This episode we’re covering Vivarium, the recent movie that’s impossible to not spoil, currently available on Prime and VOD.

SPOILER DETAILS

Knowing almost anything Vivarium is kind of a spoiler, but we’ve also determined a point in the movie where deeper spoilers begin.

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Sharp Objects: recent or relevant cultural artifacts we want to recommend or discuss

Nia DaCosta directing Captain Marvel 2

https://deadline.com/2020/08/captain-marvel-sequel-nia-dacosta-director-1202992213/

https://twitter.com/NiaDaCosta/status/1290756432841904131

 

0:04:30

M:  Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn, Ryan Gosling Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston. 

 

0:12:00

J: 2017 catch-up: 

Thelma (Hulu)

I, Tonya (Hulu)  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-bechdel-cast-30089535/episode/i-tonya-70173510/

Revenge (Shudder)

 

0:18:40

M: Lovecraft Country (HBO) podcast recs

The Safe Negro Podcast Show (For All Nerds) 

For All Nerds - Malcolm X Files Featuring Matt Ruff 

https://soundcloud.com/fanbros

Lovecraft Country Radio (HBO) 

Shannon Houston, writer on the show 

https://www.hbo.com/lovecraft-country/podcast

Underground (Hulu)

 

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

 

https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/

email: [email protected]

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildprettythingspod/

twitter: @WildPrettyPod https://twitter.com/WildPrettyPod 

 

Melissa: @mellooyellow on Twitter; mmsloter on Instagram 

 

0:27:35

Vivarium 

 

Cast & Crew: 

Director: Lorcan Finnegan (first feature Without Name 2016) 

Writers: Lorcan Finnegan, Garret Shanley 

Starring: Imogen Poots as Gemma  (Black Christmas, THe Art of Self-Defense, I Kill Giants, Roadies,A Long Way Down) 

Jesse Eisenburg as Tom (The Social Network, The Art of Self-Defense, Zombieland, Adventureland) 

Senan Jennings as the Young Boy 

older boy is Eanna Hardwicke, from Normal People

 

Scene-It Cast episode featuring Melissa and a review of Vivarium: https://soundcloud.com/sceneitcast/ep195

 

0:34:20

Recap begins

 

1:01:40

Major spoilers begin

 

things mentioned:

The Twilight Zone (Hulu, CBS All Access)

Twin Peaks (Netflix, Hulu, and CBS All Access)

Swallow (2020)

myth of Persephone https://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/Persephone.html

Pan’s Labyrinth (Netflix) 

Spirited Away (HBO Max)

Lewis Carol’s Alice stories

The uncanny valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley#:~:text=In%20aesthetics%2C%20the%20uncanny%20valley,response%20to%20such%20an%20object.

The Other https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_(philosophy)

Annihilation (2018 film adaptation)

Beetlejuice (1998 film)

Futurama (Hulu)

Arrival (2016)

The Changeling (2008) stars Angelina Jolie, not Nicole Kidman

liminal space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminality

The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems by William Thomas and Kate Pavitt (1922)  https://www.sacred-texts.com/sym/bot/index.htmFunny Games (2007 and 1997) 

In The Tall Grass (Netflix)

The Lodge (VOD)

Palm Springs (Hulu)

Under The Skin (2013)

 

Upcoming Episodes

Josie & The Pussycats (HBO) + Jem & The Holograms (Netflix)

 

songs:

Airiel - Cloudburst  https://airiel.bandcamp.com/album/molten-young-lovers

Oathbreaker - Ease Me https://orcd.co/ob-easeme

m83 - We Own The Sky https://ilovem83.com/music/saturdays-youth/ 

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II https://smarturl.it/AFSuburbs