437 - HANDGUN (1983) + POSITIVE ID (1986) ft. Evan Gordon

About this episode

The hosts and guest discuss two 80s films that explore themes of gun culture and identity fraud.

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest programmer Evan Gordon discuss thoughtful 80s rape-revenge thrillers/psychological dramas set in Texas: Tony Garnett's harrowing drama that doubles as a methodical and frank examination of America's sick, fetishistic gun culture HANDGUN (1983) + Andy Anderson's strange and spare domestic house wife identity fraud/double-life drama POSITIVE ID (1986). Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on THE PLAYER (1992) + IRMA VEP (1996), 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 // 00:00-13:00 HANDGUN // 13:00-1:31:12 POSITIVE ID // 1:31:12-2:37:40 Outro // 2:37:40-2:44:08 FOLLOW EVAN: https://letterboxd.com/ghostpepper69/ 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: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh, Jamie

Guest: Evan Gordon

Topics covered

• 80s cinema
• rape-revenge thrillers
• psychological dramas
• gun culture
• identity fraud
• Texas

Keywords

• HANDGUN
• POSITIVE ID
• Evan Gordon
• rape-revenge
• psychological drama
• Texas
• gun culture
• identity fraud

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, SLEAZOIDS, blackbeltcinema, Twitter, Letterboxd

Books & works: HANDGUN, POSITIVE ID

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