This episode: Cruising
Camp Counsellor Sarah has been asked to go undercover in the seedy, dangerous, and very real world of hermit crab enthusiasts in order to catch a criminal of some variety. She's got a big tank, a whole bunch of shells, and one very happy crab she's named Theodore. But now she's worried she doesn't know where Sarah ends, and her alias as a hermit crab groomer begins. Or has she always been this way? So Sam's stopped by so they can watch William Freidkin’s Cruising, and see if that will help clear things up.
How old was Al Pacino when he made this? What weird connection does this have to The Exorcist, beyond being directed by the same guy? And what’s up with the sound on this film?
Join us for an episode where we work out in front of a mirror and yell “Yes!” while doing so!
Sources for this episode: https://www.villagevoice.com/making-sense-of-cruising/
https://www.villagevoice.com/on-cruising-the-hollywood-hassle/
https://www.villagevoice.com/film-in-focus-cruising-into-confusion/
https://villagevoice.com/a-case-for-cruising/
https://thereveal.substack.com/p/minding-the-gaps-cruising-1980
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Edited by Warren Frey
