What’s the price for getting too close to God…or at least believing you have? Actor/filmmaker/podcaster Alanah Rafferty joins Sean and Nicole to discuss Rose Glass’s Saint Maud and Robert Greenwald’s Xanadu, two takes on what happens when one spirals into religious obsession.
“Folding sexual arousal and religious ecstasy into a single, gasping sensation…”
-Jeanette Catsoulis
Who are the protagonists of these films and do they survive them? How are Greek and Christian mythology engaged? Where is the line between inspiration and hallucination? Dance along with Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton John, avoid Morfydd Clark’s medical assistance, listen to Michael Beck whine, and possibly touch the divine!
Jeanette Catsoulis in NYT on Saint Maud
Shelia O’Malley on Ebert.com on Saint Maud
People Magazine: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Xanadu
Our ep abt It’s a Wonderful Life and The Exorcist
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