431 - PURPLE RAIN (1984) + UNDER THE CHERRY MOON (1986) ft. Willow Catelyn Maclay

About this episode

The hosts discuss Prince's films 'Purple Rain' and 'Under the Cherry Moon' with guest Willow Catelyn Maclay.

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest film critic and author Willow Catelyn Maclay discuss the iconic pioneering funk, rock and pop musician (and androgenous sex symbol) Prince with a double feature of his screen debut in the quasi-autobiographical rock opera/concert musical PURPLE RAIN (1984) + his directorial debut UNDER THE CHERRY MOON (1986), a strange post-modern pastiche of Old Hollywood rom-coms and European art films. Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on British juvenile delinquents: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) + SCUM (1979), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast Intro // 00:00-09:02 PURPLE RAIN // 09:02-1:22:14 UNDER THE CHERRY MOON // 1:22:14-2:27:27 Outro // 2:27:27-2:31:08 NEW SLEAZOIDS SHIRT + HAT: https://blackbeltcinema.ca/search?q=sleazoids&options%5Bprefix%5D=last WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/ Pod Twitter: twitter.com/sleazoidspod Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/ Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl Josh's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/thejoshl Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas Jamie's Letterboxd…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh, Jamie

Guest: Willow Catelyn Maclay

Topics covered

• Prince
• film analysis
• music
• double feature
• rock opera
• Hollywood
• art films

Keywords

• Prince
• Purple Rain
• Under the Cherry Moon
• film critique
• music films
• 1980s cinema
• rock opera
• Hollywood
• art films

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, SLEAZOIDS, blackbeltcinema.ca, twitter.com/sleazoidspod, letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/, twitter.com/thejoshl, letterboxd.com/thejoshl, twitter.com/jamiemilleracas, letterboxd.com/jamiemiller

Books & works: PURPLE RAIN, UNDER THE CHERRY MOON, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, SCUM

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