, the death of the film star and how Tom Cruise saved cinema.

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Ciara takes Dean back to 1946 with The Best Years of Our Lives, William Wyler's kitchen sink epic about soldiers returning from World War II. They talk about Harold Russell's double-Oscar-winning performance as Homer Parrish, Gregg Toland's groundbreaking deep focus cinematography and why Ayn Rand tried to complain about the film in Congress.

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1982 interview with Harold Russell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYpsnvyzJNI

It's The Long Goodbye, and it happens every day! Dean turns the tables on Ciara and shows her a classic seventies film widely considered among the greatest ever made, Robert Altman's neo-noir classic, starring Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe. They talk about its portrayal of post-Manson L.A., the many iterations of its title song and the security guard's amazing celebrity impressions.

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The lads kick off season three with a classic rom-com as Ciara makes Dean watch James L. Brooks' As Good As It Gets. They talk about What It Gets Right About Mental Illness, the finer details of Jack Nicholson's performance and whether Melvin should have got the girl.

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"Helen Hunt" by Hank Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqRQ3uPidEc

For the finale of Love at Worst Sight, Ciara showed Dean the (theatrical release of the) sole horror film by one-of-a-kind sexsploitation director Doris Wishman: A Night to Dismember. They talk about how she cobbled it together after the original cut was lost (and found), the purity (and perversity) of its auteurist vision and Wishman's place within (and outside) the history of cinema.

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List of films considered the worst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst

A Night to Dismember (Theatrical Cut): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LsDk6y63_0

A Night to Dismember (Lost Cut): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTDsxDEHaS0

Doris Wishman and Roger Ebert on Late Night with Conan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-LCPd1ThsI

It's part three of Love at Worst Sight, so Dean showed Ciara a legendary bit of trash: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? They talk about some fun stories from its production, the naive artistry of its best parts and whether the main character is the worst boyfriend of all time.

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List of films considered the worst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst

Best of the Worst: Blood Shack (aka The Chooper): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8qGSkcX6R0

Short segment on The Pike amusement park from “I Remember Long Beach”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkRp8bfO4hM

Notes on "Camp" by Susan Sontag: https://monoskop.org/images/5/59/Sontag_Susan_1964_Notes_on_Camp.pdf

In the second episode of Love at Worst Sight, Ciara finally makes Dean watch Elaine May's iconic comic flop Ishtar. They talk about its legendarily troubled production, how it became a punchline and why it deserves to be reclaimed.

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List of films considered the worst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst

You Should Watch Ishtar: https://thesundae.net/2019/10/28/you-should-watch-ishtar/

Roger Ebert's review of Ishtar: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ishtar-1987

In the first episode of their new miniseries, Love at Worst Sight, Dean puts Ciara through the ordeal of M. Night Shyamalan's infamous flop The Happening. They talk about whether it's funny, whether it's meant to be funny, and how it could possibly have ended up like that.

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List of films considered the worst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst

In Defense of The Happening (Yes, Really): https://thesundae.net/2017/07/09/in-defense-of-the-happening-yes-really/

Roger Ebert's review of The Happening: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-happening-2008