La Ciénaga (2001; Dir.: Lucrecia Martel)
Canon Fodder Episode 41
Daniel and Corky drain the swamp with their review of New Argentine Cinema legend Lucrecia Martel’s La Ciénaga. Your hosts are always down for a fetid pool party, and they already lost their heads to The Headless Woman. But how did these mannish boys react to the muddy waters of Martel’s debut feature?
Elsewhere, the hosts revisit Daniel’s “Slighted” nomination of The Wages of Fear from their review of Army of Shadows.
LA CIÉNAGA FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #136 (tied)
World premiere: Feb. 8, 2001 (Berlinale)
IMDB synopsis: “The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Theatrical trailer for La Ciénaga
“It’s a dog-rat.”
Bad vibes pool party
New Argentine Cinema & La Ciénaga
Updated Canon Fodder Canon
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Only Angels Have Wings (1939; Dir.: Howard Hawks)
IMDB synopsis: “At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl/harlot stops in town.”
Our review of Only Angels Have Wings comes out on July 22!
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