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In part two of our discussion about Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Jessica and I discuss Jane Campion’s 2003 “erotic thriller” In the Cut, savaged by critics on release for its graphic portrayal of a woman’s complex sexual desires in a dangerous New York City, also based on a best-selling novel.
It’s possible that In the Cut is Campion’s response to Mr. Goodbar, only directly from a woman’s perspective, and we talk about the sexist cruelty Meg Ryan was subjected to in the press for playing this role, and what Campion has to say about a woman’s sexuality amidst the violence of the patriarchy, and its implication of the NYPD as part of the problem, especially bold for a movie made in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
We also discuss a fun TV movie that acts as a bridge between Mr. Goodbar and In the Cut, 1982’s Hotline, starring Lynda Carter as a young woman working at a crisis call center who finds herself playing a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer, in a film that continually threatens to tip over into a TVM Giallo.
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Hotline (Jerry Jameson, 1982) is available to watch for free on YouTube.
Trailer for In the Cut (Jane Campion, 2003)