Ep. 47: THE FLY (1986) - Be Very Afraid

Published: April 9, 2019, 9 a.m.

b'Be afraid! Be very afraid! You probably didn\\u2019t know that that famous line came from this film! Well, it does! This week your favorite ghouls discuss David Cronenberg\\u2019s most successful film, The Fly! Topics of discussion include but are not limited to: abortion, literal and metaphorical aging in relationships, disease, toxic masculinity and cis male puberty!\\n\\nThanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com\\n\\nBuy some sweet coffee from our sponsors: www.recesscoffee.com \\n\\nThe Fly (1986) Resources:\\n\\nVincent Price Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/goodmourningnancy/vincent-price-his-life-and-his-films-part-1\\n\\nVincent Price Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/goodmourningnancy/vincent-price-his-life-and-his-films-part-2 \\n\\nBeyond the Veil of the Flesh: David Cronenberg\\u2019s THE FLY (1986) by Matt Zoller Seitz\\nhttps://www.indiewire.com/2012/12/beyond-the-veil-of-the-flesh-david-cronenbergs-the-fly-1986-232951/\\n\\nThe Beetle and the Fly by David Cronenberg\\nhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/01/17/the-beetle-and-the-fly/\\n\\nMutations and Metamorphoses: Body Horror is Biological Horror by Ronald Allan Lopez Cruz\\nhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/235990959_Mutations_and_Metamorphoses_Body_Horror_is_Biological_Horror\\n\\n`THE FLY` EVOLVES INTO MORE THAN A HORROR STORY by Dave Kehr\\nhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-08-15-8603010075-story.html\\n\\n\\u201cDisease with a Purpose\\u201d: Ex-Boyfriends, Abortion and The Fly (1986) by Sarah Cook\\nhttps://brightlightsfilm.com/disease-with-a-purpose-ex-boyfriends-abortion-and-the-fly-1986/#.XDVzXhNKjfY\\n\\nAbortion and \\u201cThe Fly\\u201d\\nhttps://abortiongang.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/abortion-and-the-fly/\\n\\n33 Things We Learned From David Cronenberg\\u2019s \\u2018The Fly\\u2019 Commentary\\nhttps://filmschoolrejects.com/33-things-we-learned-from-david-cronenbergs-the-fly-commentary-ae5eb41f61de/\\n\\nThe Fly (1986 film)\\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)\\n\\nRiches, Simon, et al. The Philosophy of David Cronenberg. U.P. of Kentucky, 2012.\\n\\nWhat Happens to Brundle?: Problems of Teleportation and Personal Identity in The Fly\\nBy Paul F. Snowdon in The Philosophy of David Cronenberg.\\n\\n\\u201cThe Fly (1986): \\u2018I Am an Insect Who Dreamt He Was a Man.\\u2019\\u201d The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg, by WILLIAM BEARD, University of Toronto Press, Toronto; Buffalo; London, 2006, pp. 198\\u2013233. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt1mkbdc3.13.'