Hollywood filmmaking peaked in 1993 when actor turned director Tony Bill and stuntman Tom Sierchio teamed up to give America the love story they had been waiting for since the birth of cinema: one in which a small town waitress with terrible taste in men settles for the mentally impaired dishwasher with the heart of a baboon who follows her home and watches her sleep. That’s right, there is a real movie called “Untamed Heart” in which Christian Slater plays a stalker/dishwasher/ferocious readr who is convinced that he has the heart of a baboon. It also co-stars the great Marisa Tomei and Rosie Perez and it was actually released in theaters the same year Tomei won her Oscar for "My Cousin Vinny."
This week, we’re joined by film professor and return guest Macy Todd, to discuss the bonkers tale of doomed lovers, alongside the criminally underrated Meg Ryan/Matthew Broderick rom-com “Addicted to Love.” Directed by a more prominent actor turned director, Griffin Dunne, “Addicted to Love” was too insidious of a romance for Hollywood and critics in the 90s, but we’re here to give it a second life.
"Addicted to Love" is streaming on HBOMax and "Untamed Heart" is available to rent on VUDU.
