A meek misogynist?
Weird Sex Month is coming to an end, but here’s a quick recap of our coverage: we started things off with David Cronenberg’s Videodrome before moving into some divorce troubles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession. We then headed up to the Great White North to discuss Kevin Smith’s polarizing Tusk. Closing us out is Mike Nichols‘ baffling 1994 romantic horror drama: Wolf!
In the film, aging book editor Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) is bitten by a wolf in rural Vermont and finds himself full of youthful vigor. Will then discovers that he’s been replaced at his job by Stewart Swinton (James Spader), a vicious young executive. As Will struggles to regain his position, he becomes enthralled with Laura Alden (Michelle Pfeiffer), his boss’s daughter. As increasingly animal-like urges begin to overwhelm him, Will worries that he may be a werewolf.
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Episode 218: Wolf (1994)
We’re gonna get you, Stewart, because we’re closing out Weird Sex Month with a look at Mike Nichols’ sometimes boring, sometimes hilarious, sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes slow motion and always baffling 1994 film Wolf.
Join us as we try to figure out how this thing got made, as it’s a complete tonal and genre mishmash that doesn’t always work, but it’s never anything less than fascinating to watch. Don’t worry, we go all in on the film’s many production troubles.
Plus: watersports, penis POV, a miscast Jack Nicholson, Magical Indigenous Character, doggy style sexual assault (yes, really), publishing house drama and some very twitchy ears. This movie is…something.
Cross out Wolf!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re kicking off March with a look at one of horror cinema’s most iconic queer entries: Robert Wise’s 1963 classic The Haunting!
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