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Podcast: Films for Today
Episode: Modern Relationships - 'The Last Days of Disco' (1998), 'The Virgin Suicides' (1999) & 'Licorice Pizza' (2021)
Description: Do we relate to each other in different ways as time passes? What are some of the consequences of misunderstanding someone? Are we doomed by our interpersonal differences? Focusing specifically on retrospective depictions of the mid to late 1970s and early 80s, this week's episode explores the ways in which opposites repel, alienate and attract one another in the modern world.
The Films:
The Last Days of Disco (1998) directed by Whit Stillman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) directed by Sofia Coppola
Licorice Pizza (2021) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
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