Episode 181: Manhunter w/ special guest Mansfield's mom Tammy

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on the 1986 crime thriller 'Manhunter' with guest Tammy, focusing on various aspects of the film and its characters.

This episode features the return of Aaron's mom Tammy as a guest! They discuss 1986's crime thriller "Manhunter" directed by Michael Mann and based off of the 1981 novel "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris. They talk about Brian Cox's performance as Hannibal Lecktor (Lecter), the portrayal of crime procedural in media, and how Francis Dollarhyde makes for a great horror-adjacent villain. They also get into Mann's "Miami Vice" neon influence bleeding into this movie, the banality of evil, music choices, and many other aspects of the flick. Tammy, Aaron and Derek recorded a podcast. DO YOU SEE!ONLY $5 A MONTH to join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/WatchIfYouDareWe are on PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, Amazon Music, Spotify, iHeartRadio and CastBox. Please rate, review, subscribe, and share our show. Also, check out our Spotify Music playlist, links on our Twitter and Podbean page. Our socials are on Bluesky and Facebook and Twitter @WatchIfYouDare

People in this episode

Host: Aaron

Guest: Tammy

Topics covered

• crime thriller
• film analysis
• horror villains
• music choices
• neon influence
• banality of evil

Keywords

• Manhunter
• Brian Cox
• Francis Dollarhyde
• Michael Mann
• crime procedural
• horror
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Books & works: Manhunter, Red Dragon, Miami Vice

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