About this episode

Daniel and Harry discuss Martin Scorsese's 'After Hours' with guest Nabil Ayers, exploring its themes and context.

Daniel and Harry welcome Nabil Ayers - music industry entrepreneur, podcaster, musician, and author to discuss Martin Scorsese's 1985 dark comedy "After Hours" starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, and Linda Fiorentino. They discuss SoHo in the 1980s, Scorsese’s exploration of temptation and punishment, how this film fits into the "Yuppie Nightmare" canon of films alongside others like "Fatal Attraction" and "American Psycho,” and how tough it was to get into a walkup apartment when the buzzer wasn't working. As always, they end the episode by ranking the film’s Jewishness in terms of its cast & crew, content, and themes. IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680/ Trailer - https://youtu.be/LQRawYZl-ls Joe Frank's NPR Monologue that partially inspired "After Hours"- https://youtu.be/MIG636ri4r8 Check out Nabil's podcast, Identified Check out Nabil’s book - My Life in The Sunshine Connect with Jews on Film online: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jewsonfilm/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/jewsonfilmpod YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/@jewsonfilm TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@jewsonfilmpod

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Zana, Harry Ottensoser

Guest: Nabil Ayers

Topics covered

• Martin Scorsese
• 1980s cinema
• Yuppie Nightmare
• film analysis
• Jewish themes
• music industry

Keywords

• After Hours
• Martin Scorsese
• Nabil Ayers
• Yuppie Nightmare
• film discussion
• Jewishness in film
• 1980s
• SoHo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NPR, Identified

Books & works: After Hours, Fatal Attraction, American Psycho, My Life in The Sunshine

Places: SoHo

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