Backrooms

About this episode

The episode discusses the surreal and bizarre elements of the movie 'Backrooms'.

Have you ever wandered into a strange space where everything seems a little off, like the furniture is wonky and strangely oriented, the lighting is disconcerting, there are people you sort of half-recognise and a tall, blurry presence off in the corner who seems to be in command of the weirdly liminal environs, and then everyone starts kissing as ABBA starts playing, and someone hands you a cup of something purple and you say, "I don't drink," and they say, "You are drink," and then they lick your face and Stanley Kubrick's there yelling something about how that's really gonna f$%k with the continuity, thanks a LOT, Carl! This movie is called Backrooms.

People in this episode

Hosts: Frank Kerr, Marcus Hensley, Tom Butler

Topics covered

• surreal experiences
• film analysis
• comedy
• strange spaces
• pop culture references

Keywords

• Backrooms
• Stanley Kubrick
• ABBA
• surrealism
• film review
• comedy
• strange spaces

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ABBA

Books & works: Backrooms

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