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In our first full episode, we discuss a totally normal film: The Wild Angels, a 1966 Roger Corman motorcycle exploitation flick starring Henry Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, and Diane Ladd. The Wild Angels follows a fictionalized version of the Hell’s Angels biker gang in Southern California as they grapple with loss, external and internal conflict, and all sorts of resulting chaos.

While not directed by Bogdanovich, The Wild Angels is important to his career because it marks his first big chance behind the camera: working as Corman’s assistant, uncredited screenwriter, and directing second unit.

In this episode, we talk about fascist bedspreads, Tarantino using biker movie music, a scene that involves an absurd amount of cats meowing, and Kelly Reichardt’s 2025 film The Mastermind.

Next Episode: The Terror (1963) [Bonus]

Further “Reading”:

• You Must Remember This - “Polly Platt, The Invisible Woman, Episode 1 - It wasn't sexism, then.”
• Blogdanovich
• Corman’s World (2011)
• Picturing Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette
• How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman
• “Why the Hells Angels Threatened to Kill Roger Corman” by Stephen Galloway for The Hollywood Reporter
• "Roger Corman on The Wild Angels" for Trailers From Hell
• "Flag Is Down at Warner for 'Grand Prix': Story of Love and Roar —4 Other Films Bow" by Bosley Crowther for The New York Times (includes review for The Wild Angels)

Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI)

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