Bullock’s Badly Behaved Baboon.
After kicking off our month-long theme on toxic masculinity with difficult watches like Funny Games (listen) and Deadgirl (listen), we’re slowing things down a bit this week with Barbet Schroeder‘s 2002 Leopold and Loeb adaptation (of sorts) Murder By Numbers.
In Murder By Numbers, two gifted high school students named Richard and Justin (Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt, respectively) execute a “perfect” murder – then become engaged in an intellectual contest with seasoned homicide detective Cassie Mayweather (Sandra Bullock). The only problem for them is that Cassie has a dark past that she’s been hiding, and it will help her solve the case.
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Episode 256: Murder By Numbers (2002)
Let’s derange the world because the profile doesn’t fit the profile, which means that we’re covering Barbet Schroeder’s 2002 film Murder By Numbers. Tagging in for this lively conversation are Patrick and Gena of the Kill By Kill podcast.
Join us as we go all in on this “thriller” that’s filled to the brim with queer overtones (courtesy of a baby Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt), while trying to figure out which of the two main storylines is the more interesting one. Bullock is innocent, though!
Plus: one very random baboon attack, absinthe etiquette, Claire Redfield’s jacket, showy psychos, curtain bangs and a mind-bogglingly huge $50 million budget.
Cross out Murder By Numbers!
Coming up on Wednesday: We conclude our look at toxic masculinity with a discussion of David Slade’s Hard Candy.
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