Fata Morgana (1979) and The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969 (2005) with TYTD Reviews and Trivial Theater

About this episode

Chris is joined by Dan and Triv to discuss two Swedish films and explore Swedish pop culture from the 1970s.

Chris is joined by Dan from TYTD Reviews and Triv from Trivial Theater to look at a couple of Swedish curiosities, The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969 (2005) and Fata Morgana (1979). This episode is a special thanks to all of our Swedish listeners out there and includes discussions about the state of Swedish genre cinema, minor Swedish pop-cultural icons of 70s such as 11-year-old rock 'n' roll sensation Per-Erik Jonsson, the music of Björn Skifs, Swedish drag artist Christer Lindarw, and much, much more! Follow TYTD Reviews and Trivial Theater: Bluesky: TYTD Reviews // Trivial Theater Letterboxd: TYTD Reviews // Trivial Theater Follow Dead Formats: Bluesky // Instagram // Letterboxd // Discord Supplemental Material: The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969 Fata Morgana I HATE DUST Kenny Winker In True Hollywood Style? Localized Emulations of American Genre Film in Contemporary Swedish Cinema by Joel Frykholm Lee Hazlewood - My Autumn's Done Come Per-Erik Jonsson - Good Golly Miss Molly Milky Bar commercial 1978 Buckner & Garcia - E.T.,I Love You Björn Skifs - Hela natten lång

People in this episode

Host: Chris

Guests: Dan, Triv

Topics covered

• Swedish cinema
• genre film
• pop culture
• 1970s music
• film reviews

Keywords

• Fata Morgana
• The Werewolf Cult Chronicles
• Swedish cinema
• 1970s
• film review
• pop culture
• Björn Skifs
• Per-Erik Jonsson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TYTD Reviews, Trivial Theater

Books & works: Fata Morgana, The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969

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