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Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante discuss influential films with Mary Harron, the director of American Psycho.

Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante chop it up with writer/director Mary Harron, the maestro behind the immortal American Psycho, about the movies that made her as a kid! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Avengers: Doomsday (2026) American Psycho (2000) I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) The Anna Nicole Story (2013) The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) Fear and Desire (1952) 8 ½ (1963) The Magician a.k.a. The Face (1958) Oliver! (1968) Doctor Dolittle (1967) Them! (1954) Dead of Night (1945) M (1931) M (1951) The Black Vampire (1953) Strangers on a Train (1951) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Repulsion (1965) Knife in the Water (1962) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Virgin Spring (1960) The Last House on the Left (1973) Ms. 45 (1981) My Man Godfrey (1936) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Fail-Safe (1964) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) The World of Apu (1959) Red River (1948) To Have and Have Not (1944) The Big Sleep (1944) His Girl Friday (1940) All About Eve (1950) Switching Channels (1988) Deliverance (1972) The Night of the Hunter (1955) The Naked and the Dead (1958) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) The…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Olson, Joe Dante

Guest: Mary Harron

Topics covered

• American Psycho
• film history
• influential movies
• director insights
• cinematic influences

Keywords

• Mary Harron
• American Psycho
• film influences
• director
• cinema

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: American Psycho, Avengers: Doomsday, I Shot Andy Warhol, The Notorious Bettie Page, The Anna Nicole Story, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, Fear and Desire, 8 ½, The Magician a.k.a. The Face, Oliver!

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