Podcasts TV Cinema Fix Episode #63: You're Next and The World's End (Part 2)

Episode #63: You're Next and The World's End (Part 2)

Published: Aug. 30, 2013, 5:33 a.m.

You know it's gonna be a good episode when Monica starts dusting off her sociology textbooks. In Part 2 of their discussion on You're Next and The World's End, she and Andrew dive into all the various layers of subtext that exist beneath both films. Is You're Next a critique of the political left? Are Adam Wingard and his filmmaking buddies trying to make a statement about the state of the industry? Is The World's End a critique of Hollywood remake culture? How does it critique free-market capitalism while also celebrating individualism, and how does that get a bit messy when dealing with the topic of alcoholism? Grab a beer, make sure no masked killers are around, and tune in to find out.
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\nSHOW NOTES:
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\n0:22 - Intro
\n2:15 - Good kills in You're Next
\n3:40 - Thoughts on the Final Girl
\n6:15 - Tone and family dynamics
\n12:46 - A cast of filmmakers
\n15:08 - The ending, possible political subtext
\n21:56 - Weird sex stuff
\n27:36 - The World's End intro and clip
\n29:25 - Gary King as symbolic of Hollywood
\n31:31 - A critique of corporate capitalism, Durkheimian anomie
\n35:48 - Interpreting the ending
\n45:06 - Questioning authority in the Cornetto Trilogy
\n47:46 - The aliens and other miscellaneous things
\n52:38 - Show close
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\nDON'T FORGET: You can contact the show by emailing cinemafix@filmgeekradio.com. Thanks for listening!